Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Houston Texans

Date:  October 17, 2010

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  7          7          10        7            31

HOU               0          7          7          21          35

 

Visitor playmakers:

LB Mike Vrabel, WR Dwayne Bowe, RB Thomas Jones, DT Ron Edwards, DE Wallace Gilberry

 

Home playmakers:

TE Joel Dreessen, RB Derrick Ward, RB Arian Foster, WR Andre Johnson, DT Amobi Okoye

 

Network:  CBS (KCTV Kansas City)

Announcers:  Gus Johnson, Steve Tasker

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  9/10

 

Notes:  Johnson caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Matt Schaub with 28 seconds left to give Houston a stunning fourth-quarter comeback in the Texans' 35-31 win over the Chiefs on Sunday.

 

The Texans (4-2) scored touchdowns on their final four possessions to make up for another rocky day for the defense. Houston gave up 228 yards rushing, could not force a turnover and yielded a 100-yard receiver for the fifth time in six games.

 

The Texans seemed to be on their way to losing the game, too, trailing 31-21 with just over 7 minutes left.  But Schaub threw two long passes to Owen Daniels and Arian Foster scored with 3:30 left to cut the Chiefs' lead to 3. The Texans quarterback went 9 for 15 in the fourth quarter.

 

Matt Cassel threw three touchdown passes for the Chiefs (3-2), who were trying to bounce back from 19-9 loss to Indianapolis and failed in their bid to match the team's best start since 1998.

 

The Chiefs seemed to have control Sunday after scoring on their first three possessions in the second half.  Cassel was sharper than he's been all season, completing 20 of 29 passes without an interception against the Texans' NFL-worst pass defense. Dwayne Bowe made two TD catches and finished with six receptions for 108 yards.

 

Kansas City led 14-7 at halftime, then marched 77 yards in nine plays early in the third quarter. Bowe caught a slant pass from Cassel and weaved through Houston's defense for a 42-yard touchdown with 8:19 left in the quarter.  The Chiefs then continued to pick up chunks of yards against the Texans' fifth-ranked rushing defense.  Dexter McCluster gained 20 yards on a reverse and Jones picked up 19 more early in Kansas City's next series. Ryan Succop kicked a 24-yard field goal with 2:58 left in the third quarter for a 24-14 lead.

 

Running time:  3:12 (3 DVDs)