Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Indianapolis Colts

Date:  November 7, 1999

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  3          7          7          0            17

IND                 3          10        3          9            25

 

Visitor playmakers:

RB Donnell Bennett, WR Kevin Lockett, LB Marvcus Patton, DT Chester McGlockton, S Reggie Tongue, LB Derrick Thomas, LB Donnie Edwards

 

Home playmakers:

RB Edgerrin James, QB Payton Manning, CB Tyrone Poole

 

Network:  CBS (KOLR Springfield, MO)

Announcers:  Verne Lundquist, Dan Dierdorf

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  Some – that’s Tom Berenger selling Quaker State.

 

Grade:  Good – average tape quality.

 

Notes:  Indianapolis comes out driving hard, but the KC defense, a dwindling remnant of its once-dominant self, forces a fumble and keeps the Colts out of the end zone for the first quarter.  The Chiefs offense runs into similar problems, and the quarter ends tied at 3.

 

The Chiefs are able to hold the Colts to another field goal on their next drive, then go up by a TD when Donnell Bennett finds the end zone from 23 yards out.  The Colts take the lead back quickly when Payton Manning finds Edgerrin James on a 30-yard pass play for the TD.  Chester McGlockton intercepts Manning on Indy’s next possession, but the KC offense stalls, Pete Stoyanovich misses a 47-yard field goal, and the Colts offense finishes out the half unable to move.

 

Kansas City comes out in the third quarter with their offensive game plan firing on all cylinders, and they drive 88 yards for the touchdown, with Elvis Grbac hitting Kevin Lockett in the end zone from 18 yards out.  The Chiefs rack up more passing yards on the opening drive of the second half than they had in the entire first quarter.  The Colts struggle through a false start penalty and a sack to start their drive, but back-to-back offside penalties on KC keep the drive alive, but it only nets 3 points and the Chiefs lead going into the last quarter.

 

The Colts punt the ball away early in the fourth quarter, but Tamarick Vanover drops the ball on the run back and the Colts recover.  They waste no time on this drive as they keep the Chiefs confused and Manning runs it in himself.  The two-point conversion fails, and the Chiefs get the ball back.  They soon punt it, though, and after some back and forth Indy drives it into field goal range.  Mike Vanderjagt kicks it through, and the game is out of reach for KC with just over a minute left.  Warren Moon comes in for two plays after Elvis Grbac gets hurt, but despite having more passing yards than anyone in NFL history he cannot help the Chiefs win.

 

Thanks Darin!

 

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