Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Los Angeles Raiders

Date:  October 9, 1983

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  14        3          0          3            20

LA                   0          7          7          7            21

 

Visitor playmakers:

WR Stephone Paige, RB Theotis Brown, CB Albert Lewis, DE Mike Bell, S Lloyd Burruss, LB Thomas Howard

 

Home playmakers:

TE Todd Christensen, WR Dokie Williams, RB Marcus Allen, LB Matt Millen, LB Ted Hendricks, DE Lyle “Roid Freak” Alzado, DE Howie Long, LB Bob Nelson, NT Bill Pickel

 

Network:  KCTV Kansas City

Announcers:  Don Fortune, Len Dawson

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  7.5/10 (some broadcast difficulties)  Missing last second of the game (Raiders V formation) after the blocked field goal.

 

Notes:  The first matchup between these two teams in Los Angeles.  WR Stephone Paige gets first blood with a 36-yard touchdown pass from QB Bill Kenney.  CB albert Lewis comes up with two interceptions of QB Jim Plunkett, the second setting up a 36-yard run and 1-yard touchdown scamper by RB Theotis Brown. 

 

The Chiefs dominate the first half, but the Raiders start the second half with a strong drive that’s aided by a couple of KC penalties.  RB Marcus Allen tosses a 21-yard touchdown pass to WR Dokie Williams.  Later, a BS non-call when LB Matt Millen blatantly interferes with Brown’s ability to catch a pass results in a Nick Lowery field goal instead of a touchdown, and allows LA to go ahead on their next score.  That next score comes when RB Frank Hawkins fumbles the ball at the goal line and Marcus Allen falls on it in the end zone.  The Chiefs put together a great one-minute offense that puts them in easy field goal range, but the Raiders block the kick and win the game.

 

The Raiders sack Bill Kenney 6 times.  The Chiefs are flagged for penalties 13 times.

 

Thanks Kevin!

 

Running time:  2:41 (2 discs)