Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  New York Jets

Date:  December 28, 1986

AFC Wild Card Game

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  6          0          0          9            15

NYJ                 7          14        7          7            35

 

Visitor playmakers:

RB Jeff Smith, CB Albert Lewis, LB Dino Hackett

 

Home playmakers:

RB Freeman McNeil, WR Al Toon, LB Kevin McArthur, TE Billy Griggs, LB Kyle Clifton, DL Mark Gastineau, CB Russell Carter

 

Network:  NBC

Announcers:  Marv Albert, Bob Griese, Ahmad Rashad

 

Pregame:  Yes – NFL ’86 with Bob Costas

Halftime:  Yes – Interview with Dexter Manley of the Redskins

Postgame:  Yes – The NFL Today on CBS

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  8.5/10

 

Notes:  Kansas City makes it to the playoffs after a 15 year drought, despite having the worst offense in the NFL.  The Jets continue their high-scoring year, using their potent rushing offense to take control of the game and their uncharacteristically stingy defense to shut down Kansas City.  The Chiefs’ quarterback dilemma and poor coaching by Mackovic negate the accomplishments by the star-studded defense, though, leading to this disappointing loss and (thankfully) the end of Mackovic’s tenure in KC.

Thanks Gabriele!

 

Running time:  3:34 (2 discs)