Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  San Diego Chargers

Date:  December 17, 2006

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  0          3          3          3             9

SD                   7          7          0          6            20

 

Visitor playmakers:

S Bernard Pollard, K Lawrence Tynes, S Greg Wesley

 

Home playmakers:

RB LaDainian Tomlinson

 

Network:  NBC (KSHB Kansas City)

Announcers:  Al Michaels, John Madden

 

Pregame:  Yes – Chiefs Insider, Chiefs Kickoff Show

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes – NBC, Local News, Metro Sports Sunday, and a tribute to Lamar Hunt

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  Excellent

 

Notes:  The AFC West champion Chargers (12-2) won their eighth straight and kept the inside track to home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. They tied franchise records for wins in a season, last accomplished with a 12-4 record in 2004, and for their winning streak.

 

RB LaDainian Tomlinson finished with 199 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries to take over the NFL rushing lead from Kansas City's Larry Johnson. It was Tomlinson's eighth straight 100-yard game.

 

The Chiefs (7-7), playing four nights after the death of their owner, Lamar Hunt, had their wild-card chances severely damaged.

 

Tomlinson’s 85-yard run, the longest of his career:

-- Was his 31st TD, extending the single-season record he set a week ago.

-- Gave him 186 points, extending the single-season record he set in the first quarter. With a 15-yard TD run on San Diego's opening drive, Tomlinson broke Paul Hornung's 46-year-old NFL season record of 176, set with the Green Bay Packers in 1960. Hornung was a kicker as well as a halfback for Green Bay.

-- Made his 28 TDs rushing the most ever in a season. He also has three TD catches. His totals don't count the two touchdown passes he's thrown.

-- Gave him eight straight multi-touchdown games, breaking the record he shared with John Riggins.

 

Lawrence Tynes provided all of Kansas City's points with field goals of 45, 52 and 24 yards.

 

Running time:  4:04 (2 discs)