Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  San Diego Chargers

Date:  September 30, 2007

Week 4

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  0          3          3          3             9

SD                   7          7          0          6            20

 

Visitor playmakers:

WR Dwayne Bowe, TE Tony Gonzalez, LB Derrick Johnson, CB Tyron Brackenridge, K Dave Rayner, CB Ty Law

 

Home playmakers:

LB Shawne Merriman, S Clinton Hart, LB Shaun Phillips, S Marlon McCree, RB LaDainian Tomlinson

 

Network:  CBS (KCTV Kansas City)

Announcers:  Dick Enberg, Randy Cross

 

Pregame:  Yes – Chiefs Insider, Chiefs Locker Room Show, Chiefs Kickoff Show

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes – Metro Sports Sunday

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  Very Good.  Would be Excellent, but there are a few minor network glitches at the beginning.

 

Notes:  The way Minnesota kept stuffing Larry Johnson in Week 3, it seemed as though spies had sold copies of Kansas City's game plan to the Vikings.

 

So just in time, the Chiefs abandoned their running game, took to the air, and barely avoided their second 0-3 start in 27 years.

 

Dwayne Bowe, NFL Rookie of the Week, and Tony Gonzalez fueled their only sustained drive with clutch catches in the fourth quarter and the Chiefs came from behind to beat Minnesota 13-10 Sunday, snapping a seven-game losing streak that had stretched back to last January's playoffs.

 

Rookie Adrian Peterson rushed for 102 yards and caught three passes for 48 yards for Minnesota (1-2). He scored the Vikings' only touchdown on an 11-yard run.  Kelly Holcomb, making his first start since the end of the 2005 season with Buffalo, was 14-of-28 for 165 yards and guided the Vikings to their only touchdown on their first possession of the warm, sunny afternoon.

 

Dave Rayner, AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, kept the Chiefs close with two field goals, hitting a 39-yarder in the second quarter and connecting from 49 yards in the third after Huard connected with Samie Parker for 22 yards on third-and-15.

 

Notes: The Chiefs are 3-1 all time against Minnesota at home. Since 1990, the Chiefs are an NFL-best 103-34 at home. ... In his first game since a two-game suspension, Chiefs DE Jared Allen had a big day with eight tackles, two sacks, two passes deflected, three quarterback hurries and a forced fumble. It was his seventh career multi-sack game. … Chiefs QB Damon Huard has a 7-0 career record in home starts. … Chiefs' Larry Johnson: 140 rush yards, 0 TD this season.

 

Running time:  4:22 (2 discs)