Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  San Francisco 49ers

Date:  November 17, 1985

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  3          0          0          0             3

SF                    3          14        7          7            31

 

Visitor playmakers:

LB Scott Radecic, DE Mike Bell, S Sherman Cocroft

 

Home playmakers:

FB Roger Craig, QB Joe Montana, WR Dwight Clark, TE Russ Francis, DE Fred Dean, LB Keena Turner

 

Network:  NBC (KRON San Francisco)

Announcers:  Gary Gerould, Dave Rowe

 

Pregame:  No – starts at kickoff

Halftime:  No

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  Yes (some)

 

Grade:  A- for first 38 minutes, then B- for remainder

 

Notes:  Kansas City, riding a 6-game losing skid, comes into Candlestick Park with the worst rushing offense in the league.  The Chiefs fumble the opening kickoff, an omen for the poor performance that would plague them all day.  They pick up a fumble inside the SF 40 and turn it into a field goal, tying San Francisco.  The 49ers defense then traps KC deep in their own territory and they turn the opportunity into a touchdown with an illegal 1-yard leap by FB Roger Craig, who steps on his teammate to get the boost.  The play stands, and Montana works his magic after that, sneaking in for a touchdown after marching his team 80 yards downfield.

 

San Francisco tacks on another touchdown in each of the last two quarters, completely dominating the Chiefs on all sides of the ball.  Todd Blackledge plays the fourth quarter for Bill Kenney, who got “hurt” in the third quarter.  The loss gives Kansas City their worst losing streak in franchise history – seven games – and drops them to 3-8.

 

Rookie WR Jerry Rice gets booed in the second quarter after dropping a 30-yard pass, and again after fumbling the ball away in the fourth quarter.

 

Thanks Todd!

 

Running time:  2:33 (2 discs)