Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  St. Louis Rams

Date:  September 3, 2009

Preseason Week 4

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  3          6          0          0             9

STL                 0          7          7          3            17

 

Visitor playmakers:

None

 

Home playmakers:

TE Daniel Fells, CB Quincy Butler

 

Network:  Chiefs Television Network (KCTV Kansas City)

Announcers:  Dave Armstrong, Jayice Pearson

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  9/10

 

Notes:  In his first preseason game calling the plays, Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley had just as much trouble finishing off drives as the man he replaced.

 

The Chiefs had four gains of 40 yards or more and totaled 406 yards, yet still lost 17-9 to the St. Louis Rams on Thursday night to finish their fourth winless preseason this decade.

 

Haley fired offensive coordinator Chan Gailey on Monday and assumed that role, which he held while helping the Arizona Cardinals reach the Super Bowl last season. Kansas City (0-4) totaled 42 points in the preseason and scored only two offensive touchdowns.

 

Two teams from opposite sides of Missouri coming off 2-14 seasons played to thousands of empty seats, with announced attendance of 46,616 at the 66,000-capacity Edward Jones Dome.

 

Gov. Jay Nixon attended the game and was at midfield for the coin toss for a game won by the home team the last six years.

 

Besides giving virtually all starters cameo roles, both teams had to go with backup quarterbacks. Kansas City's Matt Cassel (knee) is out two to four weeks and St. Louis' Marc Bulger (broken pinkie) missed his third straight game but expects to be at full strength for the opener at Seattle.

 

Running time:  3:12 (2 DVDs)