Visitor:  New York Jets

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  November 1, 1998

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

NYJ                 0          10        0          10          20                 

KC                  7          0          3          7            17

 

Visitor playmakers:

LB Dwayne Gordon, TE Kyle Brady, CB Corwin Brown, LB Bryan Cox

 

Home playmakers:

FB Tony Richardson, RB Donnell Bennett, LB Anthony Davis, LB Derrick Thomas

 

Network:  CBS (KMOV St. Louis)

Announcers:  Vern Lundquist, Randy Cross

 

Pregame:  No

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  Good

 

Notes:  The first quarter is a back-and-forth punting game for the first 10 minutes until Kansas City goes on a 6-play, 67-yard drive.  Two big completions to Derrick Alexander and rushes by Donnell Bennett and T-Rich put points on the board for the home team.

 

The Jets are driving to start the second quarter, but even with a bogus holding call against KC, the Chiefs keep them out of the end zone and they settle for three points.  The Chiefs respond by driving down the field, but Elvis Grbac draws the boo-birds when he passes off his back foot and is intercepted by Corwin Brown.  The Jets, guided by Vinnie Testaverde, drive the length of the field and miss the field goal.  Grbac helps the Jets out again, this time throwing it to Dwayne Gordon who runs it in for the TD.  Both teams are unable to make anything else happen before the half ends.

 

Elvis Grbac stinks up the field in a rainy third quarter, but the Chiefs defense performs and keeps New York from putting up any more points.  The Chiefs get good field position on the punt and make progress running the ball, but the ground game bogs down and Stoyanovich kicks the field goal from 42 yards out.

 

The Jets have the ball to start the fourth quarter, and just as they get started they are finished, with Anthony Davis picking off Testaverde and running it back to the NY 8.  It’s Testaverde’s first INT of the season and Davis’ first of his career.  The KC running game succeeds and the Chiefs go up by a touchdown.  On the ensuing kickoff, DB Aaron Glenn runs it back to the KC 28.  Two plays later Vinnie finds Kyle Brady wide open on the KC 2 and the score is tied.  KC drives well on their next possession, but again the ground game gets stuck in the mud and this time Stoyo kicks the pooch punt.  It appears a Jet touches the ball first, then Stoyanovich picks it up and runs it in, but the officials first signal touchdown, then rule it an illegal touch and the Jets take possession.  Replay clearly shows it was touched by Aaron Glenn, but since the Jets did not actually take possession the ruling stands and the Jets take over on the 11-yard line.  After Derrick Thomas sacks Testaverde the Jets have to punt, but the Chiefs can’t move the ball and NY gets it back on the KC 43 with 1:50 remaining.  The Jets capitalize this time and put the game-winning field goal through the posts.

 

Thanks Tim!

 

Running time:  3:10 (2 discs)