Visitor:  San Diego Chargers

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  November 13, 1994

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

SD                   0          0          7          7            14                 

KC                  0          13        0          0            13

 

Visitor playmakers:

WR Shawn Jefferson, TE Duane Young, DE Leslie O’Neal, DE John Parrella, CB Darren Carrington

 

Home playmakers:

DE Neil Smith, LB Tracy Simien, FB Kimble Anders, CB Mark Collins

 

Network:  NBC (KSDK St. Louis)

Announcers:  Dick Enberg, Bob Trumpy

 

Pregame:  No – begins on second play after kickoff

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  Very Good.

 

Notes:  The two teams trade punts on their opening drives, paving the way to a scoreless first quarter.  The KC receivers cannot catch or hold onto Montana’s passes, and the San Diego running game has problems breaking through the KC defense.  KC ends up with a fumble recovery in San Diego territory after Natrone Means coughs it up and the Chiefs go on offense to end the quarter.

 

The second quarter opens with the Chiefs pushing into the red zone, but the Charger defense stiffens and the Chiefs settle for 3 points.  The Chargers have to punt again, and Dale Carter runs it back to the SD 28.  Lake Dawson gives a heroic effort to carry the ball 14 yards after the catch to the SD 3, and Kimble Anders bashes it into the end zone for his first rushing TD of the year.  The Chiefs force another punt, but are unable to do anything themselves and also punt the ball away.  Neil Smith sacks Stan Humphries for a second time and forces a fumble, and this time Dan Saleaumua falls on it to give KC possession on the Chargers 43.  However, KC again cannot get their offense rolling and punt it back to the Chargers.  This time Mark Collins intercepts a Humphries pass and the Chiefs cash in with another field goal.

 

The third quarter starts off much like the other two, with San Diego shutting down Montana’s passing game and the Chiefs punting the ball, then the Chargers punting it back when they can’t move the ball.  Danan Hughes has a big day but the Chiefs falter in San Diego territory and punt it again.  San Diego comes up big this time, with a 52-yard pass to Shawn Jefferson for the TD, their first in 7 quarters. 

 

Back-to-back sacks on Montana put the Chiefs in trouble deep in their own territory, but Louie Aguiar punts it (1 of his 11 punts on the day) to the other end of the field, aided by a penalty on the Chargers.  The Chargers are again forced to punt (a total of 10 in this game), but the Chiefs are equally impotent and punt it right back.  The Chiefs receivers continue to fail and finally give the Chargers a break; Darren Carrington intercepts a deflected pass and runs it back inside the 10.  Humphries finds a wide open Duane Young in the end zone and the Chargers take the lead.  The Chiefs, with no timeouts left on the board, get the ball back at the two-minute warning.  Again, the anemic KC passing game hurts the Chiefs chances, and they run out of time before they can put any more points up.

 

Joe Montana finished 20 of 46 for 178 yards, with a 64.1 passer rating.  Humphries was 21 of 36 for 206 yards and 2 TDs, for a 119.4 rating.

 

Thanks Tim!

 

Running time:  3:03 (2 discs)