Visitor:  Seattle Seahawks

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  November 21, 1999

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

SEA                0          14        10        7            31

KC                  3          10        0          6            19

 

Visitor playmakers:

DE Lamar King, RB Ricky Watters, WR Sean Dawkins, CB Chris Canty

 

Home playmakers:

CB Eric Warfield, RB Donnell Bennett, DT Chester McGlockton

 

Network:  CBS  (KOLR Springfield, MO)

Announcers:  Kevin Harlan, Sam Wyche

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  8/10

 

Notes:  The Seahawks come into Arrowhead to meet the Chiefs’ 12^th-ranked defense.  Seattle reaches midfield on their opening drive, but a big play by LB Donnie Edwards forces a punt.  The Chiefs then take it the other direction, but the Seattle defense gets after QB Elvis Grbac and they settle for a field goal.  Eric Warfield intercepts Jon Kitna, the top-rated quarterback in the AFC, but the drive stalls and KC punts.

 

Seattle is driving as the second quarter opens, and with a lot of rushing and some accurate passing by Kitna they are able to push into the end zone.  In return, the Chiefs rushing game grinds the Seattle defense into submission and RB Donnell Bennett finds the end zone to retake the lead.  More Kitna passing leads to another Seattle TD.  The Chiefs get the ball back with 1:40 left in the half.  On the first play of the drive Seattle recovers a Rashaan Shehee fumble, but Kitna fumbles on the first Seattle play and Kansas City recovers.  The Chiefs can only manage a field goal and go into halftime trailing by a point.

 

Kansas City gets the ball to start the second half and they have pretty good success driving; however, they bog down at midfield and have to punt.  A stupid mistake by Eric Warfield gives the ‘Hawks great field position, but the drive only stays alive because of penalties on KC.  Seattle has to settl for a field goal, though, as the KC defense heats up.  After trading punts, the Seahawks trap the Chiefs deep in their own territory and force another punt.  This time the Seahawks start at the KC 42, and finish by hitting Sean Dawkins for a 45-yard pass play.

 

The Chiefs have the ball again early in the fourth quarter, but they go 3-and-out for the fourth consecutive series.  The defense stays motivated, though, and KC soon has the ball back.  The Chiefs are finally able to get something going by relying less on Grbac’s arm and more on the KC running backs.  Bennett walks into the end zone, but the failed two-point conversion, which depended on Elvis, holds the gain to 6 points.  Chester McGlockton forces the punt on Seattle’s next possession when he blocks a third down pass, but the Chiefs fail again to make the passing game work.  RB Ricky Watters gets a huge rush on Seattle’s next drive, the longest allowed by the Chiefs all year.  It sets the Seahawks up for the back-breaking touchdown late in the game.  The Seahawks hold on for their first win at Arrowhead since 1990.

 

Thanks Darin!

 

Running time:  3:16 (2 DVDs)