Visitor:  San Francisco 49ers

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  September 26, 2010

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

SF                    0          3          0          7            10

KC                  0          10        14        7            31

 

Visitor playmakers:

WR Josh Morgan, DB Shawntae Spencer

 

Home playmakers:

WR Dexter McCluster, WR Dwayne Bowe, TE Tony Moeaki, RB Thomas Jones, DT Ron Edwards, DB Brandon Flowers, DE Tamba Hali, LB Andy Studebaker

 

Network:  Fox (WDAF Kansas City)

Announcers:  Sam Rosen, Tim Ryan

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  9/10

 

Notes:  Dominating in every phase, the Chiefs got three touchdown passes from Matt Cassel and sacked Alex Smith five times en route to a 31-10 victory over the winless San Francisco 49ers, achieving 3-0 for the first time since 2003.

 

This game bore no resemblance to the sloppy opening night victory over San Diego or the win over Cleveland last week when the offense did not score a touchdown.

 

Cassel was 16 for 27 for 250 yards. He connected with Dexter McCluster on a 31-yard run-and-catch and fired a perfect 45-yard strike to a wide-open Dwayne Bowe off a fake end-around.

 

Rookie tight end Tony Moeaki put Kansas City on top 24-3 late in the third with a great falling down, one-handed catch of Cassel's 18-yard toss.

 

Jamaal Charles rushed for 97 yards for the Chiefs and Thomas Jones added 95, including a 3-yard scoring run that made it 31-3 with 3:27 left.

 

The 49ers wound up with 251 total yards, which included 53 yards on their final two plays. Linebacker Tamba Hali had three sacks as the rejuvenated defense under first-year coordinator Romeo Crennel harried Alex Smith all day. Frank Gore rushed for just 43 yards on 15 carries and had 102 yards on nine catches.

 

The Chiefs paid homage to longtime broadcaster Bill Grigsby, who started with the team when it came to Kansas City in 1963 and called the first and fourth Super Bowls. ... It was Cassel's first three-TD game as a member of the Chiefs. ... The last team to start 3-0 after starting 0-3 the previous year was Buffalo in 2008.

 

Running time:  3:23 (3 DVDs)