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1997 Game 202 (Week 15) Oakland at Kansas City

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Raiders shock the Chiefs

A few weeks ago, the Kansas City Chiefs had dreams of an undefeated season. After a shocking 31-28 loss to the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, the Chiefs are now in a fight just to hold onto their lead in the AFC West.

Raiders’ QB Jeff George has had an awesome season despite the Raiders’ 4-10 record. On Sunday, he dissected the vaunted Chiefs’ defense that has dominated all the QBs they have played this season. George threw for 301 yards on Sunday on 24 of 36 passing with two touchdowns and no interceptions. On the season, George has a 105.1 QB Rating as he has completed 58.2% of his passes for 3,916 yards with 31 TDs and only three INTs.

Another key to the Raiders’ victory was their run defense. They came into the game with the worst run defense in the league, but they held the Chiefs’ potent run offense to just 56 yards on the ground. They forced Chiefs’ QB Rich Gannon to beat them, but he couldn’t do it. Gannon had a nice game with 300 yards on 23 of 34 passing with a touchdown but threw a crucial interception that turned away a Chief scoring opportunity.

WR Tim Brown continued to riddle defenses as he caught ten passes for 167 yards and a touchdown. On the season, Brown leads the league with 110 catches for 1,588 yards and now seven touchdown receptions.

The Chiefs have lost two of their last three games and will travel to San Diego next Sunday. If they win, they are the AFC West Champions. If they lose, they open the door for the Broncos to take the division away from them. As for the 4-10 Raiders, they host a red-hot Seattle team next Sunday in the Black Hole.

1997 Game 202 Stats

1997 Game 189 (Week 14) San Francisco at Kansas City

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Chiefs win the battle of Super Powers

The entire football world was peering into Arrowhead Stadium Sunday as the 11-1 Kansas City Chiefs took on the 10-2 San Francisco 49ers in a battle of NFL super heavyweights. As expected, the game was dominated by the defenses and it took a late 4th quarter drive by the Chiefs to secure the victory, 13-6.

Not much was happening on the offensive side of the ball in this game. The Chiefs managed a mere 233 total yards, while the 49ers were worse at 191. The Chiefs managed a little bit of a running game as they pounded the rock 32 times for 94 yards, while the 49ers were held to just 26 yards rushing. The Niners came into the game averaging 141 on the ground, while the Chiefs were among the league’s best at 151 per game.

The difference in the game was the constant pass rush on 49ers’ QB Steve Young. The Chiefs’ defense pounded Young throughout the game. They sacked Young seven times and forced him to throw an ill-advised interception because of the pass rush that thwarted a 49er drive. Young had his worst passing efficiency game of the year with a quarterback rating of 76.

The Chiefs got the drive they needed late in the 4th quarter. They were leading 6-3 and they finally got their offense going with a mix of a running and passing. The biggest play in the drive was a strike from QB Rich Gannon to WR Andre Rison for 30 yards on a crucial third -down play that set the Chiefs up at the 49ers one-yard line!  On the next play, RB Marcus Allen leaped over the pile and scored the only touchdown of the game giving the Chiefs’ a 13-3 lead with just 2:45 remaining.

Young led the 49ers down the field with a barrage of completions to the Chiefs’ 25-yard line with 45 seconds to play. Kicker Gary Anderson drilled a 42-yard field goal to cut the lead to 13-6; however, the Chiefs recovered the ensuing onside kick and ended the game.

The Chiefs are now 11-1 and are in the driver’s seat for the #1 seed in the AFC. They host the Oakland Raiders next weekend. The 49ers are still atop the NFC West as they are now 10-3 and they will face the Minnesota Vikings at home in Candlestick with a chance to lockdown the #2 seed in the NFC.

1997 Game 189 Stats