Pay Heed, All Who Enter: Beware of the Phog!

The Kansas City Chiefs finally broke their long losing streak. The 0-3 Chiefs defeated the 3-0 Denver Broncos by a score of 33-19 at Arrowhead Stadium yesterday.

The Chiefs' defense was able to force the Broncos' offense into 4 turnovers. One of those turnovers helped give the Chiefs an early 6-0 lead. However, Denver came back and took a 7-6 lead on a Jay Cutler TD pass to Brandon Marshall. But then another Denver turnover led to a 1-yard TD run by Larry Johnson. Denver added a field goal before the half to make the score 13-10 in favor of KC.

The Broncos took the opening second half kickoff and tied the score at 13. KC gained the lead back on a field goal of their own. KC took a 16-13 lead going into the final period. The Chiefs struck first in the 4th quarter. KC had a 77-yard drive that ended with a 10-yard TD pass from Damon Huard to Tony Gonzalez.

Denver came right back down the field, but their drive stalled at the KC 3-yard line. A field goal made the score 23-16. Each team kicked another field goal to make the score 26-19. Then Larry Johnson put the game away. He took a handoff at the Denver 16-yard line and went right. He got stood up in the pile, but then broke free. He cut it back to the left and ended up in the end zone. That was the last score of the game. 

Johnson finished with 198 yards rushing with 2 TDs. Damon Huard threw for 160 yards and 1 TD. Tony Gonzalez had 3 receptions for 47 yards and a TD. Dwayne Bowe had 7 catches for 85 yards. Rookie CB Brandon Carr had an interception and a fumble recovery. Nick Novak kicked 4 field goals.