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Succop's FG in OT lifts Chiefs over Chargers

Monday 31 October 2011

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — He Succop quit the Might Location Chiefs into the historical past guides.Philip Waters will be quite the footnote.

Succop broken through a 30-yard area purpose in in the extensive run Friday night time, supplying the Chiefs a 23-20 win over the San Senke Battery chargers and going them into an dubious tie on top of the AFC Western.

Kansas Location became the first workforce in NFL historical past to get rid of its first three activities and discuss at least piece of a split head after four more activities. The Chiefs are also the first workforce since the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh steelers in 2000 to win four immediately activities after sacrificing their first three.

Rivers could have averted all of it from going on.

The Battery chargers had trailed the whole way before the three-time Pro Serving qb marched them downfield in the concluding moments of control. With first-and-10 at the 15 and just 48 minutes on time, Waters fumbled the take and the Chiefs' Andrew Studebaker clawed under the pack and gathered the ball.

Kansas Location transferred down the area for its own opportunity to win in control, but He Cassel overthrew his designed individual and Eric Weddle's second interception sent the sport to in the extensive run.

The Battery chargers won the throw but never choose up a first down, and Cassel comfortably led Might Location right down area. Succop's area purpose with 5:16 remaining offered the Chiefs (4-3) their next immediately win and transferred them into a tie with San Senke (4-3) and the nonproductive Concord Raiders (4-3) in the split.

Kansas Location got off to an terrible begin now, sacrificing its first two activities by a bundled 89-10 and then losing its third movie activity on the route, at San Senke. Along the way, the Chiefs dropped Pro Serving managing again Jamaal Charles, security Eric Fruit and restricted end Tony a2z Moeaki to season-ending accidents.

They began going in the right course against split doormats Mn and Indy, and then romped to a 28-0 win over Concord the other day.

Now, they are linked for the head in the AFC Western.

The Chiefs had items going beginning, getting a 36-yard area purpose from Succop in the first 1 / 4 and then taking advantage of Rivers' second interception in the first few moments.

With the ball at the Battery chargers 39, Cassel decreased again and saw Jonathan Baldwin streaking for the end location, and the huge individual out-jumped other fresh Marcus Gilchrist for his first job landing get and a 10-0 head.

Rivers, who used for 369 gardens, was also intercepted by Kendrick Lewis beginning in the sport, one A week after putting two fourth-quarter selections in a frustrating reduction to the New You are able to Aircraft.

Succop quit his second area purpose just before halftime for a 13-3 head.

The Battery chargers safeguard kept them in the sport in the third 1 / 4, keeping the Chiefs to two three-and-outs and finding off Cassel for the second time. Might Location only maintained 44 gardens of complete crime through the second and third groups.

Nick Novak quit three area objectives in the third 1 / 4, pulling the Battery chargers within 13-12, but their failure to get into the end location nearly price them.

Kansas Location lastly got its crime in products, walking 74 gardens in 10 performs beginning in it all 1 / 4. Jackie Challenge completed off the generate by moving over the scrum from a garden out, supplying the Chiefs a 20-12 head with 12:01 remaining.

It sure didn't last extensive.

Rivers accomplished four immediately goes masking 74 gardens — one for 27 gardens to Vincent Fitzgibbons on third-and-13 — before Curtis Brinkley leaped in from 2 gardens out for the Chargers' first landing.

Going for the 2-point change and the tie, Waters sailed a complete to Brinkley in the level and he was cast again by cornerback Brandon Carr. The authorities determined that Brinkley nudged the ball over the purpose series, though, and the choice was upheld by movie assessment.

It was it all replay telephone that went against the Chiefs.

Rivers' butterfingers designed that a moot place.

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