Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Kansas City 38, L.A. Chargers 28
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 9, 2018
Where: Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California
Temperature: 84°
Head Official: Clete Blakeman
Attendance: 25351
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City 14314738
L.A. Chargers 6601628
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:03
Kansas City TD L.A. Chargers 0 - Kansas City 7
Tyreek Hill 91 yd. punt return (Harrison Butker kick)
1st Quarter - 9:20
L.A. Chargers FG L.A. Chargers 3 - Kansas City 7
Caleb Sturgis 45 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:39
Kansas City TD L.A. Chargers 3 - Kansas City 14
Tyreek Hill 58 yd. pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick)
1st Quarter - 0:21
L.A. Chargers FG L.A. Chargers 6 - Kansas City 14
Caleb Sturgis 39 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 7:47
L.A. Chargers TD L.A. Chargers 12 - Kansas City 14
Austin Ekeler 13 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (pass failed)
2nd Quarter - 2:00
Kansas City FG L.A. Chargers 12 - Kansas City 17
Harrison Butker 46 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:25
Kansas City TD L.A. Chargers 12 - Kansas City 24
De'Anthony Thomas 1 yd. pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:48
Kansas City TD L.A. Chargers 12 - Kansas City 31
Anthony Sherman 36 yd. pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick)
4th Quarter - 12:04
L.A. Chargers TD L.A. Chargers 20 - Kansas City 31
Keenan Allen 20 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Antonio Gates pass from Philip Rivers)
4th Quarter - 9:42
Kansas City TD L.A. Chargers 20 - Kansas City 38
Tyreek Hill 1 yd. pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick)
4th Quarter - 5:01
L.A. Chargers TD L.A. Chargers 28 - Kansas City 38
Tyrell Williams 4 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Melvin Gordon III run)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Kansas City L.A. Chargers
1st Downs 19 33
Rushing 7 7
Passing 10 23
Penalty 2 3
3rd Down Conversions 4-10 3-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 5-51.2 3-48.0
Return Yards 128 31
Punts-Returns 2-95 2--5
Kickoffs-Returns 2-33 2-36
Int - Returns 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-50 7-45
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Time of Possession 25:34 34:26
Total Net Yards 362 541
Total Plays 55 74
Average Gain 6.6 7.3
Net Yards Rushing 106 123
Rushes 27 22
Average/Rush 3.9 5.6
Net Yards Passing 256 418
Comp-Att 15-27 34-51
Yards/Pass 9.1 8.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-0 1-6
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 5 3
Rushing 0 0
Passing 4 3
Other 1 0
Extra Points 5-5 2-3
Field Goals 1-1 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-2-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Kansas City Chiefs (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Mahomes 15/27 256 4 0
Los Angeles Chargers (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 34/51 424 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Hunt 16 49 3.1 0 13
S. Ware 3 32 10.7 0 27
P. Mahomes 5 21 4.2 0 8
T. Hill 2 4 2.0 0 7
D. Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Gordon III 15 64 4.3 0 18
A. Ekeler 5 39 7.8 0 10
T. Benjamin 1 19 19.0 0 19
D. Watt 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
T. Hill 8 7 169 24.1 2 58
A. Sherman 1 1 36 36.0 1 36
S. Watkins 5 3 21 7.0 0 16
C. Conley 1 1 15 15.0 0 15
S. Ware 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
T. Kelce 6 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Thomas 2 1 1 1.0 1 1
K. Hunt 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Allen 11 8 108 13.5 1 23
M. Gordon III 13 9 102 11.3 0 25
A. Ekeler 5 5 87 17.4 1 30
M. Williams 6 5 81 16.2 0 25
V. Green 2 2 21 10.5 0 15
A. Gates 3 2 16 8.0 0 9
T. Williams 5 2 8 4.0 1 4
T. Benjamin 5 1 1 1.0 0 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Parker 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Ford 1.0 6.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. James 1.0 0.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
R. Parker 7 2
A. Hitchens 6 8
D. Ford 4 0
S. Nelson 4 4
E. Murray 4 5
C. Jones 3 0
K. Fuller 3 3
T. Smith 2 3
R. Ragland 2 5
O. Scandrick 1 0
T. Kpassagnon 1 1
X. Williams 1 3
J. Houston 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. King II 5 0
C. Hayward Jr. 4 0
K. Emanuel 4 1
J. Addae 3 2
K. White 3 2
T. Williams 2 0
D. James 2 1
D. Perryman 2 2
I. Rochell 2 2
D. Square 1 0
J. Jones 1 2
A. Phillips 0 1
J. Brown 0 1
M. Ingram III 0 1
D. Philon 0 1
C. Landrum 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
A. Hitchens 2.0
D. Ford 1.0
C. Jones 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
K. Emanuel 1.0
D. King II 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Jones 2