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Blade-Citizen C-5 1 11 ffi i (t 1 1 Wi Vlad: f. jJTi "-VT'i'Bia-Mfcl'vyy Monday, November 9 1992 Tackling tactics annoy Butts Chargers Review Chargers 14 Chiefs 16 SCORE BY QUARTERS San Diego 0 0 7 7 14 Kansas City 3 i0 316 INDIVIDUAL SCORING FIRST QUARTER KC FG Lowery 47,1018 Drive 32 yards, 1 3 plays Kansas City 3, San Diego 0 SECOND QUARTER KC 1 Okye 2 run (Lowery kick), 03 Dnve 15 yards, 5 plays Kansas City 10, San Diego 0 KC FG Lowery 35, 13 49 Dnve 5 yards 4 plays Kansas City 13, San Diego 0 THIRD QUARTER SD Walker 14 pass from Humphnes (Carney kick), 12 05 Drive 80 yards. 8 plays Kansas City 13 San Diego 7 FOURTH QUARTER SD Butts 1 run (Carney kick), 1 32 Dnve 90 yards, 9 plays San Diego 14, Kansas City 13 KC FG Lowery 36, 14 06 Dnve 49 yards, 7 plays Kansas City 16, San Diego 14 A 72 826 No-shows 4 748 fclri is 'Tt 'J Cl fv 1 I ft jr jf i A 5 1 1 Si i .1 prising 24 14 winner over Houston in the Astrodome And visiting Phoenix (3 6). the Chargers opponent on Dec 6. defeated the Rams, 20 14.

on the road Cincinnati (4 5). which travels to San Diego on Dec 13 beat the Bears at Soldier Field. 31 28. in overtime The Chiefs have won their last six games against the Chargers, including both this year In 10 of the last 15 games between these AFC Western Division rivals the final margin has been a touchdown or less The Chargers haven won at Arrowhead Sta dium since Dec 17 1989 San Diego hopes Sunday loss doesn start a losing slide under similar circumstances In 1990 the Chargers were 5 5 and mention ing the ord play offs But the Chiefs beat visiting San Diego. 27 10 Counting that less the Chargers finished with one victory in their last six games and watched the playoffs on telev lsion ith a 6 10 record Sunday's gutsiest call might have come from Christina Wheeler Wheeler is a bartender at Adams Mark Hotel located across I 70 from Arrowhead Stadium The decor is distinctively Chiefs and patrons all wear Kansas City colors of red and yellow Wheelers Sundav prediction was the Charg ers inning 21 14 Notau ise thing to ay in the Adam Mark Truth is heeler attended Ocean side High and is a former Blade-Citizen sub scnber T'-'e efs four joers caused Sunday ree tjr'Dies ad (X'e nterceDt on i 3 es rerr a league lead ng p'us 1 3 give away take away ratio injury update San Dego wide rece ver Nate Lewis ttiipi defens ve end Burt Grossma" iankiei quarterpack Stan Hamper es iarie ad runog pacK Mar on Bufts (Knee) AithojgK ravs were egat ve Ross sad Grossmans is con soered tne most serous Lewis nas a pulled muscle nis nip apd he couia Pe out for logger than a ween Kansas City comeback Albert Lew (broken forearm) tight end Mxe Dyal (Pnen forearrru ga'd Davd Lutz ikneet running pack Todd McNair Pgn? end Jonathan Hayes anKie ght ed Ke'tn Cash anxie and hneDacKer Percy Snow gro 'i By Jay Paris Staff Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo.

Marion Butts had some harsh words for the Chiefs tackling technique in Sundays 16-14 loss. In the season opener. Butts injured his right knee against the Chiefs. He was forced to miss a game and wear a knee brace when he returned. Only last week had he recovered enough to gain more than 100 yards.

Sunday, Butts again found himself on the sideline. And late in the game when the Chargers needed their big. physical back, he couldn't contribute. CHARGERS me, Butts said. I dont know if it was Martin Bayless or somebody else.

One guy was rolling on my knee and somebody was pulling me the other direction. Butts tore some scar tissue in his knee. And he was miffed that it occurred again while playing Kansas City. "It's the same guys who did it the first time, he said. You should be angry because to me its their tackling scheme Every time they tackle you, they try to roll you over in some sort of sense.

They give you a quick roll so they are going to hurt something I wouldn't say it was intentional, but it's the style of ball that they play. You can look at it and see that they play very intense But anytime you get nicked up playing a team, you are going to get a little angry Butts didn't say anything to the Chiefs defenders after the game. "I said enough to them when I was down on the ground I just told them my mind at the time It's not something you can write I told Bayless. 'What are you trying to do. break my (expletive) ankle9' I guess that is the ty pe of ball they play They didn't do it not only once, but they do it a lot of times If they roll you.

they are going to hurt you." Butts finished with team-high 37 yards on 17 TEAM STATISTICS Associated Press Photo The Chiefs Kevin Ross cant hold onto an interception in front of Chargers Nate Lewis. carries He had a touchdown and a fumble San Diego gained only 57 yards rushing Butts said he expects to play next week at Cleveland Hey, Im a quick healer and I never count myself out." he said What easy schedule9 Much was made of the Chargers remaining games earlier this week when it was devoid of teams ith inning records But Kansas City certainly wasn't a pushover Sunday And next up is Cleveland (5 4). a sur INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING San Diego Butts 17-37, Harmon 6-14, Humphnes 1-6 Kansas City Okoye 19-38, McNair 3-34 Williams 6-24 Kneg3-11 PASSING San Diego Humphnes 20-35-1-294 Kansas City Kneg 10-28-0-114 RECEIVING San Diego Harmon 7-96, Miller 5-76, Walker 4-52 Lewis 2-13, Jefferson 1-51, Butts 1-6 Kansas City Barnett 3-30, Davis 2-36 McNair 2-18, Birden 1-15, Anders 1-8, Dyal 1-7 TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS San Diego Seau 8-0-0 Winter 5-0-1 Byrd 5-0-0 Rchara 4-0-0 Thom ton 4-0-0 ONeal 3-0-1 Vanhorse 3-0-0 Mms 3-0-0 Frank 2-0-0 HaH 2-0-0 Rummer 1 0-0 Rolling 1-0-0 Grossman 1 0-0 Anno 1-0-0 Marve 1-0-0 Miner 1-00 Kansas City Thomas 9-0-4 Thompson 6-1-0 Carter 6-0-0 Marts 5-0-0 Bayiess 3-0-0 Snow 3-0-0 Phillips 00-0 Saieaumua 2 1-0 Terry 2 1-0 A Lewis 2-0-0 Smith 2 0-0 Maas 1-0-1 Ross 1-00 Okoye 1-00 McNa? 1-0-0 Dyal 1-00 Cash 1-00 Team 00-1 INTERCEPTIONS San Diego None Kansas City Carter MISSED FIELD GOALS San Diego None Kansas City None OFFICIALS Referee Berme Kukar, Ump Gordon Wells HL Aaron Pointer, LJ Walt Coleman BJ Roy Clymer SJ Mike Bogard FJ Donnie Hampton Time. 3 16 NEXT WEEK OPPONENT: Cleveland (5-4) SITE: Municipal Stadium KICKOFF: 10 am Sunday for him. No 300 couldn had been better It's really sweet that it came this way." he said That the game came down to a last minute kick seemed unlikely when Kansas City took a 13 0 lead Lowery kicked a 47 yard first quarter field goal to open the scor ing An Okoye 2 yard touchdown run to start the second quarter lift ed Kansas City to a 10 0 margin Lowery added a 35 yarder for a 13 0 halftime cushion San Diego, meanwhile, was try ing to figure out how to stop Thomas He was making life miser able for left tackle Harry Svvayne Thomas recorded a game high nine tackles, four sacks, two forced fum bles.

one which he recovered The Chiefs converted the fumbles into 10 points Swavne had trouble most the mon and rookie Peter Tuipulotu Harmon had come up short on third dovv n. so Ross elected to punt "At the end. we just couldn't run the ball the way we like to run it." Ross said "It was more because we were just minus the people we wanted to run the ball ith San Diego had overcome so much a 13 point disadvantage four turnovers, an All Pro perfor mance by Kansas City linebacker Derrick Thomas, a touchdown erased by a penalty but ended up losing by so little Lowery, whose been bothered by a groin pull, had to kick through a blustery wind 35 miles per hour at game tune The Chargers were wishing he would somehow nuss But Lowery, who is tied with Mark Moseley for fifth place on the all time list, was within range And day He wa- penalized twice for 12 yards and he inadvertently tripped Harmon when he wa breaking away for what might had been a touchdown reception But in the second half, a double teammed Thomas was kept from Humphnes and October AFCs player of the month got hot He completed 13 of 22 for 211 yards and a touchdown He picked on rookie c-ornerback Dale Carter after he replaced Albert Lewis, who broke his forearm Humphries hit Derrick Walker for a 14 yard touchdown to cap an 80 yard drive midway through the third quarter Humphries next directed a 90 yard scoring march with Butts get ting the final yard John Carney point after gave San Diego its first lead 14 13 But it wouldn't he enough BOLT BAROMETER Scale 1-4 OFFENSE yy Does it hurt more to get blown out or barely defeated7 Viewing the Charger locker room Sunday supplied the answer Players looked like they won the lottery, but found their winning tickets one day after they expired San Diego overcame a number of obstacles to pull ahead in the fourth quarter But coach Bobby Ross' biggest fear came true Kansas City makes so many big plays by forcing turnovers it had four Still, San Diego should have held on to this victory But it came up 1-yard short on a key series late in the fourth quarter And missing his physical running backs with injuries, Ross declined to go for it Earlier, the Chargers had a Stan Humphries touchdown pass wiped out by tackle Broderick Thompson's holding penalty The Chiefs spoiled Ross' homecoming by allowing but 295 total net yards. Rookie defensive end Chris Mims possibly jinxed the Chargers when he broke into a mimicking tomahawk chop late in the game Kansas City's rabid fans got the last laugh and serenaded Mims with an Indian war chant on his way out If he didn't have a shaved head, they'd be clamoring for his scalp Jay Paris Chargers From Page C-1 Mims got his hand on the ball and deflected it straight to Barnett for 9 yards They again hooked up for 8 more yards, reaching midfield What followed was the backbreak-er for the Chargers Kansas City flooded the sec ondarv deep with receivers But Willie Davis slipped underneath, just behind linebacker Junior Seau Davis hauled Kneg's pass in for 25 yards as Seau desperately looked for backside assistance It never came. "There was a breakdown in the call and I should have went out there and took him one on one.

but he got away," Seau said "I could say a lot of things about help and everything but I rather keep that to myself Let it be me Let me take the blame for that." Two Christian Okoye runs for 5 yards set up Lowerys game-winning kick Ross said it's unfair for Seau to shoulder the responsibility for the Davis' big reception "That's a tough call." Ross said. "I'll have to see the formation Hell. Junior, that wasn't his fault It's nobody's fault You can point to 200 instances in a game like this where it would be our fault Seau and teammates might not had been hanging their heads afterwards if the Chargers could had converted a first down six minutes before the Chiefs go ahead drive But San Diego, known for having a deep talent pool of running backs, was short-handed. Marion Butts was sidelined in the fourth quarter when his right knee was hurt Eric Bieniemy was only 65 percent healthy with a sore ankle and he didn't play Sunday. Rod Bernstine is out indefinitely with a shoulder injury So when San Diego, with about six minutes left, was facing a fourth-and 1 on the Chief 45, its running backs were Ronnie Har DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS sj yy COACHING yy The Blade-Citizens Affection Connection Singles Club Cordially Invites You fS'i P'i Fi P'1 EHJ EmJ eSmJ I IMPACT PLAYERS Stan Humphries could have easily given up The Chargers were losing, 13-0, in the first half, and he was on his way to absorbing five sacks But Humphries has a field presence about him that doesn't allow negative thoughts to enter his mind And his teammates picked up on it Humphries hung tough and got the Chargers back in the game with a solid second half 1 3 of 22 for 2 1 1 yards and a touchdown Overall, he hit on 20 of 35 passes for 294 yards, a touchdown and an interception on a Hail Mary pass on San Diego's final play Mr October started November in a similar fashion The only thing missing was the Chargers' fifth straight victory yj A HUMPHRIES if fs 1 IT A i In 7 1 r-X il Krieg keeps S.D.

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The Chargers MVP Sunday could have been wearing a Chiefs uniform. Kansas City quarterback Dave Krieg had a horrid day. He kept the Chargers close with his inconsistent passing Krieg, ho came to the Chiefs from the Seahawks in the offseason, was 10 of 28 for 114 yards and two touchdowns He missed on eight of his 11 first-half attempts. I wasn't getting the ball to the guys that were open, Kreig said. Coach Marty Schottenheimer almost yanked Krieg.

I did," he said. "But I felt like hes the guy that got all the reps and hes the guy thats going to get the job done. I told David on the sideline, you've done it before and youre capable of doing it again. You dont have any choice. Youve got to do it." Krieg bounced back to complete all three of his passes for 42 yards in the Chiefs game-winning drive.

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