NFL Game Summary - Buffalo At Kansas City
POSTED: 6:41 pm EST November 23,
2008
Kansas City, MO -- (Sports Network) - Trent Edwards threw two touchdown passes and ran for a pair of scores, as the Buffalo Bills blew out the Kansas City Chiefs, 54-31, in an offensive explosion at Arrowhead Stadium. Edwards finished 24-of-32 for 273 yards, helping the Bills (6-5) snap a four- game slide. Marshawn Lynch rushed for 79 yards and scored a touchdown, while Lee Evans caught five balls for 110 yards. "I don't think we've won the turnover ratio in the past four weeks," Edwards said. "I think that's pretty critical on why we won this football game. We were getting good field position. We were getting momentum on our side and we as an offense weren't turning the ball over. We weren't putting our defense in a bad position, so that says a lot about the score being the way it was." The Bills came within four points of matching their 42-year-old record for most points in a single game. Buffalo recorded 58 points on September 18, 1966 against Miami. Tyler Thigpen struggled under center for the Chiefs (1-10), who have found the win column just once in their past 21 contests dating back to last season. Thigpen completed 17-of-31 passes for 240 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Tony Gonzalez led all receivers with 113 yards on 10 receptions, including a two-yard touchdown. Larry Johnson gained 81 yards on seven carries in defeat. "We didn't play special teams well," said Chiefs safety Jarrad Page. "We didn't play defense well. We didn't play offense well. We didn't do anything. Nothing clicked. We just played terrible." The 54 points was the most allowed by the Chiefs in club history, surpassing the previous mark of 51 set in an overtime loss at Seattle on November 27, 1983. The Chiefs took the opening kickoff and came down the field in a hurry, with Thigpen leading the way. The second-year quarterback out of Coastal Carolina completed 4-of-5 passes in the set, including a 36-yard strike to Jamaal Charles that put Kansas City on the board. Buffalo, though, responded on its first offensive series. Faced with a 3rd- and-goal from the one, Edwards couldn't connect with Robert Royal. The Bills elected to go for it on fourth down, and Lynch plowed in for the touchdown. A 21-yard field goal by Rian Lindell on the first play of the second quarter put the Bills up 10-7, but Gonzalez's TD catch on the heels of a 63-yard sprint by Johnson restored the lead for Kansas City less than two minutes later. After Lindell drilled a 39-yarder, rookie cornerback Leodis McKelvin jumped a slant route, picked off Thigpen's intended pass to Mark Bradley at his own 36 and the first-rounder out of Troy rumbled down the sideline for the go-ahead score. Connor Barth knocked through a 45-yard field goal for Kansas City, and Lindell countered by hammering a 34-yarder with 1:33 remaining. The woes continued for Thigpen, as he was intercepted again by McKelvin on the first play of the subsequent drive. Buffalo proceeded to add to its lead with only four seconds left in the half. A 25-yard pass play to Royal moved the ball to the Kansas City 18. On 3rd-and-7 from the 15, Edwards couldn't find an open target and galloped inside the five before going airborne into the end zone. Edwards' second career rushing touchdown made it a 30-17 game. The Bills widened the gap in the third quarter on Edwards' five-yard TD run and Lindell's 38-yard field goal. After Bradley hauled in a 45-yard TD for Kansas City, Edwards threw touchdowns passes of eight and 17 yards to Josh Reed and Derek Schouman, respectively. Quinn Gray, who replaced the ineffective Thigpen in the fourth quarter, completed 7-of-8 throws for 76 yards, including a three-yard TD to Dwayne Bowe with 2:23 remaining in regulation.Game Notes:Gonzalez moved past Kellen Winslow, Sr. for most 100-yard receiving games by a tight end with 25...The Bills forced five turnovers...Kansas City finished with 462 total yards, while Buffalo had 444...Reed had five receptions for 50 yards...Buffalo's Fred Jackson ran for 56 yards on nine carries.
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