| Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 14, 1997 Location: San Diego, CA Venue: Qualcomm Stadium Attendance: 54594 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 68 F Humidty: 28% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Marcus Allen 1 run (Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Eric Metcalf 14 pass from Craig Whelihan (Greg Davis kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Lake Dawson 21 pass from Rich Gannon (Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Pete Stoyanovich 40 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Safety, Todd Philcox sacked in end zone by Derrick Thomas | 19 | 7 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Pete Stoyanovich 48 FG | 22 | 7 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Mark McMillian 87 interception return (Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 29 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Lake Dawson |
| 89 | WR | Andre Rison |
| 69 | LOT | Jeff Criswell |
| 79 | LOG | Dave Szott |
| 61 | C | Tim Grunhard |
| 68 | ROG | Will Shields |
| 62 | ROT | Glenn Parker |
| 78 | TE | Ted Popson |
| 12 | QB | Rich Gannon |
| 27 | RB | Greg Hill |
| 38 | FB | Kimble Anders |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | John Browning |
| 75 | NT | Joe Phillips |
| 92 | RDE | Dan Williams |
| 58 | LOLB | Derrick Thomas |
| 56 | ILB | Wayne Simmons |
| 59 | MLB | Donnie Edwards |
| 50 | ROLB | Anthony Davis |
| 34 | LCB | Dale Carter |
| 25 | SS | Reggie Tongue |
| 21 | FS | Jerome Woods |
| 40 | RCB | James Hasty |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Tony Martin |
| 80 | WR | Bryan Still |
| 70 | LOT | Vaughn Parker |
| 68 | LOG | Joe Cocozzo |
| 63 | C | Raleigh McKenzie |
| 69 | ROG | Ben Bordelon |
| 75 | ROT | Tony Berti |
| 89 | TE | Frank Hartley |
| 5 | QB | Craig Whelihan |
| 33 | RB | Gary Brown |
| 34 | FB | Aaron Craver |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | William Fuller |
| 97 | LDT | John Parrella |
| 98 | RDT | Shawn Lee |
| 90 | RDE | Marco Coleman |
| 56 | OLB | Patrick Sapp |
| 55 | LILB | Junior Seau |
| 58 | RILB | Lew Bush |
| 25 | LCB | Paul Bradford |
| 37 | SS | Rodney Harrison |
| 20 | FS | Mike Dumas |
| 29 | RCB | Terrance Shaw |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Marcus Allen | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Kimble Anders | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 36 | 0 |
| Donnell Bennett | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Hill | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 |
| Rich Gannon | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Brown | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Aaron Craver | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Craig Whelihan | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kenny Bynum | 6 | -1 | -0.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Eric Metcalf | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Rich Gannon | 25 | 8 | 32.0 | 0 | 116 | 4.6 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 61.4 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Craig Whelihan | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 0 | 137 | 6.9 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 101.5 |
| Todd Philcox | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 1 | 116 | 6.4 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 52.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Tony Gonzalez | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Andre Rison | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Lake Dawson | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Kimble Anders | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Tony Martin | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Hartley | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Eric Metcalf | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Bryan Still | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Jones | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Aaron Craver | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Brown | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Mark McMillian | 1 | 87 | 87.0 | 87t | 1 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Louie Aguiar | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 49 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Darren Bennett | 6 | 241 | 40.2 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Tamarick Vanover | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Eric Metcalf | 5 | 0 | 24 | 4.8 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||
| Pete Stoyanovich | 6 | 350 | 58.3 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| Greg Davis | 2 | 119 | 59.5 | 0 |
| Darren Bennett | 1 | 67 | 67.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Tamarick Vanover | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Danan Hughes | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Kenny Bynum | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Derrick Thomas | 3.0 |
| Dan Williams | 2.0 |
| Terry Wooden | 1.0 |
| Anthony Davis | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| William Fuller | 1.0 |
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