On December 13 the San Diego Chargers went up against their rivals the Kansas City Chiefs. This was a low scoring game. Both of these teams are in the AFC West division, but the Chiefs have a better record than the Chargers. The Chargers' record is 3-9 and the Chiefs' record is 7-5. The Chiefs are second place in the division and the Chargers are last place. Although the Chiefs are not top in their division, they are top in the Wild Card. The Chiefs are the second team in NFL history to win 7 games in a row immediately after losing 5 in a row.
In the first quarter of the game the game was scoreless. By the end of the second quarter, the score was 10-0 Kansas City leading the Chargers. In the third quarter, the Chargers scored once, but it was not enough because they only scored a field goal (3 points). In the beginning of the final quarter, the Chiefs had the ball. Their drive only lasted 6 plays and 21 yards, but wasting 4 minutes and 46 seconds. San Diego needed a big drive to get a touchdown. With one nice catch by Ladarius Green (tight end) from Philip Rivers (quarterback) they gained 22 yards, but with two incomplete passes and one sack the Chargers were forced to punt the ball back to the Chiefs.
With about 9 minutes left in the game, the Chiefs were trying to put this game away and continue their winning streak, but that didn't happen. They did waste 4 minutes and 15 seconds though. Their drive consisted of 7 plays and 24 yards. The Chiefs punted the ball to the Chargers leaving them at the 11 yard line. The Chargers had to go 89 yards in 5 minutes to tie or win the game. One amazing pass by Philip Rivers to Malcom Floyd gained the Chargers 41 yards. The Chargers were inching there way up the field with three or four yards a play each time until it was fourth down and little time left one the clock. The Chargers were at the 23 yard line and Philip Rivers completed a pass to Tyvon Branch to allow the Chargers to get to the 1 yard line. Five seconds left and the Chargers had no timeouts remaning. This is where the Chargers started to mess up. First a penalty on the Chiefs for five yards, but didn't matter because the Chargers were already on the one yard line. Then a penalty on the Chargers costing them five yards. Next an incomplete pass in the endzone, another penalty costing the Chargers five more yards, and for the last play of the game... an incomplete pass! This made the Chiefs' record 8-5 and the Chargers' 3-10.
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