13. 1967 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at 4. 1999 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION ST LOUIS RAMS
4. 1999 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION ST LOUIS RAMS
Record: 13-3
Pythag: 14-2
Off: 1st
Def: 4th
1st NFC West
d. Vikings Div Rnd 49-37
d. Bucs NFC Title 11-6
d. Titans Super Bowl 23-16
HC: Dick Vermeil, OC: Mike Martz, DC: Peter Giunta
TWA Dome
Gary Bender/Jack Snow
Offense:
QB: Kurt Warner (28 N Iowa) All Pro
RB Marshall Faulk (26 S Diego St) All Pro
WR Isaac Bruce (27 Memphis)
WR Torry Holt (23-R NC St)
WR Az-Zahir Hakim (22 S Diego St)
TE Roland Williams (24 Syracuse)
LT Orlando Pace (24 Ohio St) All Pro
LG Tom Nutten (28 W Michigan)
C Mike Gruttadauria (27 C Florida)
RG Adam Timmerman (28 S Dakota St)
RT Fred Miller (26 Baylor)
Defense
LDE Kevin Carter (26 Florida) All Pro
LDT Ray Agnew (32 NC St)
RDT D'Marco Farr (28 Wash)
RDE Grant Wistrom (23 Nebraska)
LLB Mike Jones (30 Missouri)
MLB London Fletcher (24 J Carroll)
RLB Todd Collins (29 Cars-Newm)
LCB Todd Lyght (30 N Dame)
RCB Dexter McCleon (26 Clem)
SS Billy Jenkins (25 Howard)
FS Keith Lyle (27 UVA)
K Jeff Wilkins (27 Youngs St)
P Rick Tuten (34 Florida St)
KR Tony Horne (23 Clemson)
PR Az-zahir Hakim (22 S Diego St)
Region three has turned into a graveyard for SB Champs, the '82 Redskins and '05 Steelers have lost in back to back games. Here's the 4th seed in the region, the Super Bowl Champs from 1999, the Rams. 1st in offense, 4th in defense. Kurt Warner's 28, 42 total TDs and 13 picks. He's an All Pro as is 26 year old Marshall Faulk with nearly 2500 combined yards of offense. Isaac Bruce is 27 with a dozen scores. and the LT, 24 yar old Orlando Pace, gives this Rams offense 3 First Team All Pros, On defense, there's one, 26 year old Kevin Carter with his 17 sacks.
13. 1967 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
Record: 9-5
Pythag: 11-3
Off: 2nd
Def: 3rd
2nd AFL West
Did not make playoffs
HC: Hank Stram
Offense
QB Len Dawson (32 Pudue)
RB Mike Garrett (23 USC) All Pro
RB Curtis McClinton (28 Kansas)
WR Otis Taylor (25 Prairie View)
WR Chris Burford (29 Stanford)
TE Fred Arbanas (28 Mich St)
LT Jim Tyrer (28 Ohio St) All Pro
LG Ed Budde (27 USC)
C Wayne Frazier (28 Auburn)
RG Curt Merz (29 Iowa)
RT Dave Hill (26 Auburn)
Defense
LDE Jerry Mays (28 SMU)
LDT Ernie Ladd (29 Grambling)
RDT Buck Buchanan (28 Grambling) All Pro
RDE Chuck Hurston (25 Auburn)
LLB Bobby Bell (27 Minn) All Pro
MLB Willie Lanier (22-R Morgan)
RLB Bud Abell (27 Missouri)
LCB Fred Williamson (30 Nwestern)
RCB Willie Mitchell (27 Tenn St)
LS Bobby Hunt (27 Auburn)
RS Johnny Robinson (29 LSU ) All Pro
K Jan Stenerud (25 Mont St)
P Jerrel Wilson (26 So Miss)
KR/PR Noland Smith (24 Tenn St)
The '68 Chiefs were on the other side of the 4/13 game in Region 2, they easily advanced. Tougher sled here as the 13th seed. The '67 Chiefs went 9-5 and didn't make the playoffs in the AFL, but they had an 11-5 pythag and were top 3 in offense and defense. Lenny Dawson is 32, 24 scores, 17 picks. 2 All Pros on offense, Mike Garrett's 23 and had 10 scores and the 28 year old LT Jim Tryer. And then there's that defensive group - 29 year old safety Johnny Robinson, 28 year old DT Buck Buchanan, 27 year old LB Bobby Bell are all All Pro. The 2019 Saints await the winners of this one, it's a Show Me State battle - the '67 Chiefs head to St Louis to face the '99 Super Bowl Champion Rams. Let's go to the kick.
1st Qtr
Rams to start at the 25.
1/10 - Jerry Mays fires out of left end and sacks Kurt Warner on the first play of the game. Greatest Show on Turf's gonna have to bring it today.
2/16 - Warner to Isaac Bruce for 7. Third and long.
3/9 - Warner goes to Ricky Proehl for 15 - big pickup. A holding call backs the Rams up 10.
The Rams get close after a Warner scramble but are left w/ a 4th and short at midfield.
After the punt, Chiefs are at the 15. 3 and out.
Nice runback by Az Hakim - Rams at the KC 42.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Faulk for 1
3/9 - Warner to Bruce, a 23 yard gain and a first down.
1/10 - Warner to the rookie Torry Holt, 16 yards and a first and goal.
1/goal - And just like that - Marshall Faulk is in the end zone for the TOUCHDOWN RAMS
2:16 to go 42 yards, Rams are on the board. 7-0
Nice runback by Noland Smith; Chiefs in business at the 43.
On third and 8 - Dawson is picked by Todd Lyght and the Rams take over at their own 45.
1/10 - Faulk for 5
2/5 - Warner to Faulk for a dozen. Rams at the KC 35.
1/10 - Warner to Az Hakim, that's another first down - Rams at the KC 27 yard line.
The next 3 plays net 4 yards - Jeff Wilkins hits a 40 yd FG and it's 10-0
Another really nice runback by Smith, Chiefs start at the 44.
1/10 - Dawson's first completion is to Curtis McClinton for 6.
2/4 - Incomplete
3/4 - KC picks up its first first down, 5 yards to Dawson to Chris Burford.
McClinton for 1 and it's the end of the qtr.
2nd Qtr
Rams score on their last 2 possessions; it's 10 nothing, Chiefs though are in St Louis teritory with a 2nd and 9.
They only get 2 more yards. And punt. Rams at the 14.
1/10 - Warner throwing again - Hakim for 19.
That's all - 3 plays go 8 yards and the punt. Chiefs at their own 27, 11:52 left.
1/10 - Big play, Mike Garrett busts a 38 yarder and the Chiefs are at the 35.
1/10 - McClinton for 1.
2/9 - Garrett for 8 and it's third and short.
3/1 - Garrett goes for 6, KC all the way down to the Rams 20.
1/10 - McClinton for 1.
2/9 - Dawson picks it up - he hits Fred Arbanas for a 10 yard gain and the Chiefs have a first and goal at the 9.
Just takes one play - Mike Garrett student body lefts his way into the end zone. TOUCHDOWN CHIEFS - KC is in this game, 7 plays, 73 yd TD drive, Mike Garrett running all over the Rams on that drive.
Rams at the 25. 7:30.
1/10 - Big strike - Warner going full vertical to Torry Holt for 56 yards - okay, the Rams are bringing the full ass now, Dick Vermeil and Mike Martz going bombs away - after an incomplete pass Marshall Faulk slips his way 19 yards and into the end zone for this second TD of the day TOUCHDOWN RAMS - that just took 1 minute, 75 yards and it's 17-7 Rams
Chiefs at the 22.
1/10 - 11 yard run for McClinton and 5 tacked on for a facemask.
Two plays get nothing - but on 3/10 - Dawson hits Mike Garrett for 10, Chiefs out near midfield at the 2 minute warning.
That's it though - another punt comes 3 days later and the Rams take over at the 14, 1:31 and a 10 pt lead.
1/10 - 2 for Faulk.
2/8 - Robert Holcombe's first carry goes for 41 - if Holcombe is busting out 41 yard runs, the Rams are just going to roll here.
1/10 - Warner to Bruce - 19 yards to the KC 24.
1/10 - Faulk for 3.
2/7 - Holcombe right up the gut -- and onto the end zone -- TOUCHDOWN RAMS - it is a rout, 86 yards in less than a minute - it's a 17 point St Louis lead.
And that will do it - 3 and out for the Chiefs, Rams take over at midfield and decide to take a shot - but Warner is sacked by Big Cat Ladd and the half ends.
Third Qtr
The Greatest Show on Turf having its way with its cross state, cross generational rival today; not unexpected giving the seed disparity, but it's a really impressive first half performance for the '99 Rams. 24-7. Chiefs at the their own 28.
3 and out.
1/10 - Rams come out with a reverse, 24-7 and calling a reverse, it's Holt, he gets 2.
2/8 - Warner to Ricky Proehl for a 2 yd screen.
3/6 - Warner to Torry Holt - that's an 18 yard pickup across midfield.
1/10 - Faulk for 5.
2/5 - Warner to Isaac Bruce for 14, it's a first down to the KC 26 yard line. Rams looking for the dagger.
1/10 - Warner's sacked - Buck Buchanan - third sack today for the Chiefs.
2/15 - Warner to Holt for 13.
3/2 - Faulk gets it and some more, 11 yards to the 7. First and goal.
1/goal - Warner - end zone - Proehl - TOUCHDOWN RAMS - It's done - 31-7 Rams, really impressive - the '99 Champs rolling into rnd 2.
Chiefs at the 26. 8:21. All over but the shouting.
They're gonna get two first downs, Otis Taylor has a 17 yard end around for the big play - but it ends with a punt inside Rams territory (maybe you go for it, I don't know).
The kick pins the Rams deep - on the first play Warner is picked off by Bobby Bell -- and he rumbles 22 yards into the endzone -- TOUCHDOWN CHIEFS - Bobby Bell intercepts a Kurt Warner pass and takes it to the house.
Rams start at the 34, 3:38. 31-14.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Faulk gets 5
3/5 - Robert Holcombe busts another one, 48 yards all the way to the Chiefs 13 yard line, huge yds/carry today for the StL fullback.
1/10 - Faulk gets 1.
2/9 - Warner to Hakim, he picks it up and it's a first and goal at the 3.
1/goal - 4th KC sack of the day, Willie Lanier gets it. Rams a the 10.
2/goal - 5 yards for Holcombe as the third ends.
4th Qtr -
Chiefs pick up a second TD on the Bell pick 6, the Rams come right back, of course they did, and have 3rd and goal at the 5 up 17.
Faulk gets to the goal - is just short - Vermiel decides to go for it - and calls a pass play - and its incomplete.
So - the Chiefs take over on downs at their own 1 yard line.
1/10 - Garrett for 3.
2/7 - Garrett for 1.
3/6 - Dawson to Taylor for 9 and the first.
1/10 - Garrett for 3.
2/7 - Bert Coan for 2.
3/5 - Dawson to Taylor - 14 yards and the Chiefs are out at the 33.
1/10 - Garrett for 2.
2/8 - incomplete
3/8 - Dawson hits Chris Burford - that's a 19 yard gain and the Chiefs have crossed midfield with 9:45 to go.
The next 3 plays lose 7 yards when London Fletcher sacks Dawson, it's 4th and 17 - Chiefs are down 17, Dawson throws downfield and it's intercepted by Dexter McLeon, a penalty on the runback means the Rams are starting at their own 25. 8:24 left.
The Rams pick up a couple first downs, Warner to Bruce for 25, a personal foul on a face mask, a Holcombe 11 yard run - and the drive ends with a Wilkins FG 34-14.
The Chiefs go four and out - turning it over on downs, Rams take possession at the KC 33 w/ 2:52 left. They run the ball 3 straight times and kick another FG to make it 37-14.
Another 4 and out by the Chiefs ends the game.
Final: Rams 37 Chiefs 14.
A game never in doubt; the Super Bowl Champs outgain KC by 250 yards and they'll host the '19 Saints in the next round.
Warner: 18-26, 271 yds, 1 TD/1 Int
Dawson: 9-26 84 yds 2 INT
Holcombe: 7 carries, 130 yds, 1 TD
Faulk: 18 carries, 80 yds, 2 TD
Garrett: 19 carries, 97 yds 1 TD, 3 catches 21 yds
Bruce: 6 catches, 91 yds
Holt: 4 catches, 103 yds
Bell INT/TD
Player of the Game: Robert Holcombe
That's half of Region 3
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