Sunday, September 18, 1977
Kansas City Chiefs 17, New England Patriots 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs (0-1-0) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| New England Patriots (1-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| KAN | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | KAN | MacArthur Lane 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 0 |
| KAN | Tony Reed 10 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| NWE | Darryl Stingley 34 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Darryl Stingley 21 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3rd | NWE | Jess Phillips 11 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4th | KAN | Jan Stenerud 22 yard field goal | 17 | 21 |
| KAN | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-180-2 | 46-241-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-26-219-0-0 | 10-16-155-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-64 | 2-15 |
| Net pass yards | 155 | 140 |
| Total yards | 335 | 381 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-71 | 13-96 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Livingston | KAN | 13 | 26 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Tony Reed | KAN | 19 | 88 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Henry Marshall | KAN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 49 | ||||||
| MacArthur Lane | KAN | 12 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Walter White | KAN | 4 | 67 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence Williams | KAN | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Ed Podolak | KAN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Mark Bailey | KAN | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 23 | 105 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 18 | 81 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 10 | 16 | 155 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 3 | 38 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Steve Burks | NWE | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Jess Phillips | NWE | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Gary Barbaro | KAN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Green | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Lynch | KAN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ricky Wesson | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lawrence Williams | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||