Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Indianapolis Colts

Date:  January 6, 2007

AFC Wildcard Game

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  0          0          8          0             8

IND                 6          3          7          7            23

 

Visitor playmakers:

TE Tony Gonzalez, CB Ty Law, DB Jarrad Page, CB Patrick Surtain

 

Home playmakers:

DE Dwight Freeney, RB Joseph Addai, WR Reggie Wayne, DB Bob Sanders, S Antoine Bethea

                                                                                                  

Network:  NBC (KSHB Kansas City)

Announcers:  Tom Hammond, Cris Collinsworth

 

Pregame:  Yes – The Road to Miami

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes – Metro Sports Sunday

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  Excellent

 

Notes:  The pitiful playoff performances continue in this third postseason loss to the cursed Colts.  The Chiefs are held scoreless and without a first down for nearly 43 minutes by a Colts defense that had been giving up 173 rushing yards per game.  Larry Johnson racks up a total of 32 yards, Trent Green throws 2 interceptions and appears lost for the majority of the game, Herm Edwards fails to put backup Damon Huard in the game even though he told the media earlier in the week he would not hesitate to do so, and the Colts’ offense finally wears down the heroic KC defense.  Another miserable loss in a string of playoff losses reaching back to the 1993 season – six straight playoff games. 

Kansas City registered a two-point conversion in the playoffs for the first time in franchise history when QB Trent Green connected with TE Kris Wilson.  P Dustin Colquitt registered a 66-yard punt in the second quarter, the longest punt in Chiefs postseason history, breaking the previous long of 62 yards by P Louie Aguiar vs. Denver (1/4/98).

 

Running time:  3:21 (2 discs)