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Sunday September 30, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/30/1979:



Ted McKnight rushed for 147 yards and scored twice and rookie quarterback Steve Fuller threw a touchdown pass to highlight the Chiefs' victory. Blocked punts set up McKnight's 23-yard run and Fuller's three-yard touchdown toss to Mike Williams. McKnight capped the scoring with an 84-yard run with 1:27 remaining. The Chiefs' defense held the Seahawks to two field goals.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Kansas City ChiefsOFFENSE168.0  (5)89.8  (28)257.8  (25)9
DEFENSE112.5  (7)181.5  (18)294.0  (10)9
Seattle SeahawksOFFENSE139.0  (17)223.0  (5)362.0  (6)14
DEFENSE112.0  (6)249.5  (26)361.5  (22)10

Line: Seahawks by 7

Team1234F
Kansas City Chiefs (3-2-0)01001424
Seattle Seahawks (1-4-0)30306

( 0- 3) SEA Efren Herrera 38 yard field goal
( 7- 3) KC  Ted McKnight 23 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)
(10- 3) KC  Jan Stenerud 36 yard field goal
(10- 6) SEA Efren Herrera 20 yard field goal
(17- 6) KC  Mike Williams 3 yard pass from Steve Fuller (Jan Stenerud kick)
(24- 6) KC  Ted McKnight 84 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)
                     KC              SEA
First Downs:         11              18
Rushes-yards:        32-215          32-134
Yards/rush:          6.7             4.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-12-42-1       23-38-187-1
Sacked-yards:        4-27            1-9
Net pass yards:      15              178
Net yards/pass:      0.9             4.6
Total net yards:     230             312
Total plays:         48 (66% run)    71 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             4.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             1-1
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     7-48            3-21

Attendance: 61,169
Passing:
KC: Steve Fuller, 8 of 12 for 42 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
SEA: Jim Zorn, 23 of 38 for 187 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
KC: Ted McKnight, 12 for 147 yards and 2 TDs; Arnold Morgado, 8 for 21 yards; Tony Reed, 5 for 8 yards; Mike Williams, 3 for 27 yards; Steve Fuller, 2 for 6 yards; Horace Belton, 2 for 6 yards
SEA: Dan Doornink, 16 for 43 yards; Sherman Smith, 12 for 53 yards; Jim Zorn, 3 for 42 yards; Tony Benjamin, 1 for -4 yards

Receiving:
KC: Ted McKnight, 2 for 9 yards; Mike Williams, 2 for 7 yards and 1 TD; Ed Beckman, 1 for 12 yards; J.T. Smith, 1 for 8 yards; Tony Reed, 1 for 5 yards; Walter White, 1 for 1 yard
SEA: Dan Doornink, 10 for 70 yards; Jeff Moore, 3 for 22 yards; Sam McCullum, 3 for 2 yards; Steve Largent, 2 for 43 yards; Sherman Smith, 2 for 20 yards; Al Hunter, 1 for 14 yards; Brian Peets, 1 for 10 yards; Tony Benjamin, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
KC: Ted McKnight, 2 for 34 yards; Horace Belton, 1 for 15 yards
SEA: Jeff Moore, 3 for 57 yards; Al Hunter, 1 for 14 yards; Dan Doornink, 1 for 13 yards

Punt returns:
KC: J.T. Smith, 2 for 4 yards
SEA: Jeff Moore, 2 for 10 yards

Interceptions:
KC: Gary Barbaro, 1 for 1 yard
SEA: Keith Butler, 1 for 4 yards

Punting:
KC: Bob Grupp, 6 for 263 yards
SEA: Herman Weaver, 3 for 102 yards

Field Goals:
KC: Jan Stenerud, 1/1
SEA: Efren Herrera, 2/3




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