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SPORTS Tuesday 8 November 2022

Mahomes helps Chiefs rally past Titans 20-17 in overtime

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports yards with Mahomes find-
Writer ing Hardman for the touch-
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) down.
— Patrick Mahomes was After forcing a punt, Henry
probably having flashbacks went to work again. He
Sunday night to his days at slipped through the line
Texas Tech, when he would untouched and was finally
scramble around like a kid dragged down 56 yards
playing sandlot football later. Then, the 247-pound
while routinely throwing running back pounded into
the ball 60-plus times in a the end zone to give the Ti-
game. tans a 14-9 lead.
The Chiefs needed all of it It was Henry's 74th career
every run, every throw, ev- touchdown run, moving
ery yard to rally past the him past Earl Campbell for
Tennessee Titans. the most in franchise his-
Mahomes finished 43 of tory.
68 for 446 yards and a The Chiefs, meanwhile,
touchdown, and he ran were incapable of running
for the tying score and the ball. And with the Titans
2-point conversion late in no longer worried about
the fourth quarter, before stopping the rush, they be-
Harrison Butker atoned for City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes scrambles under pressure from Tennessee Titans defen- gan to relentlessly pressure
two earlier misses by drilling sive end DeMarcus Walker (95) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, Mahomes.
the go-ahead field goal in Kansas City, Mo. Associated Press Denico Autry's first sack

in overtime and lifting the forced a punt, then his sec-
Chiefs to the 20-17 victory. ment the way Derrick Henry After the Chiefs won the rowhead Stadium. ond on third-and-1 near
"I did not know I threw that was chewing up yardage overtime coin toss, the Ti- Henry finished with 115 midfield prevented Kansas
many," Mahomes said with against the Kansas City tans nearly stopped them, yards rushing and two City from getting points just
a smile, "but yeah, Texas defense, and the way the only for Noah Gray to touchdowns for the Titans. before halftime.
Tech, I threw a couple, so Titans (5-3) were shutting make a nifty third-down But he didn't get a whole lot The Titans eventually ex-
I'm able to do it." down Mahomes and Co. catch. Then, Mahomes of help from Willis, who got tended the lead when
Chiefs coach Andy Reid into the fourth quarter. hit JuJu Smith-Schuster on his second start in place of Mahomes was picked off
improved to 21-3 coming Indeed, the Chiefs were fourth down to keep the the injured Ryan Tannehill, by rookie Roger McCreary,
off a bye by beating a fran- trailing 17-9 and time was drive alive and the clock and was just 5 of 16 for 80 setting up Randy Bullock's
chise that has long been running out when they took moving. yards. 44-yard field goal. But their
his nemesis. He was just 2-9 over at their own 7-yard Butker drilled his 28-yarder The Chiefs figured the best own offense started to fizzle,
against the Titans heck, line. But in vintage Ma- to give Kansas City the lead way to shut down Henry, and despite Butker's missed
Reid has three wins against homes fashion, he willed his with 4:04 left in overtime. who had run for 219 yards field goal — he also missed
the Chiefs including a 27-3 team downfield. His 20-yard The Chiefs proceeded to and two touchdowns last an earlier extra point — the
loss in Nashville last year. scramble on third-and-17 stuff Henry, then sacked week against Houston, was Chiefs managed to get
It was only the second win kept the drive going, and Titans rookie Malik Willis on to keep him off the field. the late touchdown they
for Kansas City (6-2) in its his third-and-9 touchdown back-to-back plays, before They opened the game needed to force overtime.
last seven games against scramble along with his batting down his fourth- with a 15-play march that "It was a struggle," Reid
the Titans. 2-point conversion run down throw to end the took up 8 1/2 minutes and said. "We were up and
Things were spiraling to- knotted the game with 2:56 game and send fireworks ended in a field goal, then down and the guys hung
ward another disappoint- to go. flying into the sky above Ar- forced a punt and went 79 together." q

Bucs' Tom Brady goes over 100,000

yards passing for career

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom needing 164 yards to reach the guys that I've played
Brady became the first a plateau the 45-year-old with, who have blocked for
player in NFL history to quarterback concedes no me, have caught passes.
throw for more than one would have imagined ... I can't do (anything) in
100,000 yards, surpassing possible for him to achieve this league without guys
the milestone on a 15-yard when he entered the NFL doing what they're amaz-
completion to Leonard as a sixth-round draft pick ing at, too," Brady said last
Fournette during the fourth in 2000. Thursday. "They're great
quarter of Sunday's game Brady, who has won sev- achievements," he added.
between the Tampa Bay en Super Bowls and owns "But as much as people
Buccaneers and Los Ange- nearly every meaningful want to say: "Oh, this is what
les Rams. league passing record, Tom Brady did.' In my mind,
The league's career pass- went over 100,000 yards in this is what myself and all Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a
ing leader entered the his 374th career game, in- these other people that pass during the first half of an NFL football game between the
matchup of the past two cluding the playoffs. have contributed to my life Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Nov. 6,
2022, in Tampa, Fla.
Super Bowl champions "For me, it's a credit to all have done as well."q Associated Press