2018 Kansas City Chiefs vs Los Angeles Rams

Kansas City Chiefs (9-2) Los Angeles Rams (10-1) 51 54
1 2 3 4 Total KC 7 16 7 21 51 LAR 13 10 17 14 54
Date	November 19, 2018
Stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Referee	Clete Blakeman
Attendance	77,002
TV in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Joe Tessitore (play-by-play) Jason Witten Booger McFarland (color analysts) Lisa Salters (sideline reporter)
Radio in the United States
Network	Westwood One
Announcers	Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) Kurt Warner (color analyst) D'Marco Farr (sideline reporter)

2018 Kansas City Chiefs vs Los Angeles Rams was an American football game in the National Football League (NFL) between the visiting Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams. The game was a Monday Night Football game televised nationally on ESPN. The Rams won the game 54-51, a combined 105 points, (21 scored by defenses) making it the highest scoring Monday Night Football game and the third highest scoring game in NFL history. The two teams also combined for 1001 total yards. The game was originally scheduled to take place in Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, but was relocated to the Ram's home stadium, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum due to poor field conditions.

Game summary

First quarter

The Rams maintained control through most of the first quarter. They quickly put together a 3 minute drive, featuring a 44 yard pass to Brandin Cooks. Greg Zuerlein misses the extra point, making the score 6-0. After a punt by the Chiefs, the Rams put together another touchdown drive, including 3 consecutive passes of 10+ yards by quarterback Jared Goff. However, the Chiefs respond, getting a touchdown in just 4 plays, 3 of which were 20+ yard passes from quarterback Patrick Mahomes, including a 25 yard touchdown pass to Tyreek Hill. The Rams put together a long drive of their own, making it inside the 5 yard line, but fail to get into the endzone. A Greg Zuerlein field goal put the Rams up 16-7.

Second quarter

The Chiefs first drive of the quarter gets them a short field goal, failing to get into the endzone from the 1 yard line. In the following drive, Goff gets sacked by Allen Bailey, who also forces a fumble and recovers it himself. It just takes a 21 yard pass to Kareem Hunt to put the Chiefs up for the first time in the game, 17-16. After a punt by the Rams, Patrick Mahomes is sacked by Aaron Donald, forcing a fumble. The ball is picked up by Samson Ebukam and returned 11 yards for a Rams touchdown. The Chiefs put together a quick drive and score a touchdown with 13 seconds left in the half. Kicker Harrison Butker misses the extra point, leaving the game tied 23-23. Jared Goff kneels and sends it into halftime.

Third quarter

4 plays into the third quarter, Donald sacks Mahomes, forcing a second fumble. The ball is recovered by John Franklin-Myers at the 46 yard line. The Rams take advantage and drive the ball down the field. The drive ends with Goff scrambling for a 7 yard touchdown on 3rd down. The Chiefs respond with a touchdown of their own, tying the game at 30. The Rams only manage a field goal this time around, but the Chiefs turn it over on the first play from scrimmage. Mahomes throws a pass too short and it is easily picked off by Ebukam and returned 25 yards for a touchdown, swelling the lead to 10 points. Ebukam was the same player who returned Mahomes' fumble for the touchdown. The quarter ends with punts by both teams.

Fourth quarter

The Chiefs, down by 10, respond quickly with a 73 yard touchdown pass to Hill. Hill is also flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for gesturing at Lamarcus Joyner just before entering the endzone. On the next drive, Goff has the ball knocked out of his hands by Justin Houston. It lands into the hands of Bailey (his second fumble recovery of the game) and returned two yards for a touchdown. This gave the Chiefs their largest lead of the game, now ahead 44-40. Goff redeems himself in the next drive, hitting passes of 27 and 36 yards to Josh Reynolds and Robert Woods, respectively. The drive concludes with a 7 yard touchdown pass to Gerald Everett, putting the Rams back on top, 47-44. After punts by both teams, the Chiefs score a touchdown, with Mahomes passing it 10 yards to Chris Conley. The Chiefs manage to score a touchdown with 2:48 left in the game. This was Mahomes' 6th touchdown pass of the game. The Rams answer, scoring a touchdown in just 58 seconds. This put the Rams up 54-51 with 1:49 left. In the Chiefs next drive, Mahomes throws an interception to a wide open Marcus Peters. However, the Chiefs manage to get the ball back with 50 seconds remaining, using their first two timeouts. With the game on the line, Mahomes launches the ball deep, but it ends up being Mahomes' 3rd interception and 5th turnover of the game. The Rams end it with one kneel by Goff.

Relocation

The game was originally scheduled to take place in Estadio Azteca stadium, Mexico City, Mexico as part of the NFL International Series. The game was relocated to the Ram's home stadium, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California. The relocation occurred because of poor field conditions due to a recent concert and number of soccer games. Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt said "[The move is] 100 percent [about] player safety..." Many players had threatened to sit out if the game wasn't relocated.

Records

NFL

• Highest scoring Monday Night game
• First and only game in which both teams scored 50+ points
• Third highest scoring game

Chiefs

• First and only team to score 50+ points and lose

Patrick Mahomes

• Most passing TDs in Monday Night game (6)
• Career high passing yards (478)

Tyreek Hill

• Second most yards in single game for a Chiefs Player (215)

Starting Lineups

Kansas City	Position		Los Angeles
Offense
Demetrius Harris	TE		Tyler Higbee
Eric Fisher	LT		Andrew Whitworth
Cameron Erving	LG		Rodger Saffold
Austin Reiter	C		John Sullivan
Andrew Wylie	RG		Austin Blythe
Mitchell Schwartz	RT		Rob Havenstein
Tyreek Hill	WR		Josh Reynolds
Travis Kelce	TE	WR	Brandin Cooks
Patrick Mahomes	QB		Jared Goff
Sammy Watkins	WR		Robert Woods
Kareem Hunt	RB	HB	Todd Gurley
Defense
Allen Bailey	LDE	DE	Michael Brockers
Chris Jones	RDE	NT	Ndamukong Suh
Orlando Scandrick	LCB		Marcus Peters
Steven Nelson	RCB		Troy Hill
Dee Ford	LOLB	DT	Aaron Donald
Anthony Hitchens	LILB	WILL	Dante Fowler
Dorian O'Daniel	RILB	ILB	Cory Littleton
Justin Houston	ROLB	ILB	Mark Barron
Kendall Fuller	NICKE	CB	Sam Shields
Eric Murray	S	SS	John Johnson
Ron Parker	S	FS	Lamarcus Joyner
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Officials

• Referee: Clete Blakeman (34)
• Line Judge: Rusty Baynes (59)
• Down Judge: Dana McKenzie (8)
• Side Judge: Brad Freeman (88)
• Umpire: Ramon George (128)
• Field Judge: Dale Shaw (104)
• Back Judge: Tony Steratore (112)
• Replay Official: Jim Lapetina (0)

See also

• List of highest scoring NFL games

References

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