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INSIDE THE NFL

Game of the Year

by Peter King

Posted: Wed December 24, 1997

Chiefs 24, Broncos 22; Nov. 16; Arrowhead Stadium. It was the game that changed the AFC's balance of power. A 16-point winner when the teams met at Mile High in the season opener, Denver cruised into Kansas City with a two-game lead in the race for home field advantage in the AFC playoffs. But the Chiefs sacked John Elway six times and held superback Terrell Davis to minus-seven yards on his last seven carries. After Elway led the Broncos to a go-ahead field goal with 1:00 left, the Chiefs responded with a 39-yard drive, capped by Pete Stoyanovich's 54-yard field goal as time expired. Denver lost twice more in the next four weeks while Kansas City won its last six and gained home field in the AFC. Said Chiefs linebacker Anthony Davis after the game, "The Broncos were talking all week about how many of them should be in the Pro Bowl. They can have that game. We'll take the Super Bowl."

Issue date: December 29, 1997

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