2006 JAGUARS AT CHIEFS PART 1

Date: Sunday, December 31, 2006 Game Time Kickoff: 12:00PM Location: Kansas City, MO Venue: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 77500 Weather: Overcast Temp: 39 F Kansas City Chiefs Stats - Yards: 395, Turnovers: 3 Jacksonville Jaguars Stats - Yards: 397, Turnovers: 1 On New Year's Eve 2006, the Chiefs closed out the regular season when they played the Jacksonville Jaguars. The team looked to restart their "December home game winning streak" during the cold, wintry weather. The game was broadcast on CBS at noon Kansas City time. The game began with Kansas City under enormous doubt to reach the playoffs. Kansas City would slide into the tournament with a win, and losses by Tennessee, Cincinnati and Denver. The team started the day with the 10th seed in the AFC playoffs, but ended 2006 with a truly happy new year. The Chiefs paid tribute to Hunt with a moment of silence before the game and the video boards played tributes before and during the game. The Jaguars and Chiefs line up, week 17 Quarterback Trent Green was hit hard from Clint Ingram, resulting in a slightly sprained ankle. He sat out the next few drives as back-up quarterback Damon Huard returned to the field with the Kansas City offense to enormous applause.[Huard threw a deep pass to Eddie Kennison (who miraculously held on to the ball after juggling it) and gained 40-yards. Huard handed off to Larry Johnson, who ran in for this third touchdown of the game from 12-yards out. The Chiefs were leading 35–17. By the end of the third quarter, Chiefs starting quarterback Trent Green was back in the game and threw an interception—a play that was met with jeers for Green and chants for Damon Huard to return. Within the final five minutes, all of which Kansas City held possession, various penalties were issued against the Chiefs and Jaguars. The most notable of which came against Jacksonville's defensive tackle John Henderson and Kansas City's guard Brian Waters, both of which were flagged for unnecessary roughness. Both Henderson and Waters began to brawl against each other. Kansas City ran out the clock throughout the final two minutes and hung on for their ninth win of the season. The Chiefs, needing four teams to lose in order to gain the final seed in the playoffs, had their wish come true. Kansas City clinched the final playoff berth with Denver's loss to San Francisco and fulfilled an almost impossible playoff scenario.[56][57] For the first time since 2003, the Chiefs were heading back to the playoffs to face the team they lost to, the Indianapolis Colts. Kansas City's Larry Johnson set the single-season record for carries. Johnson's 416 attempts passed Jamal Anderson's (Atlanta Falcons) 1998 record of 410 carries. Johnson finished the game with 138 yards on 33 carries with three touchdowns.