Seven statistics you may have missed from Chiefs’ win over the Raiders
In their Week 2 meeting in Oakland, the Raiders jumped to a 10-0 lead after one quarter against the Chiefs.
Over the next seven quarters, the Chiefs outscored Oakland 68-9. Sunday’s 40-9 win not only severely damaged the Raiders’ hopes of winning the AFC West, it produced a number of statistics that fans may not know.
Here are seven that were shared by the Chiefs or on Twitter:
1. The Chiefs are 3-0 when a defensive player scores a touchdown this season. Safety Juan Thornhill’s 46-yard interception came in Sunday’s win. They also won at Detroit with cornerback Bashaud Breeland’s 100-yard fumble return and at Denver with linebacker Reggie Ragland’s 5-yard fumble return. The Chiefs are 112-27-1 record (.804) all-time in games with a defensive touchdown.
2. The last time the Chiefs’ had a pick-six? It was last season ... against the Raiders’ Derek Carr:
3. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ touchdown pass to Damien Williams was the 70th of his career in just 27 games. Mahomes passed former Dolphins star Dan Marino as the fastest quarterback to reach 70 career touchdown passes. Marino did it in 29 games.
4. LeSean McCoy now has 502 receptions in his career and is one of only four running backs since 2000 with 500 or more catches.
1. 624 LaDainian Tomlinson 2001-11
2. 554 Matt Forte 2008-17
3. 553 Darren Sproles 2005-19
4. 502 LeSean McCoy 2009-19
5. Twitter user Chase Snyder noted with the Chiefs improving to 8-4, it means coach Andy Reid hasn’t had a losing record in Kansas City:
6. Safety Tyrann Mathieu has three interceptions this season, his most since 2015:
7. Harrison Butker made a 50-yard field goal in the third quarter, his second field goal of 50 yards or more on the season. He has eight in his career and passed Cairo Santos for the fourth-most in Chiefs history.
20 Nick Lowery 1980-93
12 Jan Stenerud 1967-79
9 Ryan Succop 2009-13
8 Harrison Butker 2017-19
This story was originally published December 2, 2019 at 9:03 AM.
