National Football League
Kansas City 27, St. Louis 13
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 19, 2010
Where: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ron Winter
Attendance: 55669

Matt Cassel returned after missing one game following an appendectomy and tossed a touchdown pass to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to a 27-13 victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.

Jamaal Charles and Thomas Jones each rushed for a touchdown and Ryan Succop kicked a pair of field goals for the Chiefs (9-5), who maintained their one-game lead over the San Diego Chargers in the AFC West.

Cassel found a groove in the second quarter, hitting Dwayne Bowe with a 28-yard pass to get Kansas City into the red zone. He then found Leonard Pope with a 2-yard touchdown pass to take a 7-6 lead.

Charles’ 2-yard scoring burst gave the Chiefs a 14-6 lead at the half and Succop’s field goals in the third made it 20-6.

The Rams (6-8) finally scored their first touchdown with 4:04 left in the game, but Kansas City responded immediately when Charles rushed for 80 yards on the next play and Jones pushed it across the goal line.

St. Louis is still very much alive in the lackluster NFC West and ends the season with two divisional games.

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Kansas City   St. Louis
Jamaal Charles Player Steven Jackson
11 Attempts 19
126 Yards 67
11.4 Avg Yards 3.5
1 Touchdowns 1
80 Long 8
Receiving
Kansas City   St. Louis
Dwayne Bowe Player Danny Amendola
2 Receptions 7
53 Yards 60
26.5 Avg Yards 8.6
0 Touchdowns 0
28 Long 16
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Kansas City 383 210 173 3 2 2 3.0 1
St. Louis 224 69 155 1 2 1 3.0 0
Upcoming Games
  • St. Louis will play their next game at home against San Francisco. The Rams have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
  • Kansas City will play their next game at home against Tennessee. The Chiefs have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.