Rivers' Late Fumble Treats Chiefs to a Halloween MNF Victory

Arrowhead Stadium was rocking for a Halloween divisional battle on Monday Night Football. The Kansas City Chiefs were playing host to their rival San Diego Chargers.

Kansas City controlled most of the 1st half and ended it with a 13-3. San Diego kicker Nick Novak scored all the points in the 3rd quarter, connecting on three field goals to bring his team within one point.

Chiefs running back Jackie Battle scored a touchdown to make it a 20-12 lead. Philip Rivers responded by driving down the field on a scoring drive that ended with a successful two point conversion to tie the game at 20-20.

After exchanging the ball several times, Rivers drove the Chargers to the 15 yard line with under a minute left in the game. Novak had already connected on four field goals, so the game appeared to be over. With 48 seconds left, however, Rivers snapped the ball and proceeded to fumble it. Chiefs linebacker Andy Studebaker jumped on it. We're headed to overtime.

Kansas City controlled most of overtime and finally won it on a 30 yard field goal by Ryan Succop. While this game will most likely be remembered by Norv Turner's foolish decision to not just take a knee and River's failure to complete a simple handoff, it should be remembered by the resurgence we are seeing from the Chiefs. They were outscored 89-10 in the first two games of the season and started 0-3. Since then, they have won four games in a row.

The Chiefs, Chargers, and Raiders now sit tied atop the AFC West, all with a 4-3 record. Next week the Chiefs face the winless Dolphins, the Chargers host the undefeated Packers, and the Raiders come off the bye to take on the Broncos.