Chiefs score game-winning touchdown in overtime to beat Buccaneers, remain undefeated

Patrick Mahomes gave each Kansas City Chiefs fans a little scare connected "Monday Night Football," but each ended good arsenic the squad remains undefeated aft beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30-24.

But overtime was needed successful this 1 to determine whether Kansas City stayed successful the triumph file successful Week 9.

The Chiefs are present 8-0 connected the year, portion the Bucs fell to 4-5 aft losing their 3rd consecutive game. 

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Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) throws a walk against Tampa Bay Buccaneers antiaircraft tackle Vita Vea (50) during the archetypal fractional astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium.  (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)

The Buccaneers, down a touchdown with 2:16 near successful the 4th quarter, would not spell retired without a combat successful this one, and Baker Mayfield had the cleanable thrust to springiness themselves much clip connected the clock.

Mayfield recovered Ryan Miller for the one-yard touchdown, but alternatively of going for 2 for the lead, Todd Bowles opted for the other point, which was bully to necktie the crippled astatine 24 apiece. 

Bowles didn't cognize it astatine the time, but possibly going for 2 would've had Tampa Bay winning the crippled arsenic Mahomes, getting the coin flip to spell his mode successful overtime, didn't fto the Bucs get the shot back. 

Mahomes dissected the Buccaneers' defence connected the archetypal and lone thrust of overtime to yet person Kareem Hunt people the overtime touchdown connected a one-yard run.

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The scare came successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile Mahomes made a shovel walk to Samaje Perine to necktie the crippled astatine 17 apiece aft Harrison Butker’s other point, but replay showed him awkwardly works connected his near limb arsenic helium was scrambling extracurricular the pocket. 

Mahomes was connected the wounded study this week with a near ankle sprain, but it was ne'er thing that would support him retired of the game. 

He initially needed assistance to get disconnected the field, but aft doing immoderate enactment connected the sideline, Mahomes returned to the game. The ESPN broadcast said that it was an ankle ailment, though it wouldn’t beryllium removing him from his duties. 

After Chiefs fans astatine Arrowhead Stadium gave him a raucous ovation aft seeing him locomotion backmost onto the field, Mahomes orchestrated different fourth-quarter touchdown drive, uncovering his caller receiver DeAndre Hopkins for the 2nd clip successful this crippled successful the colored overgarment to instrumentality their 24-17 lead. 

Hopkins, who was traded by the Tennessee Titans 2 weeks agone to the Chiefs, had his breakout show with his caller squad. He finished with 8 catches for 86 yards with his 2 scores.

The archetypal touchdown for the Chiefs successful this crippled came connected a transportation betwixt Mahomes and Hopkins for a one-yard score, and it wasn't adjacent the astir awesome drawback of the thrust for the seasoned wideout. 

Mahomes heaved 1 35 yards downfield with Hopkins triple-covered, and helium someway was the 1 that came down with it to enactment the Chiefs successful the reddish zone. And aft hauling successful his archetypal touchdown arsenic a Chief, Hopkins paid homage to his erstwhile Titans squad by doing a rendition of the fashionable "Remember The Titans" locomotion with his caller teammates. 

Through rainy conditions, the Chiefs and Bucs some got disconnected to dilatory starts successful this crippled with Kansas City owning a 3-0 pb aft the archetypal quarter. 

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (8) celebrates with teammates aft scoring a touchdown during the archetypal fractional against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium.  (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)

Mayfield and the Buccaneers were capable to find the extremity portion first, and it was Rachaad White, the Kansas City autochthonal making his first-ever quality astatine Arrowhead Stadium, scoring the game’s archetypal touchdown. 

On the Buccaneers’ 2nd thrust of the game, White got a beauteous artifact from near tackle Tristan Wirfs and ran his mode astir without interaction from 7 yards retired into the extremity portion to marque it a 7-3 crippled aft Chase McLaughlin buried the extra-point attempt. 

But arsenic the Chiefs ever look to do, they responded, and it came connected the ensuing thrust with Hopkins' score. 

Those were the lone touchdowns of the archetypal half, though the Chiefs whitethorn person had thing cooking nether 2 minutes if Travis Kelce hadn’t fumbled connected second-and-10 adjacent midfield with 1:03 near to play successful the 2nd quarter. 

However, Kelce led the mode for the Chiefs successful the walk crippled with 14 catches for 100 yards, including a mates to acceptable up for the game-winning tally by Hunt. 

Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) throws a walk against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the archetypal fractional astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium.  (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

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Mahomes would decorativeness 34-of-44 for 291 yards, portion Mayfield was 23-of-31 for 200 yards with 2 touchdown passes. Cade Otten, who recovered the extremity portion erstwhile more, was the Bucs' starring receiver with 8 catches for 77 yards. 

Finally, the ground-and-pound crippled worked for the Chiefs, arsenic Hunt's 106 yards connected 27 carries acceptable the code and helium capped disconnected a hard-fought triumph erstwhile much for Kansas City. 

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