Kansas City Chiefs have dominated recent series with Broncos
By Mike Norris
The Kansas City Chiefs lead the all-time series with the Denver Broncos 62-55, but it hasn’t come without some hiccups.
Currently, the Kansas City Chiefs have won six straight against the Broncos — and look to make it seven on Sunday — but it comes on the heels of their own seven-game losing streak to their AFC West rivals.
Sept. 17, 2015 — Denver 31, Kansas City 24
Bradley Roby had most likely never scored an easier touchdown in his life.
The Denver Broncos cornerback had just scooped up a fumble and strolled 21 untouched yards into the end zone to score what proved to be the game-winning touchdown for his team. Just ten game seconds earlier, the Broncos had trailed the Chiefs 24-17, but now led 31-24 with only 27 seconds remaining.
Kansas City had whipped its fans into a frenzy when running back Knile Davis found paydirt on an eight-yard run two minutes earlier to break a 17-17 tie. It seemed like a six-game losing streak to Denver would be over and the Chiefs would start the season 2-0.
Instead, quarterback Peyton Manning marched his team 80 yards — all through the air — in ten plays and tied the game on a 19-yard touchdown strike to Emmanuel Sanders with 36 ticks remaining.
The Chiefs were still okay. They were about to get the ball back with a chance to complete a few passes and perhaps try a game-winning field goal. If not, they would at least be playing in overtime in front of their home crowd.
Then came the fumble.
Star running back Jamaal Charles, who had fumbled on the Denver five-yard line in the first quarter, coughed it up again on the Chiefs first play of the drive. Roby was there, and the rest is history.
Charles felt like every Chiefs fan after the play.
Jim Nantz with the burn on Jamaal Charles after the game-losing fumble: https://t.co/EacqwPBBRv
— PFF (@PFF) September 18, 2015
It was a devastating blow to a team that not only lost to its rival again but would drop their next four games and lose Charles to a season-ending knee injury in the process.
A bit miraculously, the Chiefs rebounded to win their final ten games — including a November tilt in Denver where they picked off Manning four times — and even a playoff game for the first time in more than 20 years. Unfortunately, the Broncos wound up winning the Super Bowl and still reigned supreme in the AFC West.