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Chiefs rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire rushes for 138 yards and a touchdown in his NFL debut
Last Updated: 09/11/20 6:10 am
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are the defending Super Bowl champions
Patrick Mahomes threw for 211 yards and three touchdowns, rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire racked up 138 yards and another score, and the Kansas City Chiefs began defending their first championship in 50 years by beating the Houston Texans 34-20 on Thursday. . NFL season opener for the night.
Travis Kelce, Sammy Watkins and Tyreek Hill caught touchdown passes for the Chiefs. Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson threw a TD and ran for another touchdown in the fourth quarter but by then it was too little, too late after the Texans found themselves on a hole in 31-7 form. .
- KC Stat Leaders: Patrick Mahomes, 24/32, 211 yards, 3 TD
- Rushing: Clyde Edwards-Helaire, 25 carries, 138 yards, 1 TD
- Receiving: Sammy Watkins, seven catches, 82 yards, 1 TD
David Johnson provided the biggest bright spot for Houston, rushing for 77 yards and a touchdown on his opening drive that gave the visitors a first-quarter lead in front of a socially estranged crowd of around 17,000 at Arrowhead Stadium.
- Texans stat leaders: Deshaun Watson, 20/32, 253 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
- Rushing: David Johnson, 11 carries, 77 yards, 1 TD
- Receiving: Will Fuller, eight receptions, 112 yards
Score Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | |
| Jeans 7-0 bosses | David Johnson 19-yard rushing TD (extra point) |
| SECOND BEDROOM | |
| Jeans 7-7 bosses | Patrick Mahomes six-yard touchdown pass to Travis Kelce (extra point) |
| Jeans 7-14 bosses | Patrick Mahomes pass two-yard TD to Sammy Watkins (extra point) |
| Jeans 7-17 bosses | Harrison Butker’s 29-yard field goal |
| THIRD QUARTER | |
| Jeans 7-24 bosses | Clyde Edwards-Helaire’s 27-yard scoring run (extra point) |
| FOURTH TRIMESTER | |
| Jeans 7-31 bosses | Patrick Mahomes 3-yard TD pass to Tyreek Hill (extra point) |
| Jeans 13-31 bosses | Deshaun Watson 19-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Atkins (two-point failure) |
| Jeans 20-31 bosses | Deshaun Watson’s one-yard scoring run (extra point) |
| Jeans 20-34 bosses | Harrison Butker 19-yard field goal |
The Texans, who blew a 24-point lead against Kansas City in the playoffs, struck first when marching 80 yards for a touchdown, ending the elusive Johnson rushing 19 yards into the end zone.
The Chiefs had apparently scored a touchdown in their opening series, but it was canceled when officials determined Demarcus Robinson was unable to control Mahomes’ 36-yard pass in the end zone. They had another nullification when it was shown that Watkins was approaching just below the goal line in the second quarter, though he would find the end zone two plays later, as, like in that playoff meeting in January, the Chiefs they quickly got over their slow start. .
They tied the game when Mahomes threw a short touchdown pass to Kelce, then took the lead on Watkins’ score. Harrison Butker capped off the first half by kicking a fast-shooting range goal that sent the Chiefs into the locker room with a 17-7 lead.
Rookie running back Clyde Edwards Helaire enjoyed an impressive start to life in NFL backfield
Edwards-Helaire, his first-round draft pick, added to that lead early in the third quarter, with LSU’s pint-sized dynamo unleashing an evil stutter as he broke free and entered the end zone from 27 yards. .
The Chiefs saved the game when rookie L’Darius Sneed intercepted Watson’s jump in the closing seconds of the third quarter. Mahomes was rescued from an interception of his own for pass interference in the end zone, before finding Hill for his third TD and a 31-7 lead early in the fourth quarter.
Watson threw a touchdown pass and ran for another later in the quarter to make the final score a bit more respectable, but Kansas City held on comfortably for a winning start to the season.
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