Kansas City Chiefs

Vs.

Detroit Lions

August 9, 1969

Dawson-Led Chiefs Bury Lions, 38-13

KANSAS CITY (AP)- Len Dawson fired a pair of touchdown passes to Frank Pitts to stake Kansas City to a 22 point halftime lead and the Chiefs rode the margin to a 38-13 exhibition victory over the Detroit Lions Saturday night.
 

The Chiefs, who lost to Green Bay in the 1967 Super Bowl- the first interleague game- brought their record against National Football League opponents to 4-3.
 

Detroit scored on the next to last play of the game with reserve quarterback Greg Landry passing 23 yards to Earl McCullouch.
 

The Chiefs built a 28-6 halftime lead, by smothering the Lions offensively and defensively.
 

Kansas City went 71 yards off the opening kickoff for a touchdown with Dawson passing 39 yards to Pitts for the score with the game only 2 1/2 minutes old. Mike Garrett ran the conversion and the Chiefs never again were headed.
 

The Lions bounced back to trail only 8-6 as Bill Munson scored on a one-yard sneak to cap an 80-yard drive.
 

From then on, everything went the Chiefs' way. Jan Stenerud booted a 31-yard field goal. Dawson hit Pitts on a 32-yard touchdown aerial. Emmett Thomas romped 41 yards with a pass interception, and Stenerud added a 27-yard field goal after an interception by Willie Lanier for the 28-6 halftime bulge.
 

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

KC- Pitts 39 yard pass from Dawson (Garrett run)

DET- Munson 1 run (pass failed)

KC- FG Stenerud 38

Second Quarter

KC- Pitts 32 yard pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)

KC- Thomas 41 yard interception return (Stenerud kick)

KC- FG Stenerud 27

Fourth Quarter

KC- Livingston 1 run (Stenerud kick)

KC- FG Stein 14

DET- McCulloch 23 yard pass from Landry (Mann kick)

Att- 38,000

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