Monday, December 1, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
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Chiefs snap 49ers' streak
Kansas City eyes AFC West lead
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Critics who say that San Francisco built its club-record 11-game winning streak on a succession of softies may be right.
The Kansas City Chiefs dismantled the NFL's top-rated defense yesterday and handed the 49ers a 44-9 loss. It was San Francisco's worst regular-season defeat since a 45-3 loss to Detroit in 1967.
The Chiefs (10-3), hoping to overtake Denver for the AFC West lead, stunned the 48ers (11-2) by grabbing a 28-6 halftime lead.
Rich Gannon threw three touchdown passes, and Marcus Allen had another on a halfback option. It was the first time the Chiefs had four touchdowns passes in a game since December 1983 against San Diego.
The 49ers have failed to score a touchdown in a game twice since 1991 — in both of this season's
losses. They fell in the season opener at Tampa Bay 13-6 and then built their record largely on victories against the league's lesser teams.
The Chiefs have an easier schedule than the Broncos. The Broncos must travel to Pittsburgh and San Francisco, while the Chiefs have two of their last three at home.
Kansas City led 14-3 after a 2-yard touchdown pass from Gannon to Tony Gonzalez. Gonzalez then swept past Zack Bronson on the right side and blocked a punt by Tommy Thompson, returning the ball 12 yards to the 3-yard line.
Allen scored on the next play.
minutes later, the Chiefs drove 57 yards. Allen, the short-yardage specialist, took a handoff and drifted right, then flipped a 1-yard touchdown pass to Ted Popon, who was playing his first game since suffering a concussion on Nov. 3.
After Pellom McDaniels sacked Steve Young for a 9-yard loss a few
Allen's sixth career touchdown pass and second this season made it 28-3 with 26 seconds left in the half.
The score came after Darnell Walker was called for pass interference on Gonzalez in the end zone, giving the Chiefs a first down at the 1-yard line.
Gary Anderson made two field goals from 33 yards — one on the last play of the half and one from 40 — for the 49ers.
Kansas City also scored on Andre Rison's 6-yard reception in the first quarter and his 29-yarder with 12:40 to play.
With 8:31 to play, Terry Kirby was tackled in the end zone by Joe Phillips and Donnie Edwards for a safety. Mark McMillian intercepted Jeff Brohm's pass and returned it 12 yards for the Chiefs' final touchdown. Brohm had replaced Young just before the safety.
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Longhorns looking for new coach
The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas' football coaching job comes with a high degree of uncertainty.
Fred Akers won 73 percent of his games in 10 seasons and was fired after his first losing season in 1986.
David McWilliams, who played for Akers' predecessor, Darrell Royal, put Texas in the top 5 in 1990 and then was fired after a 5-6 season in 1991.
John Mackovic won or shared three conference titles in six years, improved football graduation rates and was fired Saturday after his first losing season.
Today Texas will convene its search committee for a new coach
with hopes of finding Mackovic's successor in the next two weeks.
Top candidates include Northwestern's Gary Barnett, Mack Brown of North Carolina, Butch Davis of Miami, Tommy Tuberville of Mississippi and Phillip Fulmer of Tennessee.
Thomas Hicks, a Texas regent who owns the NHL Dallas Stars, said yesterday he hoped the committee would have the list narrowed by the end of the week.
"Until official calls are made and you go through the protocol, it's hard to tell what a coach's interest is," Hicks said. "They may act interested if someone is just asking them offhand. But we should know by the middle of the week who is serious."
Hicks praised Mackovic for his championships, for improving recruiting and for increased graduation rates. But he said Mackovic's downfall was failing to
improve the Longhorns' defense and failing to motivate the team.
"We've become one of the worst defensive teams in the nation over a long period of time," Hicks said. "He was encouraged to do something about that, and he was unable to do so.
"The on-field leadership was very erratic. When a team loses 66-3 against a team (UCLA) it's favored to beat, it shows for whatever reason the team chose to quit on that day. They did that a half-dozen times while he was coach, and that's unacceptable.
Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds said although the Longhorns' coach would face a lot of pressure, it would be a rewarding position for the right candidate.
"I think there are coaches who want this job," he said. "It's a tough job, but it's a place where I think we can have a top-10 program year in and year out."
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