Patrick Mahomes leads Kansas City Chiefs to overtime win against Tampa Bay Buccaneers as Travis Kelce and DeAndre Hopkins star

nfl Tuesday 5 November 2024 12:03, UK

Patrick Mahomes threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns before Kareem Hunt pounded into the end zone from two yards out in overtime to give the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs a 30-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.

DeAndre Hopkins had two touchdown receptions for the Chiefs (8-0), who drove through the rain for two fourth-quarter scores to take a 24-17 lead with 4:17 left.

Kansas City then watched as Baker Mayfield led the Bucs the other way in the final minute, hitting Ryan Miller in the end zone with 27 seconds to go.

Tampa Bay (4-5) elected to kick the extra point and force overtime, rather than go for a 2-point conversion and the win. And it cost the Buccaneers when Mayfield called tails and the coin flip was heads.

Mahomes and the Chiefs took the ball - he was five for five passing on their drive in overtime - as Hunt finished his 106-yard rushing day with the deciding touchdown plunge.

Travis Kelce had 14 catches for 100 yards with Taylor Swift watching on, and Hopkins finished with eight catches for 86 yards as the Chiefs ran their winning streak to 14 dating to last season. They became the sixth Super Bowl champion to start 8-0 the following season.

Mayfield finished with 200 yards and two touchdown passes for the Bucs, who have dropped four of their last five having lost star receivers Chris Godwin and Mike Evans to injury.

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The Bucs' Rachaad White, who grew up 10 minutes away from Arrowhead, scored on a seven-yard run in the second quarter to give the Bucs a 7-3 lead before nearly tossing the football into the second deck.

Then it was Hopkins' turn in his first home game since arriving in Kansas City in a trade with the Tennessee Titans.

The three-time All-Pro, who already had caught four passes, reeled in a third-down heave from Mahomes amid triple coverage for a 35-yard gain inside the Tampa Bay five. Three plays later, Mahomes found him in the back of the end zone, and Hopkins celebrated his first touchdown with the Chiefs with a dance from "Remember the Titans".

Tampa Bay tried to seize control with consecutive scoring drives to start the second half. The first ended with a touchdown pass to Cade Otton, the latest tight end to shred the Chiefs, and Chase McLaughlin's 47-yard field goal gave the Bucs a 17-10 lead.

The Chiefs answered in the fourth quarter. Mahomes marched them through the rain 70 yards for a tying touchdown pass, which he delivered to Samaje Perine while landing awkwardly and tweaking his left ankle, and then threw a laser to Hopkins on third-and-goal from the Buccaneers five to give Kansas City the lead.

Tampa Bay promptly went three-and-out, but its defense got the ball right back, and this time Mayfield calmly led his team down field. His capped the drive with a touchdown throw to Miller - his first career touchdown catch - with 27 seconds to go, and Tampa Bay elected to play for overtime.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on his ankle injury: "Definitely scary. I think it hurt more just because it's the same ankle I rolled last week, so it scared me a little bit. But once I took my breath and calmed down a little bit, it ended up being not too bad. We were able to go in there at the reset and go back on the football team."

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid on Mahomes' injury: "I wasn't sure exactly where he was going to be with it. He might have the loosest ankles in America. It's ridiculous how he can come back from those things."

Chiefs wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins: "Pat's a tough guy. Obviously he's the leader of this offense, the leader of this team. When he went down, everybody was around him, seeing if he was all right."

Mahomes on Hopkins: "He's so good at winning one-on-one, so to be able to have him down in the red zone, third-down situations - he does a good job of filling out and finding those windows. You give him a chance down the field and he makes a play."

The Chiefs are back at Arrowhead on Sunday when they host the Denver Broncos in the AFC West, while the Bucs take on the San Francisco 49ers.

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