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Huard Helps K.C. Avoid 0-3 Start

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The Associated Press

Published: September 24, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Weapon No. 1 was shut down, so Kansas City turned to weapon No. 2 and nailed down its first victory since last New Year's Eve.

Damon Huard, giving up on getting any production from Larry Johnson, took to the air and hit rookie wide receiver Dwayne Bowe with a fourth-quarter touchdown pass and the Chiefs beat Minnesota 13-10 Sunday to avoid what would have been their second 0-3 start in 27 years.

Johnson, still chipping away rust following his 25-day holdout and dogged by a defense trained squarely on him, was held to 42 yards on 24 carries.

So the Chiefs turned to Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez and Bowe, their first-round draft pick in April, to fuel their only sustained drive of the day - a 12-play, 84-yard march that ended when Bowe beat Cedric Griffin in the corner of the end zone for a 16-yard catch.

The Vikings' 'secret' starter at quarterback turned out to be, as most people suspected, Kelly Holcomb. Holcomb was making his 22nd start of a 13-year career.

Min-Peterson 11 run (Longwell kick), 10:02.

Second Quarter

Min-FG Longwell 22, 9:18.

KC-FG Rayner 39, 3:32.

Third Quarter

KC-FG Rayner 49, 2:58.

Fourth Quarter

KC-Bowe 16 pass from Huard (Rayner kick), 9:23.

A-78,038.

RUSHING-Minnesota, Peterson 25-102, Moore 4-21. Kansas City, L.Johnson 24-42, Bennett 4-7, Huard 2-4, Drummond 1-(minus 3).

PASSING-Minnesota, Holcomb 14-28-0-165, Moore 0-1-0-0. Kansas City, Huard 20-29-0-206.

RECEIVING-Minnesota, Wade 4-35, Shiancoe 3-51, Peterson 3-48, Rice 2-21, Moore 2-10. Kansas City, Gonzalez 7-96, Bowe 5-71, Wilson 3-13, Bennett 3-9, Parker 1-22, L.Johnson 1-(minus 5).

MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.

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