New Chiefs Silence Raiders Grbac, Rison Dramatics Lift K.C. Over Oakland

Elvis Grbac and Andre Rison, newcomers to Kansas City, know little of the Chiefs’ decades-old feud with the Oakland Raiders. Monday night, they became part of that rivalry’s lore.

Grbac threw a 33-yard scoring pass to Rison with 3 seconds remaining to give the Chiefs a 28-27 victory over the shocked Raiders.

The Chiefs (1-1) got the ball at their own 20 following a punt with 61 seconds left. Grbac got the drive going with a 21-yard completion to Lake Dawson and followed with a 20-yarder to Brett Perriman.

With 11 seconds remaining and the Chiefs out of timeouts, Grbac found Rison between two defenders in the end zone for the touchdown. Rison was mobbed by his teammates after making the winning catch.

The Raiders did not open their locker room to reporters after the game and coach Joe Bugel refused to give a postgame news conference.

“Andre made a great move. I couldn’t believe the safety sat down on the play. Andre made a second move and I was in shock,” Grbac said. “I just wanted to get the ball up as soon as I could.”

Jeff George, making his home debut for the Raiders (0-2), had third-quarter scoring passes of 37 and 16 yards to Rickey Dudley as Oakland built a 27-13 lead. But George was intercepted twice late and one was returned 55 yards for a TD by Darren Anderson.

That pulled the Chiefs within 27-22. Oakland prevented the Chiefs’ offense from moving effectively after that - until the final dramatic drive.

“It was a good catch, a great throw,” said Kansas City coach Marty Schottenheimer. “We just kept missing on some of the deep throws. The winning touchdown was a product of not giving up.”

Grbac, Rison and Perriman all were free agents signed by the Chiefs this offseason. George was a free agent signed by Oakland.

Grbac, who was 21 of 35 for 312 yards, also threw a 5-yard scoring pass to Kimble Anders. Pete Stoyanovich added field goals of 24, 23 and 23 yards.

Rison had eight receptions for 162 yards. Tim Brown caught 11 passes for 155 yards for the Raiders.

George, who went 19 of 39 for 295 yards, was back on national TV for the first time since his sideline tirade at Atlanta coach June Jones got him suspended for most of last season.

Napoleon Kaufman added a 10-yard scoring run and Cole Ford had field goals of 34 and 32 yards for the Raiders, who have lost eight of nine games with K.C.