Chargers-Chiefs Capsule
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (7-6) at KANSAS CITY (7-6)
Saturday, 8:25 p.m. ET, NFL Network
OPENING LINE - Chargers by 2
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Los Angeles 7-5-1, Kansas City 7-6
SERIES RECORD - Chiefs lead 59-55-1
LAST MEETING - Chiefs beat Chargers 24-10, Sept. 24
LAST WEEK - Chargers beat Redskins 30-13; Chiefs beat Raiders 26-15
AP PRO32 RANKING - Chargers No. 11, Chiefs No. 14
CHARGERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (5), RUSH (24), PASS (3)
CHARGERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (10), RUSH (29), PASS (3)
CHIEFS OFFENSE - OVERALL (6), RUSH (13), PASS (8)
CHIEFS DEFENSE - OVERALL (28), RUSH (30), PASS (28)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Winner has inside track on AFC West title. ... Chiefs have won seven straight against Chargers. Their last loss was Dec. 29, 2013. ... Chargers have won four straight and seven of nine, their best nine-game stretch since 2010. ... Chargers lead NFL with 15 INTs on defense since 0-4 start. ... Chargers QB Philip Rivers is averaging 337 yards passing with eight TDs and no interceptions over past four games. ... Rivers joined Peyton Manning and Drew Brees as only QBs in NFL history with 3,500 yards passing in 10 straight seasons. Rivers has 3,611 yards. ... WR Keenan Allen is first Chargers player with four consecutive 100-yard receiving games since Wes Chandler in 1982. ... Chargers DE Joey Bosa has nine sacks and four forced fumbles in last nine games. ... Chargers DE Melvin Ingram had three sacks vs. Kansas City in September. ... Chiefs coach Andy Reid is 9-3 against Chargers. ... Chiefs snapped five-game skid last week against Oakland. ... Kansas City QB Alex Smith is second in NFL with 104.4 rating. Smith is 6-1 in his career against Chargers. ... Chiefs RB Kareem Hunt joined Abner Haynes (1960) as only players in Chiefs history with 1,400 yards from scrimmage as rookie. Hunt has 1,435. ... Chiefs' Travis Kelce is only TE in NFL with 65 catches and 850 yards each of past four seasons. ... Chiefs CB Marcus Peters returns from one-game disciplinary suspension. ... Fantasy Tip: Keep rolling with Rivers at QB against Chiefs, who have struggled to stop pass most of season, despite return of CB Peters from suspension.
___
For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL