KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker drilled a 43-yard field
goal with 8 seconds left in his first career game, atoning for an earlier miss
and helping Kansas City to a 29-20 victory over the Washington Redskins on
Monday night.Signed off the Carolina practice squad earlier in the week, Butker missed a
46-yarder in the first half before hitting three attempts in the second. The
first tied the score 17-all, the next gave the Chiefs the lead and the last made
Kansas City the league’s only undefeated team with 4 wins and no losses.
goal with 8 seconds left in his first career game, atoning for an earlier miss
and helping Kansas City to a 29-20 victory over the Washington Redskins on
Monday night.Signed off the Carolina practice squad earlier in the week, Butker missed a
46-yarder in the first half before hitting three attempts in the second. The
first tied the score 17-all, the next gave the Chiefs the lead and the last made
Kansas City the league’s only undefeated team with 4 wins and no losses.
Alex Smith threw for 293 yards with touchdowns on the ground and through the
air, and it was his 37-yard strike to Albert Wilson on a broken play that set up
Butker’s go-ahead kick.
Kirk Cousins had 220 yards passing and two touchdowns for Washington.
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