Hill Spurs Kansas City to 21-13 Win Over Raiders

By ESPN

Tyreek Hill didn't know what to do when he started hearing thousands of people in Arrowhead Stadium chanting his name, even as he stood all alone on the frozen turf waiting for the punt.

"Just give them what they want, I guess," Hill thought to himself.

So he did, the rookie speedster taking the punt back 78-yards for a game-changing touchdown. It followed shortly after he had hauled in a 36-yard touchdown grab, spurring Kansas City to a 21-13 victory over the Oakland Raiders on a frosty Thursday night and into control of the AFC West.

"It gave me chills on the sideline," said Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith, who had 261 yards passing with a touchdown and an interception. "The whole stadium is chanting his name and he answers -- that was one of the coolest things I've seen, for sure."

The Chiefs (10-3) and Raiders (10-3), longtime and bitter rivals, are now tied atop the division, but Kansas City has the tiebreaker by virtue of two head-to-head wins this season.

"This was as big as it gets for a regular-season game," Smith said. "We don't get caught up in all the must-win stuff, that's not how we operate, but we knew the stakes for sure."

Charcandrick West added a touchdown run and Travis Kelce had five catches for 101 yards as the Chiefs returned from a back-to-back road wins to beat Oakland for the seventh time in eight meetings.

It came at a big cost, though: The Chiefs lost Derrick Johnson for the rest of the season after the star linebacker ruptured his left Achilles just before halftime.

"I felt a little bit of a letdown when it happened," Chiefs coach Andy Reid acknowledged, "but the last thing D.J. would have wanted was a letdown."

Derek Carr was just 17 of 41 for 117 yards passing for Oakland, but the ugly line wasn't entirely his fault. Seth Roberts dropped just about everything thrown at him, Amari Cooper couldn't adjust to a long throw for a would-be touchdown early in the fourth quarter, and several more passes were dropped to the rock-hard turf of Arrowhead Stadium on a night when wind chills approached single digits.

Latavius Murry led the Raiders with 103 yards rushing and a touchdown.

 Sunday, December 11 Schedule (All Times Central)

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, noon

Denver at Tennessee, noon

Washington at Philadelphia, noon

Arizona at Miami, noon

San Diego at Carolina, noon

Cincinnati at Cleveland, noon

Chicago at Detroit, noon

Houston at Indianapolis, noon

Minnesota at Jacksonville, noon

New York Jets at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 3:25 p.m.

Atlanta at Los Angeles, 3:25 p.m.

Seattle at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.

Dallas at New York Giants, 7:30 p.m.