The Kansas City Chiefs rode solid quarterback play from the trio of Patrick Mahomes, Chad Henne, and Shane Buechele, while the defense held a short-handed Arizona Cardinals offense in check, in a 17-10 preseason victory on Friday night at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Both Henne and Buechele threw for touchdown strikes, while Mahomes, in his most extensive work of the preseason to date, was 10 of 18 for 78 yards. The Texas Tech did not throw a touchdown pass and was intercepted once.
Harrison Butker opened the scoring with a 24-yard field goal that ended a 15-play drive engineered by Mahomes that stalled in the red zone. On Kansas City’s second possession of the night, also a 15-play jaunt, Byron Murphy Jr. picked off a Mahomes pass in the end zone. Henne, the veteran back-up from the University of Michigan, was 6 for 8 for 82 yards, while the rookie Buechele, a product of Southern Methodist University, was a solid 9 or 11 for 115 yards. Byron Pringle shined for the Chiefs offense with four catches for 63 yards.
Here is Head Coach Andy Reid:
Safety Juan Thornhill snuffed out an Arizona drive late in the first half with a diving interception.
For Arizona, starting quarterback Kyler Murray was just 1 for 4 for 2 yards, with eight yards rushing, failing to gain a first down in his brief first-quarter appearance. Colt McCoy saw much more extended play for the Cardinals, going 13 of 18 for 113 yards and the Thornhill interception.
The Chiefs finish up preseason play with a visit to Arrowhead Stadium by the Minnesota Vikings on Friday night, August 27th, with Arizona traveling to New Orleans for a meeting with the Saints on Saturday, August 28th.
Other NFL Preseason Scores from Week #2 were :
Thursday, 8/19
New England 35, Philadelphia 0
Friday, 8/20
Washington 17, Cincinnati 13
Saturday, 8/21
Buffalo 41, Chicago 15
NY Jets 23, Green Bay 14
Baltimore 20, Carolina 3
Miami 37, Atlanta 17
Pittsburgh 26, Detroit 20
Tennessee 34, Tampa Bay 3
Houston 20, Dallas 14
Indianapolis 12, Minnesota 10
Las Vegas 17, LA Rams 16
Denver 30, Seattle 3
Sunday, 8/22
Cleveland 17, NY Giants 13
San Francisco 15, LA Chargers 10
Monday, 8/23
Jacksonville at New Orleans – 7:00 PM