Priest Holmes ran for 133 yards and two touchdowns, and the Kansas City Chiefs wore down the highly touted Baltimore defense in a 27-24 victory Monday night.
Trent Green went 21-for-31 for 223 yards to help Kansas City (1-3) to its first win since Dec. 28. After going 13-3 a year ago, the Chiefs were off to their worst start since 1980.
Through three quarters, Kansas City had 22 first downs compared to four for the Ravens and a 361-126 advantage in yardage. A 1-yard touchdown run by Holmes on the first play of the fourth quarter put the Chiefs up 27-17, and that proved to be enough to end the Ravens' seven-game home winning streak.
Holmes, who played for Baltimore from 1997-2000, became the first player to run for 100 yards against the Ravens in 10 games. He carried 33 times, 22 in the first half.
Baltimore's last loss at home was last year to the Chiefs by a 17-10 score. On Monday night, Kansas City had 17 points by halftime.
After Baltimore (2-2) closed to 27-24 on a 1-yard touchdown run by Jamal Lewis with 9:14 to go, the Chiefs methodically moved downfield in seven plays before a punt left the Ravens at their own 14 with 5:50 left.
Baltimore went nowhere, but got the ball back on its own 27 with 2:33 remaining. The Ravens advanced to their own 40 before a fourth-down pass slipped off the fingers of wide receiver Kevin Johnson.
Lewis, the NFL rushing leader a year ago, was held to 73 yards on 15 carries. Kyle Boller went 10-for-17 for 154 yards.
Nine Vikings have been fined for their roles in a scuffle with the Chicago Bears on Sept. 26.
In addition to a US$5,000 fine levied against Randy Moss, the other fines totaled US$23,500.
Wide receiver Nate Burleson, who absorbed the hit from Bears safety Todd Johnson that sparked the shoving matches, was fined US$7,500 for removing a Chicago player's helmet.
Johnson was not among six Bears players fined. Six Bears were fined US$2,500 each.
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