Kyle Phillips snagged an interception with one minute left in regulation to set up Blake Grupe's game-winning 31-yard field goal as time expired to lift the New Orleans Saints over the visiting Kansas City Chiefs 26-24 in a preseason game on Sunday afternoon.
The Chiefs trailed 17-7 at halftime, but Shane Buechele completed touchdown passes to Justyn Ross and Kekoa Crawford during the third quarter to put Kansas City ahead.
It was 24-17 until Saints rookie quarterback Jake Haener found Ellis Merriweather for a 2-yard touchdown pass with 1:20 remaining in the game. New Orleans failed to score on a 2-point conversion.
But Chiefs QB Chris Oladokun tried a screen past left and Phillips, a defensive lineman, tipped it down to himself to give the Saints the ball in field-goal range.
Patrick Mahomes and Derek Carr each started and played one drive for their respective teams. The Saints started with the ball, and Carr led his new team on a 12-play, 80-yard drive punctuated by a 4-yard touchdown to Keith Kirkwood.
After Carr completed 6 of 8 passes for 70 yards for New Orleans, Jameis Winston relieved him and went 11-of-13 passing for 92 yards and a touchdown.
In his first game action of any kind since the Chiefs' Super Bowl win in February, Mahomes went 2-for-2 passing for 15 yards.
--Field Level Media
Kansas City | New Orleans | |
Chris Oladokun | Player | Jamaal Williams |
1 | Attempts | 9 |
30 | Yards | 28 |
30.0 | Avg Yards | 3.1 |
0 | Touchdowns | 0 |
30 | Long | 8 |
Kansas City | New Orleans | |
Nikko Remigio | Player | A.T. Perry |
4 | Receptions | 6 |
71 | Yards | 70 |
17.8 | Avg Yards | 11.7 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
24 | Long | 29 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Kansas City | 346 | 83 | 263 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 |
New Orleans | 334 | 95 | 239 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |