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Mahomes throws 2 TDs and Chiefs hang on to beat Dolphins 21-14 in Germany

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November 05, 2023

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) โ€” Patrick Mahomes said teammate Bryan Cook looked as if he was running the anchor leg of a 4x100-meter track and field relay on his touchdown.

The Chiefs safety took a fumble return 59 yards for what turned out to be an important touchdown in Kansas City's 21-14 win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at Deutsche Bank Park.

โ€œHe got those knees up and was rolling down the field,โ€ Mahomes said. โ€œHuge play that obviously mattered a ton in the game.โ€

Mahomes throws 2 TDs and Chiefs hang on to beat Dolphins 21-14 in Germany
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Mahomes threw two touchdown passes and the Chiefs (7-2) did just enough to slow the NFLโ€™s top-ranked offense in the first-ever regular season game in Frankfurt, Germany, but the defending Super Bowl champions nearly blew a big lead.

Miami's comeback fell short when quarterback Tua Tagovailoa couldn't handle a snap on fourth-and-10 from the Kansas City 31 with 1:03 to play.

โ€œIโ€™m always going to blame myself โ€” Iโ€™ve got to catch the ball,โ€ Tagovailoa said. โ€œCanโ€™t end the game like that when we have an opportunity like that against a really good team.โ€

Mahomes connected on first-half scoring passes to Rashee Rice and Jerick McKinnon as Miami (6-3) kept getting stuck in third-and-long situations. The Dolphins also fell to 0-3 on the season against teams with winning records.

Mahomes throws 2 TDs and Chiefs hang on to beat Dolphins 21-14 in Germany
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Mahomes finished 20 of 30 for a season-low 185 yards in his European debut, but the Chiefsโ€™ offense struggled in the second half. Tight end Travis Kelce had just three catches for 14 yards, which was just enough to become the franchise's career leader in receiving yards.

โ€œObviously, penalties and then me not connecting on guys deep down the field hurt us, but luckily for us our defense is playing their tail off and we got the win,โ€ Mahomes said.

Three Chiefs players combined to put Kansas City up 21-0 just before halftime on one of the top defensive plays of the season so far.

And it came at the expense of former teammate Tyreek Hill.

Mahomes throws 2 TDs and Chiefs hang on to beat Dolphins 21-14 in Germany
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With the Dolphins driving late in the first half, cornerback Trent McDuffie stuffed Hill on a short pass in the flat and stripped the ball from the All-Pro receiver. Mike Edwards scooped it up and after Hill tried to tackle him, Edwards lateraled to Cook, who returned it for the score.

Cook said the most recent time he scored a touchdown was while playing collegiately for Howard in 2018.

Hill finished with a team-high eight catches for 62 yards.

Taylor Swift was a no-show, as was Miamiโ€™s offense early on. The only thing more surprising than Miamiโ€™s first-half struggles on offense was referee Clay Martin making a โ€œfalse startโ€ call in German in the first quarter.

Mahomes throws 2 TDs and Chiefs hang on to beat Dolphins 21-14 in Germany
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Miami hadnโ€™t been shut out in the first half of a game since Week 2 of the 2021 season.

But Tagovailoa got the comeback started with a 31-yard touchdown pass to Cedric Wilson Jr. in the third quarter.

Bradley Chubbโ€™s strip-sack of Mahomes then gave Miami the ball on the Kansas City 27, and Raheem Mostert ran it in from 13 yards after an unnecessary roughness call on Chris Jones on a third-and-20 keep the drive alive. Mostert had 12 carries for 85 yards.

Tagovailoa finished 21 of 34 for a season-low 193 yards.

Mahomes throws 2 TDs and Chiefs hang on to beat Dolphins 21-14 in Germany
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After a game that could have playoff implications โ€” the Chiefs have hosted a record five straight AFC championship games โ€” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said the flight home will feel shorter.

โ€œThere's nothing worse than going into a bye week with a loss first of all, and then an eight-hour plane ride on top of that,โ€ Reid said.

The Chiefs havenโ€™t lost back-to-back games since early in the 2021 season and stayed undefeated in international games. They won in London in 2015 and in Mexico City in 2019.

The Dolphins have lost their past four international games. They are 2-5 in games played outside the United States.

Mahomes throws 2 TDs and Chiefs hang on to beat Dolphins 21-14 in Germany
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INJURIES

Dolphins WR Jaylen Waddle was slow to get up after blocking on rushing attempt on Miami's first drive. He returned on the second drive and took a reverse for a 12-yard gain. ... OL Robert Jones was helped off the field early in the fourth quarter. Reid said there were no Chiefs injuries to report.

UP NEXT

Dolphins: Bye week and then host the Las Vegas Raiders on Nov. 19.

Mahomes throws 2 TDs and Chiefs hang on to beat Dolphins 21-14 in Germany
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Chiefs: Bye week before a Monday night Super Bowl rematch against the Philadelphia Eagles at Arrowhead Stadium on Nov. 20.

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