2018 Kansas City Chiefs–Los Angeles Rams game: Difference between revisions

On November 19, 2018, the [[2018 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]] hosted the [[2018 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]] in a [[National Football League]] (NFL) regular -season game that was televised nationally by [[ESPN]] on ''[[Monday Night Football]]''. The Rams won the matchup 54–51 in what would become the third-highest-scoring game in NFLleague history.<ref name="McMullenChiefs">{{cite news |last=McMullen |first=Matt |date=November 20, 2018 |title=Chiefs Fall to Rams, 54-51, on Monday Night Football |url=https://www.chiefs.com/news/chiefs-fall-to-rams-54-51-on-monday-night-football?campaign=sf:fanshare:facebook |publisheraccess-date=NFLApril Enterprises27, LLC2019 |website=Chiefs.com |languagepublisher=en-US|date=NovemberNFL 20Enterprises, 2018LLC |access-datelanguage=April 27, 2019en-US}}</ref>

Televised nationally by [[ESPN]] on ''[[Monday Night Football]],'' the game was won by the Rams, 54–51, The two teams combined for 105 points, including 21 scored by defenses, and the game set numerous other records: the highest-scoring ''Monday Night Football'' game, the highest score by a losing team in NFL history (to date, the Chiefs are the only team in NFL history to score at least 50 points and still lose), and the first NFL game where both teams topped fifty points.<ref name="McMullenChiefs" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Kansas City Chiefs vs. Los Angeles Rams Live Score and Stats - November 19, 2018 Gametracker|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gametracker/recap/NFL_20181119_KC@LAR/|work=[[CBS Sports]]|language=en|date=November 19, 2018|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Maske|first=Mark|title=Rams-Chiefs was 'the new NFL' in its most spectacular form yet|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/11/20/rams-chiefs-was-new-nfl-its-most-spectacular-form-yet/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 20, 2018|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref> SixThe leadgame changessaw occurredsix inlead the gamechanges, including four in the fourth quarter alone. The two teams also combined for 1,001 total yards. and the

The game itself was hailed as an "Instantinstant Classicclassic" and is regarded as one of the greatest games ever played.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dennis|first=Clarence|title=Seven Stats: Rams Beat Chiefs in Monday Night Thriller|url=https://www.therams.com/news/seven-stats-rams-beat-chiefs-in-monday-night-thriller?campaign=sf:fanshare:facebook|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=TheRams.com|language=en-US|date=November 22, 2018|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>