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NFL Game Summary - Denver at Kansas City

Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Four of Peyton Manning's five touchdown passes went to Eric Decker and the Denver Broncos held on to beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-28, for first place in the AFC West.

Manning and Decker connected for three straight scores to start the second half, turning a seven-point deficit into a 35-21 lead. The Chiefs made it a one-score game on Jamal Charles' 1-yard touchdown with 6:32 left, but a final drive came up short when Alex Smith's fourth-down pass to Dwayne Bowe was broken up by Broncos safety Mike Adams in the end zone.

Manning threw two interceptions in the first half that led to Kansas City touchdowns, but finished with 403 yards passing and set a new Broncos record by reaching 41 touchdown passes this season.

Decker had eight catches for 174 yards and a team-record four touchdowns and the Broncos (10-2) beat the Chiefs (9-3) for the second time in three weeks to take a one-game lead in the division.

Knile Davis had a 108-yard kickoff return touchdown for the longest play in Chiefs history and Smith threw for 293 yards with touchdown passes to Junior Hemingway and Anthony Fasano.

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