The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs rookie Kareem Hunt reached the end zone twice, Travis Kelce took a shovel pass 15 yards for the go-ahead touchdown and Kansas City held on to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-20 on Sunday.

Kelce’s touchdown catch with 6:25 left and Hunt’s second TD scamper appeared to have put the game away. But Carson Wentz hit Nelson Agholor for an answering score with 14 seconds left, and Trey Burton jumped on the onside kick a few seconds later to give the Eagles one last throw to the end zone. Wentz unloaded from just inside the 50-yard line, but his pass fell incomplete as time expired.

Kelce finished with 103 yards through the air, highlighted by his somersaulting score. Hunt had 81 yards on the ground, building on a record-setting debut in which he piled up 246 yards from scrimmage in a season-opening victory in New England .

Alex Smith had 251 yards passing for the Chiefs (2-0). Cairo Santos was 2 for 2 on field goals. Wentz finished with 333 yards and two touchdowns passing, despite facing relentless pressure all afternoon. The spunky quarterback also led the Eagles (1-1) with 55 yards rushing.

NAMING RIGHTS: The Chiefs renamed the TV booths at Arrowhead Stadium in honor of Len Dawson, their Hall of Fame quarterback and broadcaster. He is retiring from doing radio analysis after the season.

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Patrick Tyler threw for 200 yards and a touchdown and Manny Berz’s 26-yard field goal with 1:50 remaining helped Southern Utah hold off Northern Iowa 24-21 on Saturday night.

James Felia’s 20-yard touchdown run with 4:35 left in the third quarter put Southern Utah (2-1) up 21-10. But halfway through the fourth, Eli Dunne threw a 21-yard scoring pass to Trevor Allen then found Briley Moore for the 2-point conversion.

Austin Errthum’s 30-yard field goal tied it at 21 with 5:37 left to play. On the next drive, the Panthers stuffed Patrick Tyler for no gain on fourth-and-1 at Southern Utah’s 42.

Northern Iowa lined up for a 53-yard field goal attempt with 3:00 to go, but Errthum’s attempt was blocked and Jarmaine Doubs returned it 29 yards to the Northern Iowa 17 to set up Berz’s game winner.

Felia ran for 92 yards and scored twice. Dunne led Northern Iowa (1-2) with 284 yards rushing. Northern Iowa rushed 29 times for minus-14 yards.

(2-0) ACGC 21-21, Audubon 16-10
(2-0) ACGC 21-21, Colfax-Mingo 14-14
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21, West Harrison 8-7
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21, Whiting 16-7
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21, Woodbine 12-11
(2-0) Audubon 21-21, Exira-EHK 11-16
(2-0) Audubon 21-21, West Central Valley, Stuart 17-14
(2-0) Carroll 21-21, Newell-Fonda 18-18
(2-0) Carroll 21-21, Paton-Churdan 13-13
(2-0) Colfax-Mingo 21-21, Audubon 16-16
(2-0) Colfax-Mingo 21-21, Exira-EHK 16-19
(2-0) Colfax-Mingo 21-21, West Central Valley, Stuart 16-17
(2-0) Colfax-Mingo 21-22, Underwood 18-20
(2-1) Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 21-19-15, Creston 16-21-9
(2-1) East Mills 16-21-15, Winterset 21-16-9
(2-0) East Mills 21-21, Interstate 35, Truro 10-11
(2-0) East Mills 21-21, Martensdale-St Marys 9-9
(2-0) East Mills 25-26, Mount Ayr 23-24
(2-0) Exira-EHK 21-21, Coon Rapids-Bayard 15-14
(2-1) Exira-EHK 23-21-15, West Central Valley, Stuart 25-11-5
(2-1) Harlan 21-21-15, Clarinda 14-23-12
(2-0) Humboldt 21-21, Carroll 18-19
(2-1_ IKM-Manning 21-13-15, Carroll 19-21-13
(2-1) IKM-Manning 21-21, Newell-Fonda 14-14
(2-0) IKM-Manning 21-21, Paton-Churdan 13-18
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21, Des Moines Christian 19-17
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21, Fort Dodge 11-10
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21, Pocahontas Area 15-11
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-22, Des Moines Christian 19-20
(2-0) Lewis Central 22-21, Alta/Aurelia 20-15
(2-0) Missouri Valley 21-21, AHSTW 14-16
(2-0) Missouri Valley 21-21, West Harrison 11-5
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 16-16
(2-0) Red Oak 21-24, Creston 16-22
(2-0) Red Oak 25-26, Sidney 20-24
(2-0) Red Oak 26-25, Treynor 24-13
(2-0) Shenandoah 25-27, East Mills 17-25
(2-0) Sidney 21-21, Clarinda 12-17
(2-0) Sidney 21-21, Harlan 16-16
(2-0) Sidney 21-21, Harlan 16-16
(2-) Sidney 21-21, Tri-Center, Neola 14-18
(2-1) South Central Calhoun 21-13-15, IKM-Manning 19-21-9
(2-1) Treynor 21-19-15, Creston 9-21-5
(2-0) Treynor 21-21, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 9-16
(2-0) Treynor 21-21, Red Oak 5-19
(2-0) Treynor 30-26, Tri-Center, Neola 28-24
(2-1) Tri-Center, Neola 21-14-15, Clarinda 16-21-8
(2-1) Tri-Center, Neola 21-18-15, Harlan 19-21-10
(2-0) Underwood 23-21, Audubon 21-16
(2-0) West Harrison 21-21, Whiting 19-11
(2-0) West Harrison 21-21, Woodbine 19-19

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) – Taryn Christion passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, and South Dakota State continued to pile up the points with a 51-10 victory over Drake on Saturday night. The Jackrabbits (3-0) have scored in all 12 quarters this season, averaging over 43 points per game.

Christion was 14-of-22 passing, throwing touchdown passes to Dallas Goedert and Jake Wieneke and running 10 yards for another score during a first half in which the Jackrabbits scored on their first five possessions then tacked on Cade Johnson’s 95-yard kickoff return for a 41-3 lead. It was the Jackrabbits’ first kick return for a touchdown since Oct. 13, 2012.

Isaac Wallace ran for pair of 1-yard scores and Mikey Daniel had an 11-yarder. Sophomore Chase Vinatieri added a 51-yard field goal. It was a career long for the nephew of Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri. The lone touchdown for the Bulldogs (1-2) came on Grant Kraemer’s 62-yard touchdown throw to Steven Doran.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Nate Stanley threw for 197 yards and a pair of touchdowns and Iowa overwhelmed North Texas 31-14 on Saturday to finish the non-conference season unbeaten. Freshman Ivory Kelly-Martin added 74 yards rushing and two TDs for the Hawkeyes (3-0), who played most of the second half without running backs Akrum Wadley and James Butler.

Iowa pulled ahead 17-14 on a 23-yard TD pass from Stanley to Noah Fant — on fourth down and 5 — late in the third quarter. Kelly-Martin added a 2-yard touchdown, the first of his career, with 8:16 left to cap a drive that covered 87 yards and burned nearly nine minutes. Kelly-Martin also scored a 6-yard TD run with 1:47 to go.

But the Hawkeyes will be left to hope that Wadley (right leg) and Butler (right elbow) won’t miss extended time. Wadley and Butler, a Nevada transfer, entered 2017 as the only duo in the country to each rush for over 1,000 yards last season.

Mason Fine threw for 167 yards for North Texas (1-2), which dropped its second straight.

UP NEXT

Iowa hosts Penn State on Sept. 23.

CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Hendricks pitched effectively into the eighth inning, Addison Russell homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Saturday to increase their NL Central lead. Chicago has won five straight and leads Milwaukee by 3 1/2 games and St. Louis by five in the division.

Albert Almora Jr. had three hits and two RBIs for the Cubs. Russell was activated before the game after being sidelined since early August with plantar fasciitis of the right foot. He pinch hit in the eighth and hit a solo shot against Tyler Lyons to the back of the left-field bleachers.

Hendricks (7-5) allowed one run and six hits in a season-high 7 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have again released veteran C.J. Spiller, clearing room on the roster to promote fellow running back Akeem Hunt before Sunday’s home opener against Philadelphia.

Spiller signed with the Chiefs in the offseason in an attempt to resurrect his career, which had been derailed by injuries. He looked good in training camp and the preseason but was released as part of final roster cutdowns on Sept. 2.

That move was merely a bookkeeping maneuver and Spiller was signed the next day. But he was released again on Sept. 7, signed once more and released a third time on Saturday.

Hunt, who is not related to starting running back Kareem Hunt, spent the past two seasons with the Texans. He’s third on the depth chart behind Charcandrick West and can help on special teams.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — With his long hair, full beard and lanky build, Jacob Park looks more like a rock star than a quarterback. He was both on Saturday afternoon. Park passed for 317 yards and two touchdowns, including a 43-yarder to Marchie Murdock, as Iowa State pulled away in the second half for a 41-14 victory over Akron.

The 6-foot-4, 210-pound junior completed 24 of 33 throws without an interception and also scored on a 14-yard run for the Cyclones (2-1), who equaled a school record by topping 40 points for the third straight game to start the season.

Sophomore David Montgomery rushed for 127 yards and a score as the Cyclones set a school mark by gaining 400 yards for the sixth game in a row. Park has thrown for more than 200 in all six — and over 300 in three of the last four — but insists that his team can be better.

Cyclones S Kamari Cotton-Moya (elbow) traveled to Akron, but was not in uniform. The senior co-captain was hurt on Sept. 9 against Iowa and remains listed as questionable.

UP NEXT

IOWA STATE: The Cyclones open Big 12 play by hosting Texas on Sept. 28. The Longhorns were a 27-6 winner in their last meeting on Oct. 15, 2016.

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