By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The way Indianapolis handled the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night sent a jolt through the NFL, whether it was dominating the line of scrimmage or shutting down Patrick Mahomes and Co. on defense.
The one place the shock didn’t reverberate? The visiting locker room in Arrowhead Stadium.
“The one emotion we were not feeling is shock. I can’t even explain it,” Colts coach Frank Reich said after the 19-13 victory. “The way guys were walking down the hallway, it was ‘We’re not going to be denied. We have to get on track. We’ve got to do it.’ I just knew it was real. I felt it all week.
“There was just an air of confidence and belief that we would do what we did today.”
Marlon Mack ran for 132 yards , and ageless kicker Adam Vinatieri knocked through four field goals, as the Colts atoned ever-so-slightly for a January playoff defeat inside the same stadium.
Asked what the message was pregame, longtime Chiefs linebacker-turned-Colts defensive end Justin Houston replied: “To come out here and play our game. To leave it out there every snap, to play with your heart, play with your soul. And I think we did that tonight.”
The Colts (3-2) allowed points on the Chiefs’ first two possessions before shutting them out until Harrison Butker’s field goal with 1:16 to go. Indianapolis recovered the onside kick without any issue and ran out the clock to celebrate a big win heading into its bye.
Mahomes threw for 321 yards and a touchdown, and the Chiefs (4-1) had just 36 yards rushing despite getting top running back Damien Williams back from an injury, all while watching their record streak of 22 straight games scoring at least 26 points come to a crashing conclusion.
“Penalties are really what hurt us today,” said Chiefs coach Andy Reid, whose team was flagged 11 times for 125 yards. “You get things going, all of a sudden you’re going backward, and it’s tough in this league to do that against a good team and win.”
In an air-it-out era of the NFL, the Colts also won by dominating the line of scrimmage.
On offense, their big line bruised a Kansas City defensive front that lost Chris Jones and Xavier Williams to injuries. That created big holes for Mack and plenty of time for Jacoby Brissett, who threw for 151 yards while running for the Colts’ only touchdown.
On defense, the Colts spent most of the night in the Kansas City backfield, plugging up holes in the running game and relentlessly pressuring the reigning league MVP on passing downs.
Mahomes was sacked four times and hit plenty more. At one point in the second half, Cam Erving was pushed so far into Mahomes’ face that the backup left tackle stepped on his quarterback’s ankle, leaving Mahomes to hobble to the sideline when Kansas City was forced to punt.
“In this league, the margin of error is tiny,” said Mahomes, who dismissed the seriousness of his injury. “If you’re not executing at a high level you’re going to lose.'”
The Colts and Chiefs mostly played to a first-half stalemate, but the second of Vinatieri’s four field goals made it 13-10 at the break. The real winners were the officials, who finally got to rest the arms that they used to throw flags for the first 30 minutes.
The Chiefs’ prolific offense continued to sputter in the second half, and Brissett and the Colts essentially played a game of keep-away throughout the third quarter and into the fourth.
“You don’t need a large playbook to convert third-and-1,” Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark said.
The Colts used 8:34 off the clock to move a mere 35 yards and set up Vinatieri’s next field goal. Then, when the Chiefs failed to convert fourth-and-1 at their own 34, Indianapolis got another field goal from Vinatieri with 2:30 to go to make it a two-possession game.
“You could just tell they were hungry. They were hungry all week,” Reich said. “I know that’s not uncommon, but there was something different about this week. I could feel it. It was palpable. We just walked in here with a lot of confidence. Last night in our meetings, I can’t even explain what happened in our meetings last night. There was just a feeling amongst the team when we walked into this stadium.”
ALMOST INT
Mahomes nearly threw his first interception of the season in the third quarter, when FB Anthony Sherman batted a pass and LB Bobby Okereke caught it. A review showed the ball bounced off the ground.
RING OF HONOR
The Chiefs inducted OL Brian Waters into their Hall of Fame during halftime. Waters was a two-time All-Pro for Kansas City before wrapping his 13-year career with the Patriots and Cowboys.
HAPPY RETURNS
Colts DE Justin Houston celebrated his first trip to Kansas City as a visitor by sacking Mahomes in the first half. The four-time Pro Bowl pick had 78 1/2 sacks during eight seasons with the Chiefs.
FLAG DAY
Chiefs CB Bashaud Breeland had a night to forget. Not only did he struggle in pass coverage, he was flagged four times for 68 yards. That included a 53-yard pass interference call.
INJURIES
Colts: CBs Shak Taylor (chest) and Kenny Moore II (knee) left in the first half, joining inactive safeties Malik Hooker (knee), Glayton Geathers (concussion) and Rolan Milligan (knee) on the Indianapolis sideline. LB Zaire Franklin (hamstring) and DE Kemoko Turay (ankle) left in the second half.
Chiefs: WR Sammy Watkins (hamstring), LB Anthony Hitchens (groin) and DT Xavier Williams (ankle) left in the first half. DT Chris Jones (groin) and LG Andrew Wylie (ankle) left in the second half.
UP NEXT
Colts get the week off before traveling to Houston on Oct. 20.
Chiefs welcome the Texans to Arrowhead Stadium next Sunday.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Les Miles fired offensive coordinator Les Koenning halfway through their first season with the Jayhawks on Sunday and promoted Brent Dearmon to the same position.

Koenning was hired by Miles after spending last season as the running backs coach at Southern Miss. He also has been offensive coordinator at Duke, Alabama, Texas A&M, South Alabama and Mississippi State, and Koenning spent a season with the Miami Dolphins among his many jobs.

The Jayhawks, who fell to 2-4 with a 45-20 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday, are averaging just over 22 points per game. That is last in the Big 12 by a wide margin.

Dearmon joined the Jayhawks after serving last season as the head coach at Bethel, where his team produced the highest-scoring offense at any level of college football. He had been serving as an offensive consultant with Kansas.

Kansas State is 0-2 in Big 12 play.

The Wildcats scored only one touchdown and a pair of field goals in a 31-12 loss to the Baylor Bears in front of 50,448 fans at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday. The Wildcat defense surrendered 426 yards of total offense to the Bears on only 23 minutes of possession in the game.  K-State’s only touchdown came on a five-yard pass from Skylar Thompson to Dalton Schoen with 6:24 remaining in the fourth quarter.

For Baylor it was just their third conference road win since 2016, but they are now off to a 5-0 start this season.

K-State Coach Chris Klieman noted opponents are running against the Wildcats. ” I thought early on they were blitzing the heck out of us and we did a really good job. Skylar did a good job of checking off to a lot of quick throws and quick hitches and those were good. Then they kept the blitzes on but they rolled their coverage which took a few things away.”

K-State ( 3-2 0-2 ) was 6-17 on third down conversions. Klieman stated. We have a really good plan for the three down. We have to execute the plan and we have to continue to get better.”

On low confidence for the Wildcats after to straight losses the coach said, “That’s human nature but that’s our jobs as coaches, to get them back and the jobs of seniors. We are all accountable.

We all have to get better and it starts with me and I’ve got to be better and make sure to push the right buttons.” Klieman added, “The seniors have to be better, everybody’s got to get invested a little bit more so that we can get this thing turned. Once again, we are going to get this thing turned, we’re 3we have a bye week probably not at a great time but we have the bye weeks s owe have to utilize it and get better.”-2,

Skylar Thompson was asked how much the losses to Oklahoma State and Baylor the last two weeks have hurt the team’s confidence. “I mean it’s tough. Any time you go out and don’t play the way you want to….I don’t want to say it hurts our confidence because, y’know, I think we’re all confident in our ability and know what we should be able to do, but it just comes down to going out there and executing.”

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This next week will be a bye week for Kansas State before they host TCU on Oct. 19. The Wildcats wore an alternative uniform for the Baylor Game for the first time in 30 years, with white pants and white helmets.

 

The Fort Riley Middle School Troopers football program split a pair of games with Wamego on Thursday.

The 7th grade team won 48-36 while the 8th grade team lost to Wamego 36-0.

Fort Riley Middle School teams play at Chapman next Thursday.

High School football matchups Friday evening include:

–Highland Park at Junction City in the homecoming game for the Blue Jays

–Manhattan at Emporia

–Topeka High at Seaman

–Washburn Rural plays Topeka West at Hummer Sports Park in the capitol city

–Abilene will play St. Marys Colgan in Augusta

–Chapman visits Rock Creek

–Clay Center goes to Smoky Valley

–Concordia hosts Colby

–Marysville at Wamego

–Council Grove at St. Marys

–Centre goes to Waverly

–Herington travels to Goessel

–Rural Visita at Marais des Cygnes Valley

–Wakefield hosts Hartford