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In a game that featured 75 points, over 900 yards in total offense and Josh Cribbs' record-setting kick return touchdowns, a surprising star emerged -- shining brighter than anyone else in Kansas City: Browns running back Jerome Harrison. The Browns won the game, 41-34, but they only had 66 yards passing. Sure, the two Cribbs kickoff return touchdowns (his seventh and eighth in his career -- which is the most ever for kickoffs) helped, but the Browns won the football game on the back of Harrison. Harrison, who entered the game with just 301 rushing yards on the entire season, ran for a whopping 286 yards on 34 carries. The NFL record for rushing yards in a single game is 296, held by Adrian Peterson of the Vikings. But Peterson's a superstar. Harrison's game -- which also included three rushing touchdowns -- was simply shocking.
In his previous 43 career games, he had run for more than 100 yards just once. He gained only nine yards on seven carries last week against the Steelers. He hadn't had more than 35 yards rushing since Oct. 4.
Not only that, but Chris Jennings had been taking on a greater workload in recent weeks and there was talk this past week about super-utility man Joshua Cribbs taking a bulk of the snaps at running back. This was the proverbial come-from-out-of-nowhere performance by Harrison. In fact, it's probably not an overstatement to say this was the most surprising individual performance we've seen in years -- if not ever.
While Harrison was the big story, the Browns victory Sunday was littered with huge individual performances. You have Cribbs doing his thing, but the Chiefs got in on the action, too. Quarterback Matt Cassel threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns without turning the ball over, qualifying easily for his best game in KC. Jamaal Charles, who continues to show his ability as a legitimate stud running back, ran for 154 yards and a touchdown. Chris Chambers hauled in five passes for 114 yards and a score.
The only problem for both teams was there wasn't a whole lot of tackling going on. The Chiefs racked up 491 yards of offense on 71 plays (6.9 yards per play), while the Browns compiled 417 yards -- including an insane 351 on the ground. Cribbs took two kickoffs back for at least 100 yards.
All in all, it was about as much excitement as you could ask for a game featuring two teams who entered with a combined record of 5-21.
And it was certainly a day Harrison will never forget. Only twice in the history of the NFL has someone rushed for more yards in a game -- the Vikings' Adrian Peterson (296 yards) in 2007 and Jamal Lewis (295) in 2003. Harrison's total was a Browns' single-game record, smashing the previous mark of 237 yards by the legendary Jim Brown.
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