For Allen, a Display of Pride and Poise : Raiders: After helping Chiefs to a victory in his first visit to the Coliseum as an opposing player, he praises his teammates.

Marcus Allen tried his best to downplay his personal satisfaction after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Raiders, 31-20, Sunday at the Coliseum.

Instead of pointing to his 85 yards rushing and the three big plays he made to help the Chiefs win, Allen happily talked about the efforts of his teammates and Chiefs’ two-game lead in the AFC West Division.

“This was a big win for us,” said Allen, who made his first trip to the Coliseum as a visiting player after playing 11 years with the Raiders and four with USC. “We showed tremendous amount of character and poise.”

The player Allen praised the most was quarterback Dave Krieg, who passed for three touchdowns playing in place of starter Joe Montana, who sat out his second consecutive game because of a hamstring injury.

“Dave is just a great guy to have on your team,” Allen said. “He just has an uncanny ability to make the big plays.”

Krieg improved his career touchdown mark to 215, moving him into 10th place on the all-time list.

Allen, however, was not as talkative about his own accomplishments, such as scoring his 105th career touchdown, tying him with Don Hutson for fifth all-time.

“Personally,” a smiling Allen said, “I will have to evaluate film of the game and see how well I played.”

When the Chiefs review their victory today, Allen will see himself making plays when Kansas City needed them.

Allen, however, did not get off to a good homecoming start: In the second quarter, on his fifth carry of the game, he was stripped of the ball by Raider cornerback Terry McDaniel and fumbled at the Kansas City 33-yard line. Raider linebacker Aaron Wallace recovered. Five plays later, the Raiders led, 14-0.

Instead of dwelling on his mistake, Allen bounced back to pick up a key first down with a three-yard run that set up a 15-yard touchdown pass play from Dave Krieg to Kimble Anders. That cut the Raiders’ lead to 14-7.

“I’m glad Marcus came back and had a chance to redeem himself after the fumble,” Kansas City Coach Marty Schottenheimer said.

With the Raiders ahead, 17-7, to start the second half, Allen made his presence felt in a big way in the third quarter with a twisting, cutback 39-yard run that helped set up his four-yard touchdown run two plays later.

“The blocking was great on the long run,” Allen said. “I made two good moves and cut back, but I couldn’t shake loose from the last defender (Wallace).”

From there, Kansas City’s defense took over and forced the Raiders into two consecutive punts before Allen, Krieg and wide receiver Willie Davis took center stage.

With the Chiefs trailing, 17-14, and the ball on their 34-yard line, Krieg faked a handoff to Allen to get the Raiders’ safeties to move up and completed a 66-yard touchdown pass play to a wide open Davis. That gave Kansas City its first lead of the game.

“We felt that the play had a good chance to work because the Raiders’ safeties are known to come up strong for run support,” said Davis, who caught five passes for 115 yards. “When I knew (Anderson) bit on the fake, I just hoped (Krieg) saw me and threw the ball.”

From there, Kansas City did its best to hold on as both teams exchanged field goals, making the score 24-20. The Chiefs, however, put the game out of reach after Lonnie Marts intercepted a pass by Raider quarterback Jeff Hostetler.

Two plays later, with Raider defensive end Anthony Smith hanging onto his leg, Krieg shook free to complete a four-yard touchdown pass to tight end Keith Cash.

“To me, that was his biggest play of the game,” Schottenheimer said. “I’m very pleased with Dave Krieg, and our football team has won a lot of football games with him in there. I’m glad that he’s a Kansas City Chief.”

So is Allen.

“We have a very good team that won a game at a very tough place to play,” Allen said. “It felt good to have the fans here cheering for me, but it felt better that we won.”