PRO FOOTBALL : Allen Is a Chief Reason Kansas City Wins : AFC: Former Raider scores three touchdowns, raising his AFC-leading total to 13, in 31-16 victory over Seattle.

Joe Montana doesn’t need Jerry Rice or John Taylor anymore. He has Marcus Allen, Derrick Thomas and Albert Lewis on his side now.

Playing in his second game since missing three games with a pulled hamstring, Montana helped the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Seattle Seahawks, 31-16, Sunday. Allen scored three touchdowns, Thomas ran back a fumble 86 yards for a score and Lewis set up two touchdowns with takeaways.

If the 37-year-old Montana can avoid another injury this season, a fifth Super Bowl might be in his future. AFC West-leading Kansas City (9-3), which hasn’t been to the Super Bowl since 1970, is 6-1 when Montana has been healthy enough to start.

“We’re on track on where we want to go,” Montana said. “Today, we took advantage of the good situations created by our defense. But we missed a couple of plays on offense that cost us touchdowns.”

Montana has become an instant hero to Kansas City’s defense. He has been a big incentive for the Chiefs to intercept passes and recover fumbles.

“It’s great to be able to put the ball in the hands of a quarterback like Joe when you force a turnover,” Neil Smith said. “You’ve got to like that.”

Allen, signed by the Chiefs as an unrestricted free agent after 11 seasons with the Raiders, continued to show Al Davis he still has plenty of action left at 33. He scored on a 30-yard run and twice on one-yard runs, raising his AFC-leading touchdown total to 13, including 10 by rushing. He gained 73 yards in 12 carries.

Then there was Thomas, Kansas City’s four-time Pro Bowl linebacker who set an NFL single-game record with seven sacks against the Seahawks in 1990. With Kansas City ahead, 10-3, and Seattle driving for a touchdown, Thomas picked up Mirer’s fumble at Kansas City’s 14 and ran it back for a touchdown.

Lewis, a four-time Pro Bowl cornerback, intercepted a Mirer pass and returned it 24 yards to Seattle’s 13 with 3:07 gone in the second half. Allen scored two plays later from one yard out.

Kansas City went ahead, 31-6, in the third quarter on Allen’s 30-yard touchdown run around right end. Allen’s third touchdown was set up by Lewis’ recovery of Kelvin Martin’s fumble at Seattle’s 47.

Montana, a three-time Super Bowl MVP, completed 20 of 30 passes for 239 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions. The Seahawks (5-7) lost to the Chiefs for the fifth consecutive time.

Mirer threw two interceptions and lost a fumble but had his best NFL passing day. He was 18 of 30 for 287 yards with no touchdowns.