Big Win for Chiefs in ‘Futbol Americano’
The Kansas City Chiefs trounced the Dallas Cowboys, 32-6, Monday night as the NFL took its show south of the border for an exhibition of “futbol Americano” in the Mexican city of Monterrey, celebrating its 400th anniversary.
The game was the 27th in an international exhibition series that began in London in 1986 and the second to take place in Mexico. The first, in 1994 in Mexico City, drew a league-record 112,376 in Aztec Stadium. On Monday night, Monterrey’s 45,218-seat University Stadium was sold out.
ABC televised it in the United States and Television Azteca in Mexico.
“Hopefully, this can continue to grow,” NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue told TV Azteca, “and maybe someday we’ll have an expansion team here in Mexico.”
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San Francisco 49er middle linebacker Gary Plummer underwent successful surgery to repair his broken left wrist. He will sit out at least four weeks. Plummer, in his 11th season, spent the first eight with the San Diego Chargers.
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