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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Jeff Garcia broke his San Francisco
scoring drought quickly and emphatically.
Steve Young's heir apparent, who had not been involved in a
single scoring drive in two exhibition losses, threw for one
touchdown and ran for another Sunday night as the 49ers scored on
their first five possessions en route to a 33-10 victory over the
Kansas City Chiefs.
Garcia rushed twice for 12 yards, including a 2-yard TD, and was
7-of-8 for 82 yards and another 2-yard scoring play.
|  | | Fred Beasley scored San Francisco's first touchdown on Sunday with a 2-yard run. |
"It's something the whole offensive unit wanted to try to work
through and get over that hump," said Garcia, a second-year pro.
"The guys really wanted to come out fighting from the get-go
and were able to put points on the board. It's a nice feeling to be
able to go through the first quarter like that."
Rick Mirer replaced Garcia on San Francisco's third possession
and teamed up with Jerry Rice on a 75-yard touchdown play as the
49ers got their first win in three exhibition games.
The first team defense of the Chiefs (0-2) looked terrible in
the first quarter against Garcia and the rest of San Francisco's
No. 1 offense.
The Chiefs trailed 30-0 at halftime and did not score until
Warren Moon -- battling Todd Collins to be Elvis Grbac's backup --
found a wide open Larry Parker on a 25-yard scoring pass with 7:32
left in the third.
Mirer also had a good night, going 5-of-6 for 114 yards,
including the big scoring play when Rice got behind rookie safety
Greg Wesley, caught the ball at midfield and sailed untouched into
the end zone.
"We didn't play on any phase of the game and we've just done a
lousy job," Chiefs head coach Gunther Cunningham said. "I don't
know if we're tired, we walked back in the heat or whatever we're
doing but we're making mental errors and we're getting penalties.
"I'm disappointed in every phase of the game."
Garcia teamed with Fred Beasley on a 29-yard gain on a screen
pass and gave the 49ers a 7-0 lead with a 2-yard run that capped a
7-play, 54-yard drive.
On their second possession, Garcia hit Terrell Owens for 22
yards and ran 10 yards on third-and-9 before capping the 80-yard
march with a 2-yard scoring pass to Owens.
A few minutes later, John Milem recovered Donnell Bennett's
unforced fumble and set up the 49ers on the Kansas City 35, leading
to Wade Richey's 40-yard field goal and a 23-0 lead.
On the next possession for Kansas City, Moon's pass bounced off
tight end Troy Drayton and into the arms of Winfred Tubbs, who
returned it a yard to the 15. Mirer hit tight end Justin Swift for
14 yards, then Terry Jackson bulled his way across and put the
49ers up 30-0.
One encouraging note for the Chiefs was the debut of rookie
Sylvester Morris. The first-round draft pick, who missed almost
three weeks of training camp as a holdout, caught two passes from
Moon for 15 yards.
Pete Stoyanovich hit a 25-yard field goal for Kansas City in the
fourth and Richey had a 29-yarder with 2:25 to go..
The teams will meet in the regular season on Nov. 12 in San
Francisco.
"We executed better in this game," San Francisco coach Steve
Mariucci said. "We converted some third downs and hit a big screen
early."
Mariucci said Garcia appeared to be more confident than he had
been earlier.
"It was a good couple of drives for him. It was nice to see --
one touchdown run and one touchdown throw," Mariucci said. "He
did some good things out of the shotgun. He executed like we've
seen him execute before."
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