Article: Butts' Run, Defense Lift San Diego

CHARGERS 17 CHIEFS 0

SAN DIEGO The lightning bolt is back, and San Diego's Marion Butts proved that electricity and water do mix.

Butts, who fumbled on the Kansas City 9-yard line on the game's fifth play, scored on a career-best 54-yard run up the middle with 5:53 left in the third quarter to lead the Chargers to 17-0 first-round playoff victory on a rainy Saturday.

"The only thing we needed was a little spark and I was glad I was able to apply that," Butts said.

The AFC West champion Chargers (12-5) play the AFC East champion Dolphins next Sunday at Miami. San Diego, under rookie coach Bobby Ross, won its eighth consecutive game since a 16-14 loss at Kansas City on Nov. 8.

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