Peyton Manning Leads Denver to 6th Consecutive Win Ed Zurga/Associated Press Quarterback Peyton Manning looks for an open receiver during the Broncos' win against the Chiefs on Sunday. (AP) - Peyton Manning was wooed by the Kansas City Chiefs early in the off-season, after the four-time most valuable player had been cut loose by the Indianapolis Colts and before he signed a five-year deal with the Denver Broncos. On Sunday, he showed exactly why Kansas City went after him. Manning threw for 285 yards and 2 touchdowns, and led the Broncos down the field in the final minutes when the Chiefs were frantically trying to get a stop, setting up a field goal that sealed a 17-9 victory and Denver's sixth consecutive win. It allowed Manning to break a tie with the Broncos vice president John Elway with his 149th win as a starting quarterback, trailing only Brett Favre (186) for the most in N.F.L. history. "Peyton Manning is a Hall of Famer," Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson said. We played pretty good as a defense most of the game, but he made a few plays, one or two more plays than we'd like him to make, and he came up with a victory. Manning was quick to pass the praise to someone else. In this case, it was Knowshon Moreno, who stepped into the lineup after Willis McGahee landed on injured reserve last week and ran for 85 yards. Manning also praised Jacob Tamme and Demaryius Thomas, who were on the receiving end of his touchdown throws. "I've got to tip my hat to Knowshon Moreno," Manning said. He stepped up today and did a heck of a job. Really an impressive effort by him. Not so much by the Chiefs" offense. Jamaal Charles ran for 107 yards, but the Chiefs (1-10) were done in by penalties, missed opportunities and a conservative approach that has not yielded a touchdown since the first quarter against Pittsburgh on Nov. 12, a stretch of more than 11 quarters and 173 minutes. They could manage only field goals by Ryan Succop for the second straight game. "It's really about stopping the run," Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey said. If you can limit that run game, you put the weight on their passing game, which hasn't been that great this year. Kansas City quarterback Brady Quinn was 13 of 25 for 126 yards and an interception. "Hats off to our defense," Broncos Coach John Fox said. Kansas City actually established an early lead for the third straight game on Succop's first-quarter field goal, and seemed to be outplaying Denver (8-3) the entire first half. They had a chance to go ahead by 10-0 when they faced fourth-and-2 at the Denver 4, but Chiefs Coach Romeo Crennel elected to kick another field goal against a team that had scored at least 30 points in five consecutive games, drawing a chorus of boos. On the Broncos" final drive of the first half, Manning completed five consecutive passes before finding Tamme on third-and-goal from the Kansas City 7 with 18 seconds left. Denver's Matt Prater missed his second field goal try of the game early in the third quarter, and Succop's 49-yarder gave Kansas City its first second-half lead of the season. The Chiefs" win came in overtime. But once again, a failure to get into the end zone proved costly. Manning, who surpassed 3,000 yards passing earlier in the day, rode the legs of Moreno into Chiefs territory, and that is when he lobbed a pass over Jalil Brown and into the hands of Thomas for the go-ahead, 30-yard touchdown reception late in the third quarter. "That was a great catch down the sideline against tight coverage," Manning said. The Chiefs twice had chances to overcome the 14-9 deficit late in the fourth quarter, but they failed to move the ball after taking over at their 37. After getting it back, Crennel chose to punt on fourth-and-6 at the Broncos" 47 after a series of penalties ruined the drive. It was their last chance.