KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fred Jackson doesn't leap tall buildings in a single bound. He's

not faster than a speeding bullet or more powerful than a locomotive.

But the Buffalo Bills' running back sure is super when it comes to gaining extra yards with

the football in his hands.

Jackson spent Sunday afternoon turning what looked like 1-yard gains into 4 yards and 4-yard

gains into 8 yards. He led a Bills running game that finished with 200 yards and carried the

team to a 16-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.

"The guy is amazing," said Bills center Geoff Hangartner of Jackson. "There was one run

where I thought he was going to get tackled in the backfield and he ended up running for 18

yards."

Jackson finished with 99 yards on 20 carries. Backfield mate Marshawn Lynch gained 84 yards

on 12 carries. It was the first time since 2004 that the Bills hit the 200-yard rushing mark

on the road.

The timing was ideal. The Bills needed to lean on the run because offensive line injuries

have crippled their pass protection. And the Chiefs (3-10) entered the game ranked 27th in

defending the run.

The Bills got four interceptions from their defense ... three in the fourth quarter ... to

secure the win.

Buffalo improved to 5-8 and gave interim head coach Perry Fewell his second victory in four

starts.

Bills offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt told his troops during the week that the ground

game was going to be the offense's mode of transportation.

"Alex challenged us," Jackson said. "He said we want to get 200 yards on the ground, and if

we do that we should be able to get the victory. It was the No.1 goal."

"We went into this game saying we wanted to run the football, and I think we did a good job

with that," Van Pelt said.

Both Jackson and Lynch hurt the Chiefs on cutback runs. The Bills ran numerous plays with

an extra lineman (usually Jamon Meredith) to one side of the line. The running back starts in

that direction and then breaks back to the weak side.

"It's designed to take advantage of overaggressive linebackers," Jackson said. "Consistently

the offensive line did a great job today. My hat goes off to them."

"That's really where a lot of zone plays hit," Hangartner said. "When you run the inside

zone play as much as we do, you always want to press the front side, make it look like you're

going to go front side, and if it's there keep it front side. But really the play usually cuts

back."

That's just what happened on the Bills' first big gainer of the day, a 47-yard run by Lynch

late in the first quarter. Lynch cut back to his right, got key blocks from tight end Jonathan

Stupar and quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, and rumbled to the Kansas City 45.

The drive ended with a 9-yard TD pass over the middle to Terrell Owens to give the Bills a

7-0 lead.

"It was two crossing routes by myself and Lee [Evans]," Owens said. "They played a zone

look, and the linebacker tried to knock me off my pattern. We kind of bumped and I regained my

balance, and Fitz just gave me an opportunity to make a play."

The game mostly plodded along from that point on, with both offenses struggling to sustain

drives.

That's why the Bills' ball control was key.

Buffalo won the time of possession ... 30:34 to 29:26 ... for just the third time this year. The

Bills entered the game ranked last in the league in ball possession.

A nifty 18-yard run by Jackson ... he made a spin move at the line of scrimmage to avoid the

Chiefs' nose tackle ... led to a second-quarter field goal that gave the Bills a 10-3 lead at

halftime. Jackson had 43 of 57 yards of the drive.

"He's got great balance, he's

aggressive and physical and he keeps the pile moving," Hangartner said. "He does it on

kickoffs, too. He'll get hit at the 20 and end up at the 30."

Lynch produced 21 yards and Jackson 10 on a 50-yard drive to a third-quarter field goal

that made it 13-3.

Kansas City pulled within 13-10 on a 76-yard TD run by Jamaal Charles. Jackson contributed

13 of 17 yards on a fourth-quarter drive to a field goal that provided the final margin.

The Bills' passing game managed just 73 net yards. The Bills wasted a prime scoring chance

in the third quarter when Fitzpatrick threw into triple coverage from the K.C. 5 and was

intercepted in the end zone.

The Chiefs wasted chances, too.

K.C. quarterback Matt Cassel overthrew two open receivers on streaks down the sideline that

could have gone for touchdowns. The Chiefs had two possessions with good field position in the

fourth quarter but could not capitalize.

Early in the fourth, Paul Posluszny intercepted a deflected pass at the Buffalo 48 to

thwart one Chiefs march.

The Chiefs advanced to the Buffalo 21 with 2:24 left. On third and 10, receiver Chris

Chambers dropped a pass at the Buffalo 4. On fourth down, Cassel threw to the left side of the

field, but Bills linebacker Bryan Scott deflected the ball and it was intercepted by safety

Jairus Byrd.

"We were in a three-deep coverage," Fewell said. "We were trying to show them a pressure and

then we came out of the pressure. I thought B-Scott did a nice job of getting in the hook lane

and got a paw on it. ... And that was a heck of a play by Byrd. Eyes up. He's a ball hawk."

An interception by George Wilson on a desperation Cassel pass from the Bills' 37 ended the

game.

The Bills play host to New England on Sunday.