DENVER -- Broncos strong safety Kenoy Kennedy was suspended by the NFL for one game without pay Tuesday for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Miami receiver Chris Chambers.

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He will miss Denver's game next Sunday at Kansas City, but will not be fined.

Chambers got a concussion when he went up high for a pass from Jay Fiedler and was hit in the face by Kennedy in the second quarter of Miami's 24-22 victory Sunday night.

Chambers' head twisted after the hit, and he lay on the field for about five minutes before being helped off the field.

Kennedy was flagged for a personal foul and tried to apologize to Chambers as he walked off the field, but he was pushed back by Miami's Randy McMichael.

Sources told ESPN.com that Denver coach Mike Shanahan tried hard to keep the league from suspending Kennedy, including showing an NFL official a Broncos videotape from an angle not captured on the television cameras Sunday night.

The view, Broncos officials contended, allegedly showed that Kennedy was pushed by Denver cornerback Denard Walker as he approached Chambers. The Broncos argued that Kennedy's initial target point was Chambers' chest and that the accidental contact with Walker lowered the safety's head, thus precipitating the helmet-to-helmet collision.

Obviously, the league did not accept the Broncos' argument, and the video must not have supported the team's case.

Losing a full game check will cost Kennedy $25,294.11, one-seventeenth of his $430,000 base salary for 2002. It raises to $42,794.11, nearly 10 percent of his base salary, the amount that Kennedy has lost this year because of the three illegal hits.

Kennedy has already been fined twice this season and received a warning from the league last week. He received a $7,500 fine for a hit on St. Louis' Isaac Bruce on opening day, then was fined $10,000 last week for a shot on San Diego's Fred McCrary.

The league warned Kennedy that future hits similar to the one on McCrary could lead to a suspension.

Information from ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli and The Associated Press contributed to this report.