Washington (3-1) at Kansas City (2-2), Sunday 1:00 pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- There are eight active coaches in the NFL with a Super Bowl ring. Five of those have at least 100 wins to their credit.

Two of those five will be on opposite sidelines Sunday when Joe Gibbs leads his Washington Redskins into an interconference matchup with Dick Vermeil's Kansas City Chiefs.

Gibbs and Vermeil have not matched up since the strike-shortened 1982 season when Gibbs' Redskins took a pair from Vermeil and the Philadelphia Eagles. Gibbs has taken three of the four meetings between the two overall.

For the second straight week, the Redskins will have to play an AFC West heavyweight on the road. They suffered their first loss of the season - a 21-19 setback to the Denver Broncos last week.

Mark Brunell guided Washington to a late touchdown on an 11-yard pass to tight end Chris Cooley, but a two-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful as the Redskins fell short of their first 4-0 start since 1991, when Gibbs won the last of his three Super Bowls.

The contest was indicative of Washington's style this year as its four games have been decided by a total of eight points. Despite the setback, Gibbs' club enters Sunday trailing the first-place New York Giants by one-half game in the NFC East.

The Redskins' defense, which ranked No. 1 last season, again is among the league's elite units. It ranks fifth overall and has allowed just three passing TDs thus far.

Vermeil has had a week off to digest a difficult 37-31 loss at home to the Philadelphia Eagles on October 2.

The Chiefs raced to a 17-0 lead and held a 24-6 advantage late in the first half before their collapse began. The Eagles scored the game's next 31 points until a TD pass by Trent Green in the final minutes got Kansas City within a score.

Prior to joining Vermeil with the St. Louis Rams in 1999, Green, who has just three TD passes this year, spent four seasons with Washington and earned the starting job on the 1998 squad that went 6-10.

With four of their next five games on the road, the Chiefs are in need of a win. They enter the contest 1 1/2 games behind Denver in the AFC West.

Matchup to watch: Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss, who ranks eighth in the NFL with 458 receiving yards, faces left cornerback Patrick Surtain.

Series: The Chiefs lead, 5-1.

Next week: Washington hosts San Francisco, October 23 Kansas City visits Miami, October 23.