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\nLos Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Teair Tart slapped Travis Kelce’s helmet near his face during the Chargers vs. Chiefs game on Friday, Sept. 5Tart faced a penalty but was not ejected from the game for the slapThe Chargers won, 27-21<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Teair Tart slapped Travis Kelce<\/a> during their victory against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arena Corinthians in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, on Friday, Sept. 5.\n<\/p>\n Tart, 28, slapped Kelce<\/a>, 35, on the front of his helmet, after the two were pushing each other. The altercation followed a two-yard run by Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt with just over eight minutes remaining in the third quarter of the game.\n<\/p>\n The referee threw a flag on the play, calling a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Tart. However, they ruled the slap was not a “disqualifying action,” per The Sporting News<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n Terry McAulay, a former referee who served as YouTube’s rules analyst Friday, explained during the livestream<\/a> that because the slap was an “open hand contact to the head” from Tart rather than a close-fisted punch, it was not enough to disqualify him.<\/p>\n Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce celebrates after scoring against the Los Angeles Chargers during the second half of an NFL football game.<\/p>\n AP Photo\/Fernando Llano<\/p>\n The penalty moved the football to the Chargers\u2019 11-yard line. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes reached the end zone on an 11-yard run on the ensuing play, which cut Kansas City\u2019s deficit to 13-12. Harrison Butker missed a game\u2013tying extra point.\n<\/p>\n This was not the only collision for Kelce on Friday night \u2013 at the start of the game, he was involved in a brutal collision with his teammate\u00a0Xavier Worthy<\/a>\u00a0during a play.\n<\/p>\n Kelce did have a bright spot during the game when he scored his first touchdown during the fourth quarter.\n<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n Kelce completed a pass from quarterback\u00a0Mahomes, 29,\u00a0for a 37-yard score in the fourth quarter, and celebrated with a victory dance in the end zone. First\u00a0the NFL star mimicked a bull<\/a>, putting his hands to his helmet with his index fingers pointed out like horns and scraping his foot on the ground before charging ahead.\n<\/p>\n