Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Packers defeated the Chiefs 27-20 in the teams’ preseason finale, but the play of the game came from Kansas City safety Harold Jones-Quartey during a dead ball in the fourth quarter. After Packers running back Dexter Williams scored the deciding touchdown with 6:24 to play and Sam Ficken nailed the PAT, a fan raced onto the field as the teams prepared for the ensuing kickoff. Jones-Quartey aided security by making the tackle.

UNDATED (AP) — Football players often refer to their teammates as brothers. In the Big Ten, a lot of them truly are. There are more than two dozen sets of brothers playing in the conference this season. Nebraska twins Carlos and Khalil Davis, Michigan State’s Jacob and Mike Panasiuk and Northwestern’s Andy and Samdup Miller start together on their teams’ defensive lines. Landan and Levi Paulsen hold down the guard spots on Iowa’s offensive line. In all, there are brothers on 11 of the league’s 14 teams.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Scott Frost’s second year at Nebraska begins against South Alabama. All indications are that his turnaround project is heading in the right direction. The 24th-ranked Cornhuskers are projected to be one of the most improved teams in the nation. Even though they finished 4-8 following an 0-6 start, they’re in the preseason Top 25 for the first time since 2014 and a popular pick to win the Big Ten West.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jurickson Profar homered and drove in three runs, Seth Brown added two RBIs and the Oakland Athletics held off the Kansas City Royals 9-8 to cap a four-game series victory. Everybody in the A’s starting lineup had a hit or drove in a run, bailing out starter Chris Bassitt after a dismal performance. Bassitt failed to survive the fifth before turning the game over to Yusmeiro Petit, who was just about the only effective pitcher all the afternoon.

UNDATED (AP) — The Big 12 has a trio of new coaches that will make their debuts as a Power Five head coach. Kansas State’s Chris Klieman and Texas Tech’s Matt Wells both have been coaching for more than two decades. But each had only one previous season as an assistant at a school currently in the five major conferences. West Virginia coach Neal Brown was an offensive coordinator at Texas Tech and Kentucky. Kansas coach Les Miles, the league’s other new coach, won a national title at LSU.