Kansas City, Mo ? After scoring the first touchdown of his record-setting day, Priest Holmes had a disquieting feeling something else was beckoning.

The NFL record for touchdowns rushing in a season belonged to Kansas City’s Pro Bowl running back when he scored on a one-yard run against Chicago and passed Emmitt Smith.

But still within reach was Marshall Faulk’s overall TD record of 26.

“It’s like walking up to a door,” he said. “You get to the door, and you don’t actually go inside. I was given the opportunity of scoring the 27th touchdown — it’s my house. The standard is mine.”

In the third period, Holmes vaulted over a stack of linemen for a two-yard TD, giving him the distinction of knocking two all-time great running backs out of the record book on the same afternoon.

An hour after the game, he admitted the magnitude of what he’d done, following worrisome offseason hip surgery had not yet sunk in.

“I’ve looked up to Tony Dorsett, Walter Payton, different individuals like that, and always seeing those guys in the record book,” he said.