2021 Kansas City Chiefs season

2021 Kansas City Chiefs season
2021 Kansas City Chiefs season
Owner	The Hunt family
Head coach	Andy Reid
General manager	Brett Veach
Home field	Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record	12–5
Division place	1st AFC West
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Steelers) 42–21; Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Bills) 42–36 (OT); Lost AFC Championship (vs. Bengals) 24–27 (OT)
Pro Bowlers	6 TE Travis Kelce; QB Patrick Mahomes; WR Tyreek Hill; T Orlando Brown Jr.; DT Chris Jones; S Tyrann Mathieu;
AP All-Pros	2 TE Travis Kelce (2nd team); DT Chris Jones (2nd team);
Uniform
	← 2020; Chiefs seasons; 2022 →;

The 2021 season is the Kansas City Chiefs' 52nd season in the National Football League and their ninth under head coach Andy Reid.

Draft

2021 Kansas City Chiefs Draft
Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
2	58	Nick Bolton	Linebacker	Missouri
2	63	Creed Humphrey	Center	Oklahoma
4	144*	Joshua Kaindoh	Defensive end	Florida State
5	162	Noah Gray	Tight end	Duke
5	181*	Cornell Powell	Wide receiver	Clemson
6	226	Trey Smith	Guard	Tennessee

*	Compensatory selection

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 12	Cleveland Browns	W 33–29	1–0	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
2	September 19	at Baltimore Ravens	L 35–36	1–1	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
3	September 26	Los Angeles Chargers	L 24–30	1–2	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
4	October 3	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 42–30	2–2	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap
5	October 10	Buffalo Bills	L 20–38	2–3	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
6	October 17	at Washington Football Team	W 31–13	3–3	FedExField	Recap
7	October 24	at Tennessee Titans	L 3–27	3–4	Nissan Stadium	Recap
8	November 1	New York Giants	W 20–17	4–4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
9	November 7	Green Bay Packers	W 13–7	5–4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
10	November 14	at Las Vegas Raiders	W 41–14	6–4	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
11	November 21	Dallas Cowboys	W 19–9	7–4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
12	Bye
13	December 5	Denver Broncos	W 22–9	8–4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
14	December 12	Las Vegas Raiders	W 48–9	9–4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
15	December 16	at Los Angeles Chargers	W 34–28 (OT)	10–4	SoFi Stadium	Recap
16	December 26	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 36–10	11–4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
17	January 2	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 31–34	11–5	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
18	January 8	at Denver Broncos	W 28–24	12–5	Empower Field at Mile High	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Division

AFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽²⁾ Kansas City Chiefs	12	5	0	.706	5–1	7–5	480	364	W1
⁽⁵⁾ Las Vegas Raiders	10	7	0	.588	3–3	8–4	374	439	W4
Los Angeles Chargers	9	8	0	.529	3–3	6–6	474	459	L1
Denver Broncos	7	10	0	.412	1–5	3–9	335	322	L4

Conference

AFC v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division winners
1^[a]	Tennessee Titans	South	12	5	0	.706	5–1	8–4	.472	.480	W3
2^[a]	Kansas City Chiefs	West	12	5	0	.706	5–1	7–5	.538	.517	W1
3	Buffalo Bills	East	11	6	0	.647	5–1	7–5	.472	.428	W4
4	Cincinnati Bengals	North	10	7	0	.588	4–2	8–4	.472	.462	L1
Wild cards
5^[b]	Las Vegas Raiders	West	10	7	0	.588	3–3	8–4	.510	.515	W4
6^[b]	New England Patriots	East	10	7	0	.588	3–3	8–4	.481	.394	L1
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	9	7	1	.559	4–2	7–5	.521	.490	W2
Did not qualify for the postseason
8^[c]	Indianapolis Colts	South	9	8	0	.529	3–3	7–5	.495	.431	L2
9^[c]^[d]	Miami Dolphins	East	9	8	0	.529	4–2	6–6	.464	.379	W1
10^[c]^[d]	Los Angeles Chargers	West	9	8	0	.529	3–3	6–6	.510	.500	L1
11^[e]	Cleveland Browns	North	8	9	0	.471	3–3	5–7	.514	.415	W1
12^[e]	Baltimore Ravens	North	8	9	0	.471	1–5	5–7	.531	.460	L6
13	Denver Broncos	West	7	10	0	.412	1–5	3–9	.484	.357	L4
14^[f]	New York Jets	East	4	13	0	.235	0–6	4–8	.512	.426	L2
15^[f]	Houston Texans	South	4	13	0	.235	3–3	4–8	.498	.397	L2
16	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	3	14	0	.176	1–5	3–9	.512	.569	W1
Tiebreakers^[g]
↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Tennessee finished ahead of Kansas City based on head-to-head victory. ↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Las Vegas finished ahead of New England based on win percentage in common games. ↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Indianapolis finished ahead of Miami and Los Angeles based on conference record. ↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Miami finished ahead of LA Chargers based on win percentage in common games. ↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Cleveland finished ahead of Baltimore based on division record. ↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 NY Jets finished ahead of Houston based on head-to-head victory. ↑ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

Postseason

Schedule

Round	Date	Time (CST)	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue	TV	Recap
Wild Card	January 16	7:15 p.m.	Pittsburgh Steelers (7)	W 42–21	1–0	Arrowhead Stadium	NBC	Recap
Divisional	January 23	5:30 p.m.	Buffalo Bills (3)	W 42–36 (OT)	2–0	Arrowhead Stadium	CBS	Recap
AFC Championship	January 30	Cincinnati Bengals (4)	L 24–27 (OT)	2–1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap

[12-5-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Tennessee finished ahead of Kansas City based on head-to-head victory.

[10-7-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Las Vegas finished ahead of New England based on win percentage in common games.

[9-8a-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Indianapolis finished ahead of Miami and Los Angeles based on conference record.

[9-8b-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Miami finished ahead of LA Chargers based on win percentage in common games.

[8-9-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Cleveland finished ahead of Baltimore based on division record.

[4-13-6] 6.0 ^6.1 NY Jets finished ahead of Houston based on head-to-head victory.

[7] When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

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