2021 Kansas City Chiefs season

2021 Kansas City Chiefs season
OwnerThe Hunt family
Head coachAndy Reid
General managerBrett Veach
Home fieldArrowhead Stadium
Results
Record12–5
Division place1st AFC West
Playoff finishWon 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
AP All-Pros
2
Uniform

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

Draft

Main article: 2021 NFL Draft
2021 Kansas City Chiefs Draft
Round Selection Player Position College
2 58 Nick Bolton Linebacker Missouri
63 Creed Humphrey Center Oklahoma
4 144* Joshua Kaindoh Defensive end Florida State
5 162 Noah Gray Tight end Duke
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
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
# 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tennessee finished ahead of Kansas City based on head-to-head victory.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Las Vegas finished ahead of New England based on win percentage in common games.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Indianapolis finished ahead of Miami and Los Angeles based on conference record.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Miami finished ahead of LA Chargers based on win percentage in common games.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cleveland finished ahead of Baltimore based on division record.
  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.

Postseason

See also: 2021–22 NFL playoffs

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
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