2024 Kansas City Chiefs season | |
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Owner | The Hunt Family |
General manager | Brett Veach |
Head coach | Andy Reid |
Home field | Arrowhead Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 15–2 |
Division place | 1st AFC West |
Playoff finish | Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Texans) 23–14 Won AFC Championship (vs. Bills) 32–29 Lost Super Bowl LIX (vs. Eagles) 22–40 |
Pro Bowlers | 5
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All-Pros | 4
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Team MVP | Joe Thuney |
Team ROY | Xavier Worthy |
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The 2024 season was the Kansas City Chiefs' 55th in the National Football League (NFL), their 65th overall and their twelfth under head coach Andy Reid. The Chiefs entered the season as the defending champions for the second straight year and attempted to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowl championships. The Chiefs started 9–0 for the first time since 2013 and became the last undefeated team in the NFL following their Week 7 win over the San Francisco 49ers coupled with the Minnesota Vikings losing to the Detroit Lions earlier that day.
Following a Week 10 win over the Denver Broncos, the Chiefs secured their twelfth consecutive winning season. Their hopes of going undefeated were dashed following a Week 11 road loss to the Buffalo Bills. They clinched their tenth straight playoff berth following a Week 13 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Black Friday coupled with the Miami Dolphins losing to the Green Bay Packers the previous day, [1] and with a Week 14 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, the Chiefs clinched their ninth consecutive AFC West title, a record-extending 17th AFC West title, and improved on their 11–6 record from the previous season. Following a Week 16 win over the Houston Texans, the Chiefs went undefeated at home for the first time since 2003. Following a Week 17 road win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day, the Chiefs clinched a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs as the top seed. They were also the first team to win at least 15 games since the 2015 Carolina Panthers, set a new franchise regular season win record, and became one of the first two teams to win 15 games in a 17-game season, along with the Detroit Lions, and the first AFC team to do so. Although they did win 15 games, they never scored more than 30 points in a regular season game all season, becoming the first two-time defending champion to not score more than 30 points since the 1956 Cleveland Browns, as well as 11 of their wins being within one score. Their point differential of +59 is the worst of all teams to finish with three or fewer losses since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger outside of the strike-shortened 1982 season.
In the Divisional Round, the top-seeded Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans 23–14 to advance to their seventh consecutive AFC Championship Game (only trailing the 2011-2018 Patriots for the most ever) as Andy Reid became the fourth head coach to pass 300 wins, including postseason. [a] The Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills 32–29 in the AFC Championship Game to advance to their third straight Super Bowl, becoming the first two-time defending Super Bowl champion to play for a possible third consecutive title. In a rematch of Super Bowl LVII from two years prior, Kansas City faced the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX. The Chiefs lost to the Eagles, 40–22, failing to complete the three-peat bid and becoming the seventh consecutive team with 15 wins in the regular season to fail to win the Super Bowl, with the Chiefs and the 2015 Carolina Panthers being the only of those teams to reach the Super Bowl.
All transactions below occurred between the day after the Chiefs' final game of the 2023 season and the first game of the 2024 preseason. The only exception is futures contracts which the Chiefs began being signed after the conclusion of the 2023 regular season.
Futures contracts are signed beginning with the conclusion of the previous season. They typically consist of players who spent a portion of the previous season on the practice squad of a team.
Player | Position |
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Ian Book | QB |
Isaiah Buggs | DT |
Jacob Copeland | WR |
Trey Dean | S |
Matt Dickerson | DT |
Izaiah Gathings | TE |
Chukwuebuka Godrick | OT |
Hassan Hall | RB |
Keaontay Ingram | RB |
Truman Jones | DE |
Kelvin Joseph | CB |
Anthony Miller | WR |
Chris Oladokun | QB |
Deneric Prince | RB |
Jordan Smith | DE |
Shi Smith | WR |
Keith Taylor | CB |
Montrell Washington | WR |
Below are players who were on the roster at the end of the 2023 season, but were either released or did not re-sign after their contract expired.
Player | Position | Reason | New team |
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Nick Allegretti | G | UFA | Washington Commanders |
Blake Bell | TE | UFA | TBD |
Mike Edwards | S | UFA | Buffalo Bills |
Jody Fortson | TE | UFA | Miami Dolphins |
Blaine Gabbert | QB | UFA | TBD |
Willie Gay | LB | UFA | New Orleans Saints |
Richie James | WR | UFA | TBD |
Jerick McKinnon | RB | UFA | TBD |
Donovan Smith | OT | UFA | TBD |
Tommy Townsend | P | UFA | Houston Texans |
Marquez Valdes-Scantling | WR | Released | Buffalo Bills |
Prince Tega Wanogho | OT | UFA | TBD |
Player | Position | Previous team |
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Matt Araiza | P | Buffalo Bills (2022) |
Marquise Brown | WR | Arizona Cardinals |
Tyree Gillespie | S | Kansas City Chiefs Practice squad |
Louis Rees-Zammit | RB | None* |
Mike Pennel | DT | Kansas City Chiefs Practice squad |
Cornell Powell | WR | Kansas City Chiefs Practice squad |
Gerrit Prince | TE | Kansas City Chiefs Practice squad |
Irv Smith Jr. | TE | Cincinnati Bengals |
Carson Wentz | QB | Los Angeles Rams |
* Rees-Zammit was signed via the NFL's International Player Pathway Program from Wales.
Trades below only are for trades that included a player. Draft pick only trades will go in draft section.
Team | Received | Compensation |
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Tennessee Titans | 7th round selection 2024 NFL draft 3rd round selection 2025 NFL draft | CB L'Jarius Sneed 7th round selection 2024 NFL draft |
Tennessee Titans | WR DeAndre Hopkins | 4th or 5th round selection 2025 NFL draft [A] |
New England Patriots | LB Joshua Uche | 6th round selection 2026 NFL draft |
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Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | August 10 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | L 13–26 | 0–1 | EverBank Stadium | Recap |
2 | August 17 | Detroit Lions | L 23–24 | 0–2 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
3 | August 22 | Chicago Bears | L 21–34 | 0–3 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Jaguars | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
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Lions | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
Chiefs | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bears | 7 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
Chiefs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | September 5 | Baltimore Ravens | W 27–20 | 1–0 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
2 | September 15 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 26–25 | 2–0 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
3 | September 22 | at Atlanta Falcons | W 22–17 | 3–0 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | Recap |
4 | September 29 | at Los Angeles Chargers | W 17–10 | 4–0 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
5 | October 7 | New Orleans Saints | W 26–13 | 5–0 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
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7 | October 20 | at San Francisco 49ers | W 28–18 | 6–0 | Levi's Stadium | Recap |
8 | October 27 | at Las Vegas Raiders | W 27–20 | 7–0 | Allegiant Stadium | Recap |
9 | November 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 30–24 (OT) | 8–0 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
10 | November 10 | Denver Broncos | W 16–14 | 9–0 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
11 | November 17 | at Buffalo Bills | L 21–30 | 9–1 | Highmark Stadium | Recap |
12 | November 24 | at Carolina Panthers | W 30–27 | 10–1 | Bank of America Stadium | Recap |
13 | November 29 | Las Vegas Raiders | W 19–17 | 11–1 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
14 | December 8 | Los Angeles Chargers | W 19–17 | 12–1 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
15 | December 15 | at Cleveland Browns | W 21–7 | 13–1 | Huntington Bank Field | Recap |
16 | December 21 | Houston Texans | W 27–19 | 14–1 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
17 | December 25 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 29–10 | 15–1 | Acrisure Stadium | Recap |
18 | January 5 | at Denver Broncos | L 0–38 | 15–2 | Empower Field at Mile High | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ravens | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Chiefs | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bengals | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
Chiefs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
Falcons | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
Chargers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Saints | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Chiefs | 7 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 26 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
49ers | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
Raiders | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
at Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Chiefs | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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Broncos | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Chiefs | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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Chiefs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Bills | 6 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 30 |
at Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
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With the loss, the Chiefs fell to 9–1, and became the final undefeated team in the 2024 regular season to lose a game.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
Panthers | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
at Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Raiders | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Chiefs | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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Chargers | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
Chiefs | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Browns | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Texans | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
Chiefs | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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With the win, the Chiefs improved to 14–1 and went undefeated at home for the first time since 2003.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 13 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
Steelers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
at Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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With the win, the Chiefs improved to 15–1 and swept the entire AFC North. In addition, they gained the No. 1 seed, and clinched a first-round bye as well as home-field advantage throughout the entire AFC playoffs.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Broncos | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
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On January 4, prior to the game, the Chiefs were delayed from departing Kansas City International Airport due to an airport closure by NOTAM, as a result of Winter Storm Blair producing freezing drizzle on the airfield. [7] This delayed their flight to compete against the Broncos on January 5 at Denver.
As the Chiefs had already clinched the number one seed, they rested the vast majority of their starters for the entire game.
This was the Chiefs' first shutout loss since 2012, when they were defeated by the Oakland Raiders 15–0 in Week 15. [8]
AFC West | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
(1) Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 5–1 | 10–2 | 385 | 326 | L1 |
(5) Los Angeles Chargers | 11 | 6 | 0 | .647 | 4–2 | 8–4 | 402 | 301 | W3 |
(7) Denver Broncos | 10 | 7 | 0 | .588 | 3–3 | 6–6 | 425 | 311 | W1 |
Las Vegas Raiders | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | 0–6 | 3–9 | 309 | 434 | L1 |
Seed | Team | Division | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | SOS | SOV | STK |
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Division leaders | |||||||||||
1 | Kansas City Chiefs | West | 15 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 5–1 | 10–2 | .488 | .463 | L1 |
2 | Buffalo Bills | East | 13 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 5–1 | 9–3 | .467 | .448 | L1 |
3 | Baltimore Ravens | North | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | 4–2 | 8–4 | .529 | .525 | W4 |
4 | Houston Texans | South | 10 | 7 | 0 | .588 | 5–1 | 8–4 | .481 | .376 | W1 |
Wild cards | |||||||||||
5 | Los Angeles Chargers | West | 11 | 6 | 0 | .647 | 4–2 | 8–4 | .467 | .348 | W3 |
6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | North | 10 | 7 | 0 | .588 | 3–3 | 7–5 | .502 | .453 | L4 |
7 | Denver Broncos | West | 10 | 7 | 0 | .588 | 3–3 | 6–6 | .502 | .394 | W1 |
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8 | Cincinnati Bengals | North | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 | 3–3 | 6–6 | .478 | .314 | W5 |
9 | Indianapolis Colts | South | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 3–3 | 7–5 | .457 | .309 | W1 |
10 | Miami Dolphins | East | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 3–3 | 6–6 | .419 | .294 | L1 |
11 | New York Jets | East | 5 | 12 | 0 | .294 | 2–4 | 5–7 | .495 | .341 | W1 |
12 | Jacksonville Jaguars | South | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | 3–3 | 4–8 | .478 | .265 | L1 |
13 | New England Patriots | East | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | 2–4 | 3–9 | .471 | .471 | W1 |
14 | Las Vegas Raiders | West | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | 0–6 | 3–9 | .540 | .353 | L1 |
15 | Cleveland Browns | North | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 | 1–5 | 3–9 | .536 | .510 | L6 |
16 | Tennessee Titans | South | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 | 1–5 | 3–9 | .522 | .431 | L6 |
Round | Date | Opponent (seed) | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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Wild Card | First-round bye | |||||
Divisional | January 18 | Houston Texans (4) | W 23–14 | 1–0 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
AFC Championship | January 26 | Buffalo Bills (2) | W 32–29 | 2–0 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
Super Bowl LIX | February 9 | vs. Philadelphia Eagles (N2) | L 22–40 | 2–1 | Caesars Superdome | Recap |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Texans | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
Chiefs | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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With the win, Andy Reid became the fourth head coach in NFL history to win 300 games. [9]
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bills | 3 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
Chiefs | 7 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 32 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
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This game marked the second meeting in the AFC Championship Game between the Chiefs and Bills since the 2020 season.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
Eagles | 7 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 40 |
at Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
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A rematch of Super Bowl LVII, Super Bowl LIX was the second Super Bowl meeting between the Chiefs and Eagles since the 2022 season.