Patrick Mahomes has kept many elite QBs — like AFC Championship foe Josh Allen — out of the Super Bowl in recent seasons. Will that change on Sunday?

Each of Patrick Mahomes’ prior postseason bouts with Josh Allen played out differently, yet the outcome was the same every time.

The fourth playoff chapter of the exciting rivalry between Patrick Mahomes' Kansas City Chiefs and Josh Allen's Buffalo Bills takes place Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in the AFC Championship Game.Buffalo and Kansas City have played each other eight times since 2020,

Allen and Mahomes get a lot of the shine in this rivalry, but Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and Bills head coach Sean McDermott have a history, too. McDermott was an assistant under Reid with the Philadelphia Eagles for ten years before Reid fired him in 2010 as the team’s defensive coordinator.

Josh Allen's Bills will face Patrick Mahomes' Chiefs in the playoffs for the fourth time in five years. Here's a look back at the previous matchups (spoiler alert: Kansas City won them all).

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have a clear mission: reach Super Bowl LIX. To get there, they must defeat Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game. A win and a strong performance would allow the AFC West quarterback to surpass Hall of Famer Joe Montana in two significant NFL playoff categories.

Allen finished 27 of 37 for 329 yards with four touchdowns and 68 yards rushing. Davis set an NFL record with four receiving touchdowns in a playoff game. Mahomes completed 33 of 44 passes for 378 yards and three touchdowns and added 69 rushing yards and a touchdown.

The rivalry between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills dates back more than half a century, but it's been taken to new heights over the last few years, as two of the very best players in the league have developed a knack for running into each other when the stakes are highest.

Josh Allen's track record against Patrick Mahomes is night-and-day between the regular season and the playoffs.

Before they meet again, here's a look back at the eight epic matchups between Josh Allen and the Bills and Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.

Mahomes and Allen have a 4-4 head-to-head record, but Mahomes boasts a 3-0 postseason record against his counterpart. Their most recent encounter saw the Chiefs narrowly beat the Bills 27-24, thanks in part to a missed game-tying field goal by Tyler Bass.

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