Games since then include the Chiefs’ 42-36 win in overtime in the 2021 AFC Divisional Round, known in Kansas City as the “13-second game,” and last season’s 27-24 escape in Buffalo, sealed when Bills placekicker Tyler Bass missed a 44-yard field goal in the final two minutes.

For the seventh year in a row, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are back in the AFC Championship Game. After knocking out the Houston Texans in the Divisional Round, the defending Super Bowl champs are only one win away from their third straight AFC title and fifth in six years.

The Kansas City Chiefs are heading back to the AFC Championship game. Despite a gritty performance from Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud, the Chiefs recorded a 23-14 win in the AFC divisional round on the strength of future Hall of Fame tight end Travis Kelce,