2021 Kansas City Chiefs season

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

## Draft

|Round|Selection|Player|Position|College|
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|Nick Bolton|Linebacker|Missouri|||
|Creed Humphrey|Center|Oklahoma|||
|Joshua Kaindoh|Defensive end|Florida State|||
|Noah Gray|Tight end|Duke|||
|Cornell Powell|Wide receiver|Clemson|||
|Trey Smith|Guard|Tennessee|||
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|Compensatory selection||

### Schedule

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

### Schedule

|style=""|Round|style=""|Date|style=""|Time (Central Time Zone)|style=""|Opponent (seed)|style=""|Result|style=""|Record|style=""|Venue|style=""|TV|style=""|Recap|
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|January 16|7:15 p.m.|Pittsburgh Steelers (7)|**W** 42–21|1–0|Arrowhead Stadium|NBC|Recap|||||||||||
|January 23|5:30 p.m.|Buffalo Bills (3)|**W** 42–36|2–0|Arrowhead Stadium|CBS|Recap|||||||||||
|January 30|Cincinnati Bengals (4)|**L** 24–27|2–1|Arrowhead Stadium|Recap|||||||||||||

## Infobox (nfl team season)

- **logo**: Kansas City Chiefs wordmark.svg
- **team**: Kansas City Chiefs
- **year**: 2021
- **record**: 12–5
- **division place**: 1st AFC West
- **coach**: Andy Reid
- **owner**: Lamar Hunt#Personal life, The Hunt family
- **general manager**: Brett Veach
- **stadium**: Arrowhead Stadium
- **playoffs**: **Won 2021–22 NFL playoffs, Wild Card Playoffs** (vs. 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Steelers) 42–21
**Won 2021–22 NFL playoffs, Divisional Playoffs** (vs. 2021 Buffalo Bills season, Bills) 2021 AFC Divisional playoff game (Buffalo–Kansas City), 42–36
Lost 2021–22 NFL playoffs, AFC Championship (vs. 2021 Cincinnati Bengals season, Bengals) 24–27
- **uniform**:
- **shortnavlink**: Chiefs seasons