2012 Kansas City Chiefs season The Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise ' s 43rd season in the National Football league , the 53rd overall and the first full season under head coach Romeo Crennel , who served as the interim head coach for the final three games of the 2011 season following Todd Haley ' s termination . The Chiefs failed to rebound from their 7 – 9 record in 2011 , and were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 12 . Although sharing the same 2 - 14 record as the Jacksonville Jaguars for the worst record of the season , the Chiefs were statistically the worst team overall , and thereby " earned " the right to the first pick in the 2013 NFL Draft . Low points . The 2012 team tied the 1977 ( 2 - 12 ) and 2008 ( 2 - 14 ) teams for the franchise worst seasons in terms of fewest wins . They tied with the Jacksonville Jaguars for the NFL ' s worst record . The Chiefs have the # 1 pick in the 2013 National Football League Draft based on strength of schedule . It is the first time in franchise history the Chiefs had the # 1 pick . Kansas City suffered from quarterback controversy all season and tied with the Arizona Cardinals for most interceptions ( 20 ) with Matt Cassel throwing 12 and his late season replacement Brady Quinn throwing 8 . The Chiefs had the worst record in the NFL in offensive passing . The Chiefs also lost 17 fumbles giving it 37 giveaways - - tied for worst in the NFL with the New York Jets and Philadelphia and tying with Philadelphia for the NFL ' s worst giveaway / takeaway differential with - 24 . Season low points included : Highlights . Highlights of the season included : Schedule . Game summaries . Week 1 : vs . Atlanta Falcons . Against the Atlanta Falcons , the Kansas City Chiefs were behind early in the first quarter when Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan threw an 8 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Julio Jones to lead 7 - 0 . The Chiefs answered with a 39 yard field goal from Ryan Succop to make it 7 - 3 . The Falcons scored on their next drive with a 34 yard field goal from Matt Bryant to extend their lead 10 - 3 . In the second quarter , Matt Cassel threw a 22 yard touchdown pass to tight end Kevin Boss to tie the game at 10 - 10 . Matt Ryan and the Falcons took the lead again with a 14 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Julio Jones to go up 17 - 10 . Matt Cassel scored on a 5 yard rushing touchdown on the Chiefs next possession to make the score tied again at 17 - 17 . The Falcons just managed to extend their lead before halftime with a 21 yard field goal by Matt Bryant to lead 20 - 17 coming into the half . In the third quarter , Matt Ryan scored on a 5 yard touchdown run to make it 27 - 17 . Shortly afterward , Matt Ryan tossed a 7 yard touchdown pass to tight end Tony Gonzalez to further extend their lead 34 - 17 . In the fourth quarter , the Atlanta falcons scored twice on field goals of 30 and 41 yards by Matt Bryant to lead 40 - 17 . Late in the fourth quarter , the Chiefs scored on a 4 yard run by running back Shaun Draughn . The final score of this game is 24 - 40 as the Kansas City Chiefs fall to 0 - 1 Week 2 : at Buffalo Bills . In the first quarter , the Buffalo Bills scored first with a 17 yard rushing touchdown by running back C . J . Spiller to lead 7 - 0 . In the second quarter , the Bills scored again with a 5 yard rushing touchdown by C . J . Spiller to lead 14 - 0 . The Bills continued to extend their lead when quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a 10 yard touchdown pass to tight end Scott Chandler to lead 21 - 0 at halftime . In the third quarter , the Chiefs finally scored with a 33 yard field goal by Ryan Succop to make it 3 - 21 . The Bills answered with a 49 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick to wide receiver Steve Johnson to make the score 28 - 3 . The Bills continued to dominate with an 88 yard punt return touchdown by Leodis McKelvin to lead 35 - 3 . In the fourth quarter , the Chiefs finally got going with Matt Cassel throwing a 33 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Dwayne Bowe to make the score 10 - 35 . The Chiefs managed to score again with Matt Cassel throwing a 5 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Dwayne Bowe . The Chiefs fantastic effort in the fourth quarter was not enough , the final score is 17 - 35 as the Chiefs fall to 0 - 2 . Week 3 : at New Orleans Saints . With the win , the Chiefs improved to 1 - 2 . Week 4 : vs . San Diego Chargers . With the loss , the Chiefs fell to 1 - 3 . Week 5 : vs . Baltimore Ravens . With the loss , the Chiefs fell to 1 - 4 . Week 6 : at Tampa Bay Buccaneers . With the loss , the Chiefs went into their bye week at 1 - 5 . Week 8 : vs . Oakland Raiders . With the loss , the Chiefs fell to 1 - 6 . The loss made Kansas City the first team since the 1929 Buffalo Bisons team to play seven games without leading in regulation . Week 9 : at San Diego Chargers . With the loss , the Chiefs fell to 1 - 7 and were swept by the Chargers for the first time since 2009 . Kansas City now holds the NFL record of not leading at any point during regulation at eight games . Week 10 : at Pittsburgh Steelers . The Chiefs led for the first time all season in this game with a first quarter touchdown which gave them the lead 7 - 0 . After relinquishing the lead , the Chiefs tied the game at 13 - 13 at the end of regulation to force overtime . However , despite the fact that they got the ball in overtime , QB Matt Cassel was picked off by Lamarr Woodley and the ball was returned to the Chiefs ' 5 - Yard line setting up the game winning field goal for the Steelers as the Chiefs lost the game 16 - 13 and their record dropped to 1 - 8 . Week 11 : vs . Cincinnati Bengals . This would be the second time all season that the Chiefs would lead a game as they kicked for the first 3 points off of a 34 - yard field goal from Ryan Succop . However , the Bengals ' defense shut the Chiefs down as the Chiefs dropped to 1 - 9 and 0 - 5 in home games . The Chiefs who had 31 giveaways on the season would eventually end up with only 6 giveaways for the remainder of the season . Week 12 : vs . Denver Broncos . With the loss , the Chiefs dropped to 1 – 10 . Coupled with wins from the Cincinnati Bengals and Indianapolis Colts , the Chiefs were officially eliminated from postseason contention . Week 13 : vs . Carolina Panthers . Before the game , tragedy stuck the Chiefs as linebacker Jovan Belcher committed suicide after the shooting of his girlfriend the day before . Snapping a home losing skid of their own , the Chiefs won at Arrowhead for the first time since they robbed the Green Bay Packers of a perfect regular season during Week 15 of the 2011 season by snapping the latter ' s 19 - game winning streak . The Chiefs improved to 2 - 10 with the surprising win . Week 14 : at Cleveland Browns . With the loss , the Chiefs fell to 2 - 11 . Week 15 : at Oakland Raiders . The Chiefs fell to 2 - 12 after being shutout only for the second time against the Raiders in team history . Because the Raiders ( 4 - 10 ) swept the Chiefs , Kansas City clinched fourth - place in the AFC West for the second straight year .