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

 2021 Kansas City Chiefs Draft Round  Selection  Player  Position  College2  58 Nick Bolton  Linebacker  Missouri63 Creed Humphrey  Center  Oklahoma 4  144* Joshua Kaindoh  Defensive end  Florida State   5  162 Noah Gray  Tight end  Duke 181* Cornell Powell  Wide receiver  Clemson 6  226 Trey Smith  Guard  Tennessee
 * Compensatory selection

Regular season
Schedule
 Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 12 Cleveland Browns W 33–29 1–0 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 2 September 19 at Baltimore Ravens L 35–36 1–1 M&T Bank Stadium Recap 3 September 26 Los Angeles Chargers L 24–30 1–2 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 4 October 3 at Philadelphia Eagles W 42–30 2–2 Lincoln Financial Field Recap 5 October 10 Buffalo Bills L 20–38 2–3 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 6 October 17 at Washington Football Team W 31–13 3–3 FedExField Recap 7 October 24 at Tennessee Titans L 3–27 3–4 Nissan Stadium Recap 8  New York Giants W 20–17 4–4 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 9 November 7 Green Bay Packers W 13–7 5–4 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 10 November 14 at Las Vegas Raiders W 41–14 6–4 Allegiant Stadium Recap 11 November 21 Dallas Cowboys W 19–9 7–4 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 12  Bye 13 December 5 Denver Broncos W 22–9 8–4 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 14 December 12 Las Vegas Raiders W 48–9 9–4 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 15  at Los Angeles Chargers W 34–28  10–4 SoFi Stadium Recap 16 December 26 Pittsburgh Steelers W 36–10 11–4 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 17 January 2 at Cincinnati Bengals L 31–34 11–5 Paul Brown Stadium Recap 18  at Denver Broncos W 28–24 12–5 Empower Field at Mile High Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings
Division

Conference

Postseason

Schedule
 Round Date Time () Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue TV Recap Wild Card January 16 7:15 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers (7) W 42–21 1–0 Arrowhead Stadium NBC Recap Divisional January 23 5:30 p.m. Buffalo Bills (3) W 42–36  2–0 Arrowhead Stadium CBS Recap AFC Championship January 30 Cincinnati Bengals (4) L 24–27  2–1 Arrowhead Stadium Recap

Category:2021 National Football League season by team
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