Again, Mahomes, Kelce, and the Chiefs terminate the Bills’ season. First NFC championship game for the Lions in thirty-two years
New York’s ORCHARD PARK (AP) – With a 27-24 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night, Travis Kelce caught two touchdown receptions from quarterback Patrick Mahomes, securing the Kansas City Chiefs’ spot in their sixth consecutive AFC championship game.
Forty seconds into the fourth quarter, Isiah Pacheco scored the game’s winning touchdown on a 4-yard run, marking the sixth lead change of the contest. With 1:43 left, Tyler Bass of Buffalo missed a 44-yard field goal, allowing Kansas City to run out the time.
The Chiefs (13-6), the reigning Super Bowl champions, travel to Baltimore to take on Lamar Jackson and the top-seeded Ravens of the AFC.
Since Mahomes became the team’s starting quarterback in 2018, Kansas City has won five straight postseason games. before to that, the Chiefs had lost to Cincinnati in overtime in the AFC title game two years before, but they had never lost in the divisional round.
The Chiefs put an end to Buffalo’s season for the third time in four years, while the Bills (12-7) saw their third straight playoffs ending in the divisional round. Josh Allen rushed for two TDs and completed a touchdown throw.
Pacheco ran for 97 yards while Mahomes completed 17 of 23 passes for 215 yards.
