Chiefs Defeat Broncos, 27-24, for 13th Victory of the Season

The Kansas City Chiefs held on to defeat the Denver Broncos, 27-24, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday afternoon it what marked their 13th win of the season and a 15th consecutive victory over their longtime rival.

The win also meant that Kansas City kept pace with the Buffalo Bills for the top record in the AFC prior to the Bills’ matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football, keeping the Chiefs’ pursuit of the No. 1 seed in the conference alive.

That result was hardly a guarantee through much of Sunday’s matchup, however, as the Broncos fought valiantly in interim Head Coach Jerry Rosburg’s first game at the helm. In fact, Denver had an opportunity to either tie or even take the lead with just under four minutes remaining in regulation.

The Broncos were trailing by just three points and had possession of the ball at midfield, but facing a 4th-and-2, Chiefs’ defensive lineman Chris Jones blew up the play and flipped possession back to Kansas City’s offense. The game wasn’t quite over at that point, as the Broncos still had all three of their timeouts, but Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes went on to connect with tight end Travis Kelce to move the chains on third down and seal the win.

It concluded what was at times a frustrating game for Kansas City, but a win nonetheless.

“We battled through…The defense played their tail off. We put them in a lot of bad situations, and they kept making stops, especially in that second half,” Mahomes said. “I feel like I didn’t play at the top of my game today, and I thought guys around me stepped up, so that’s the best thing I took from it. I’m not always going [at the top of my game], and when guys around me step up and we can still win football games, it’s a good sign.”