Patrick Mahomes keeps finding a way to put Kansas City on his back, and Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium ended the same way so many Chiefs wins do: with Harrison Butker walking it off.
Butker’s 40-yard field goal as overtime expired sent the Chiefs past the Indianapolis Colts, 33-30, and gave Mahomes his 97th win as a starter in his 10th NFL season. That total matches Tom Brady for the third-most wins by a player in his first 10 seasons since 1950, according to the NFL+ post on X after the game. Peyton Manning (105) and Russell Wilson (104) are the only players ahead on that regular-season list, per StatMuse.
Mahomes looked every bit like the quarterback Kansas City has been waiting for. Coming off the torn ACL that ended his 2025 season, he finished 32 of 47 for 382 yards and three touchdowns without a turnover.
He also added 17 rushing yards on two designed and scramble runs. His 114 passer rating was his sharpest night since returning in Week 1, according to The Athletic recap.
The passing game had plenty of help. Travis Kelce caught nine passes for 101 yards and a 13-yard touchdown, while Tyquan Thornton had four receptions for 86 yards and Rashee Rice finished with four for 83.
Xavier Worthy and Jalen Royals each caught touchdown passes. Kenneth Walker III, in his second game as a Chief, delivered one of the night’s biggest all-around performances with 24 carries for 117 yards and six catches for 61 more, as first laid out in the Reuters game wrap.
Kansas City rolled up more than 500 total yards and controlled the ball for 37 minutes. Indianapolis kept hanging around behind Jonathan Taylor, who ran 24 times for 92 yards and two touchdowns, and Daniel Jones, who went 22 of 31 for 210 yards with one touchdown and one interception. The Colts left Arrowhead at 0-2.
Regulation finished tied at 27 after Taylor’s 5-yard run with 5:37 left in the fourth quarter. In overtime, Butker opened with a 31-yard field goal, but Indianapolis had one last chance to answer.
Jones threw deep to Laquon Treadwell, who got past L’Jarius Sneed and advanced into the red zone before losing the ball after bobbling it and getting back to his feet. Officials initially ruled it a fumble, then replay reversed that call and determined Sneed’s contact on Treadwell’s hip had him down by contact, as ESPN’s recap explained.
That replay set up a tense finish for the Colts. Shane Steichen faced fourth-and-8 near the goal line under the current overtime rules, took a delay, and sent Spencer Shrader out for a 38-yard kick that tied it at 30 with 3:11 remaining.
“Had a play called. Had to love the look to run it there,” Steichen said afterward.
Kansas City answered in a hurry. Walker opened the final drive with three straight carries to midfield, and when Indianapolis crowded the line, Mahomes checked down over the top to his running back for 22 yards.
Rice helped seal the edge, and Butker capped it with the 40-yarder at the horn. The Associated Press noted it was Butker’s second field goal of overtime and the second straight season Kansas City has beaten the Colts on an overtime kick.
“We had worked throughout the week dropping it over the top. They were in a pressure look. We were able to change the play.”
Andy Reid summed up the night in his own way afterward: “The ball bounces funny ways. Things happen.”
The crowd of 73,351 stayed in it through the review and the final drive. The Chiefs are 2-0 and head to the Miami Dolphins on Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. ET.
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