The Chiefs’ uncanny run on opposing field goals is nearing a full year.
Kansas City has now played 34 games since Nov. 10, 2024, including the playoffs, and in that span an opponent has missed a field goal only three times. That stretch traces back to the final play of the Chiefs’ 16-14 win over the Broncos, when a blocked kick sealed the game and sent Arrowhead Stadium into a frenzy.
Since then, opposing kickers have barely missed against Kansas City. In fact, all 13 of their attempts have gone through this season, while Harrison Butker has had a rough year of his own, missing five of his 16 field-goal tries.
A year earlier, the numbers were even more extreme. Opponents hit 31 of 32 field goals against the Chiefs, with the lone miss coming from Bills kicker Matt Prater on a 52-yard attempt with 22 seconds left in Buffalo’s 28-21 win over Kansas City on Nov.
2, 2025. NFL analyst Warren Sharp pointed out that the Chiefs’ 97% opponent make rate was the second-highest mark against any team in the last decade, minimum 30 attempts.
“Only the 2023 Titans had it worse, with opponents making 46-of-47,” Sharp noted.
That Prater miss also means the Chiefs are now closing in on the one-year mark since the last time an opponent failed to make a field goal against them.
And the broader run is even more staggering. Since Dec. 8, 2004, Chiefs opponents have made 49 of 50 field-goal attempts in the regular season, and Kansas City foes have converted 22 straight field-goal tries overall.
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