The Kansas City Chiefs had to grind for every inch Monday night, but they left with a 33-30 overtime win over the Indianapolis Colts after Harrison Butker drilled a 40-yard field goal on the final play.
This one had the feel of a shootout almost from the opening snap. Indianapolis opened with a long touchdown march that chewed up more than six minutes, mixing runs and short throws before Daniel Jones capped it with a one-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tyler Warren.
Kansas City answered with Butker’s 46-yard field goal, then got a gift from Jones when Kristian Fulton picked him off. The Chiefs turned that takeaway into a 13-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes to Travis Kelce, and they led 10-7 after the first quarter.
The Colts weren’t rattled. Spencer Schrader tied it with a field goal to start the second quarter, and after a Butker miss, Indianapolis added another to move ahead 13-10.
From there, the teams started trading punches. Mahomes found Xavier Worthy on a one-yard touchdown pass to put Kansas City back in front, but Jonathan Taylor answered with a 24-yard scoring run to send Indianapolis into halftime up 20-17.
Kansas City came out of the break with a big one. Mahomes hit Tyquan Thornton for 45 yards, pushing the ball to the one-yard line, and after a brief delay he connected with Jaden Royal in the back of the end zone to reclaim the lead at 24-20.
The Chiefs added another drive late in the third quarter, but it stalled out and ended with another short Butker field goal, stretching the margin to 27-20 heading into the fourth.
Even then, Indianapolis kept coming. Taylor finished off another touchdown drive with a five-yard run to pull the Colts even at 27-27, and neither side could break through before regulation expired.
Overtime belonged to the kickers at first. Kansas City opened with a drive that featured a 30-yard completion to Thornton and a first-down catch by Kelce, but it bogged down in the red zone. Butker still nudged the Chiefs ahead with a 31-yard field goal.
The Colts answered right back. A 48-yard catch by Laquon Treadwell nearly turned into a Kansas City takeaway, but Indianapolis survived the scare and got Schrader on for a 38-yard field goal to make it 30-30.
That set up the finish. The Chiefs ran the clock down on their final possession, and on a third-and-1 near midfield, Mahomes bypassed the run and lofted a short pass to Walker for 22 yards. That play set up Butker’s last kick, and he sent home the 40-yard winner to end it.
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