ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Travis Kelce caught Patrick Mahomes for two touchdowns and the Kansas City Chiefs advanced to their sixth straight AFC Championship Game with a 27-24 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.Isiah Pacheco scored on a 4-yard run with 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter in a game where the teams changed the lead five times. The Chiefs clinched the win as the clock ran out when Buffaloand#039;s Tyler Bass hit a 44-yard field goal with 1:43 left.The defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs travel to Baltimore to face Lamar Jackson and the conference-leading Ravens, who beat Houston 34-1 on Saturday.Kansas City is 0-1 in the playoffs against the Ravens after a 30-7 loss in the 2010 wild-card round. Baltimore defeated Kansas City 36–35 in Week 2 in the final regular season game of the 2021 season. Muhammad said of the Crows. andquot;Itand#039;will do our best. Defense, offense, special teams, they do it all. Seedling#039; is always a big challenge and this stadium and#039; it’s going to be rock, so we’re excited for the challenge.andquot;Buffalo and Kansas City had unlikely exchanges when the Bills (12-7) failed to convert on a fake punt when Damar Hamlin was stopped for 2 yards on 4th-and-5 at Buffaloand#039;s 32. The Chiefs then gave the ball back two plays later when Mecole Hardman lost a fumble for a fumble.It wasn’t until the Billsand#039; the rest of the drive stalled at the Chiefs 26 when Allen threw a pair of misses that resulted in Bassand#039; skip It came a week after his field goal attempt was blocked and he missed a 27-yarder in Pittsburgh’s 31-17 win.andquot;I wish he wasn’t in that situation,andquot; Allen said. andquot;You win as a team, you lose as a team. One play does not define a game.andquot; 4,444 4,444 Kansas City has not lost in the divisional round since Mahomes started the team in 2018, and the Chiefs have now won five straight playoff games since losing 27-24 in overtime to Cincinnati in the 2021 AFC Championship Game.Mahomes, a two-time NFL MVP, can also check his second No. 1 record by winning his first playoff start — Super Bowls excluded — and improving his postseason mark to 13-3.andquot;First of all, it’s a great environment, man, andquot; Mahomes said of Buffalo. andquot;It really is. We’ve been hearing all week about playing the road game and we’re here to prove it and show that we can play anywhere.andquot;The Bills ended their third straight season in the divisional round after losing to Cincinnati last year and to the Chiefs in 2021. And the Chiefs ended Buffalo’s season for the third time in four years, including a 38-24 decision at Kansas City in the 2020 AFC Championship Game..
It was another upset for the Bills, who won their fourth straight AFC East title and were on a six-game winning streak after a 20-17 victory in Kansas City on Dec. 10. 4,444 4,444 Muhammad went 17-of-23 for 215 yards and two TDs to give Kelce their 15th and 16th combined touchdowns, one more than Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski’s NFL record for. receiver combination.Kelce celebrated his first touchdown — a 22-yarder — by making a heart gesture with his arms and pointing it at his girlfriend and pop star Taylor Swift, who was sitting in a suite at the opposite end of the field.Also in attendance was Kelceand’s brother Jason, the Eagles center who confidently told teammates after last week’s playoff losses to Philadelphia and Tampa Bay that he was retiring after 13 seasons. Jason Kelce celebrated the touchdown shirtless with a can of beer in hand.Josh Allen of Buffaloand #039 was 26 of 39 for 186 yards and a touchdown and also ran for two scores. Allen finished with a team-leading 72 receiving yards, bringing his career playoff total to 563, which ranks second in league history among NFL quarterbacks behind only Steve Young (594).Buffalo scored four of its first five possessions and Allenand#039’s 13-yard TD pass to Khalil Shakir gave the Bills a 24-20 lead with 3:23 left in the third quarter.The Chiefs scored on five of their first six possessions, including a kneel down to end the first half. Pacheco’s touchdown capped an eight-play, 75-yard drive..
