The 2024 season was the Kansas City Chiefs' 55th in the National Football League (NFL), their 65th overall and their 12th under head coach Andy Reid. The Chiefs entered the season as the defending champions for the second straight year and attempted to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowl championships, as well as win three straight NFL championships since the Green Bay Packers did so twice (from 1929 to 1931, and from 1965 to 1967). The Chiefs started 9–0 for the first time since 2013 and became the last undefeated team in the NFL following their Week 7 win over the San Francisco 49ers coupled with the Minnesota Vikings losing to the Detroit Lions earlier that day.
Following a Week 10 win over the Denver Broncos, the Chiefs secured their twelfth consecutive winning season. Their hopes of going undefeated were dashed following a Week 11 road loss to the Buffalo Bills. They clinched their tenth straight playoff berth, the second longest string in NFL history (only surpassed by the 2009-2019 New England Patriots' 11 straight, and equalling the 1946-1955 Cleveland Browns) following a Week 13 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Black Friday coupled with the Miami Dolphins losing to the Green Bay Packers the previous day. With a Week 14 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, the Chiefs clinched their ninth consecutive AFC West title, a record-extending 17th AFC West title, and improved on their 11–6 record from the previous season. Following a Week 16 win over the Houston Texans, the Chiefs went undefeated at home for the first time since 2003. Following a Week 17 road win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day, the Chiefs clinched a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs as the top seed. They were also the first team to win at least 15 games since the 2015 Carolina Panthers, set a new franchise regular season win record, and became one of the first two teams to win 15 games in a 17-game season, along with the Detroit Lions, and the first AFC team to do so. Although they did win 15 games, they never scored more than 30 points in a regular season game all season, becoming the first two-time defending champion to not score more than 30 points since the 1956 Cleveland Browns, as well as 11 of their wins being within one score. Their point differential of +59 is the worst of all teams to finish with three or fewer losses since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger outside of the strike-shortened 1982 season, while their 385 points scored is the second-lowest of any team to finish with at least 15 wins in a season, only behind the 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers (who scored 372 points).
In the Divisional Round, the top-seeded Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans 23–14 to advance to their seventh consecutive AFC Championship Game (only trailing the 2011–2018 Patriots for the most ever) as Andy Reid became the fourth head coach to pass 300 wins, including postseason. The Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills 32–29 in the AFC Championship Game to advance to their third straight Super Bowl, becoming the first two-time defending Super Bowl champion to play for a possible third consecutive title. In a rematch of Super Bowl LVII from two years prior, Kansas City faced the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX, but this time lost to Philadelphia by a lopsided score of 22-40. The crushing defeat ended Kansas City's hopes of completing the first Super Bowl three–peat in NFL history. With the loss, the Chiefs became the first 15-win team to lose the Super Bowl since the 2015 Carolina Panthers, and the seventh consecutive team to post 15 or more regular season wins and fail to win the Super Bowl, joining the Lions, who lost earlier in the playoffs to the Washington Commanders. Additionally, the Chiefs became the first defending Super Bowl champion to lose the following year's Super Bowl since 2020, when the Chiefs themselves lost Super Bowl LV to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after winning Super Bowl LIV. The Chiefs also became the first franchise in NFL history to lose in two Super Bowls as the defending Super Bowl champions.
Offseason All transactions below occurred between the day after the Chiefs' final game of the 2023 season and the first game of the 2024 preseason. The only exception is futures contracts which the Chiefs began being signed after the conclusion of the 2023 regular season.
Futures contracts Futures contracts are signed beginning with the conclusion of the previous season. They typically consist of players who spent a portion of the previous season on the practice squad of a team. 2024 Kansas City Chiefs Futures contracts Player Position Ian Book QB Isaiah Buggs DT Jacob Copeland WR Trey Dean S Matt Dickerson DT Izaiah Gathings TE Chukwuebuka Godrick OT Hassan Hall RB Keaontay Ingram RB Truman Jones DE Kelvin Joseph CB Anthony Miller WR Chris Oladokun QB Deneric Prince RB Jordan Smith DE Shi Smith WR Keith Taylor CB Montrell Washington WR
Players lost Below are players who were on the roster at the end of the 2023 season, but were either released or did not re-sign after their contract expired.
2024 Kansas City Chiefs Players lost Player Position Reason New team Nick Allegretti G Washington Commanders Blake Bell TE UFA TBD Mike Edwards S UFA Buffalo Bills Jody Fortson TE UFA Miami Dolphins Blaine Gabbert QB UFA TBD Willie Gay LB UFA New Orleans Saints Richie James WR UFA TBD Jerick McKinnon RB UFA TBD Donovan Smith OT UFA TBD Tommy Townsend P UFA Houston Texans Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR Released Buffalo Bills Prince Tega Wanogho OT UFA TBD
Signings 2024 Kansas City Chiefs signings Player Position Previous team Matt Araiza P Buffalo Bills Marquise Brown WR Arizona Cardinals Tyree Gillespie S Kansas City Chiefs Louis Rees-Zammit RB None* Mike Pennel DT Kansas City Chiefs Practice squad Cornell Powell WR Kansas City Chiefs Practice squad Gerrit Prince TE Kansas City Chiefs Practice squad Irv Smith Jr. TE Cincinnati Bengals Carson Wentz QB Los Angeles Rams
Trades Trades below only are for trades that included a player. Draft pick only trades will go in draft section.
2024 Kansas City Chiefs trades Team ReceivedCompensation Tennessee Titans 7th round selection2024 NFL draft3rd round selection2025 NFL draft CB L'Jarius Sneed7th round selection2024 NFL draft Tennessee Titans WR DeAndre Hopkins 4th or 5th round selection2025 NFL draftNew England PatriotsLB Joshua Uche6th round selection2026 NFL draft
Draft
+ 2024 Kansas City Chiefs draft selections Round Selection Player Position College Notes 1 28 Xavier Worthy WR Texas From Bills 32 Traded to the Buffalo Bills 2 63 Kingsley Suamataia OT BYU From 49ers 64 Traded to the San Francisco 49ers 3 95 Traded to the Buffalo Bills 4 131 Jared Wiley TE TCU 133 Jaden Hicks S Washington State Compensatory pick; from Bills 5 159 Hunter Nourzad C Penn State From Cowboys 167 Traded to the Minnesota Vikings 173 Traded to the San Francisco 49ers 6 208 Traded to the Las Vegas Raiders 211 Kamal Hadden CB Tennessee Compensatory pick; from 49ers 7 221 Traded to the Buffalo Bills From Panthers via Titans 248 C. J. Hanson OG Holy Cross From Bills 252 Traded to the Tennessee Titans
+ 2024 Kansas City Chiefs undrafted free agents Name Position College Ref. Emani Bailey RB TCU Miles Battle CB Utah Swayze Bozeman LB Southern Miss Phillip Brooks WR Kansas State Reggie Brown WR James Madison Baylor Cupp TE Texas Tech Ethan Driskell OT Marshall Curtis Jacobs LB Penn State Fabien Lovett DT Florida State Griffin McDowell OT Chattanooga McKade Mettauer G Oklahoma Derrick Miller CB Kent State Ryan Rehkow P BYU Christian Roland-Wallace CB USC Carson Steele FB UCLA Nick Torres G Villanova Luquay Washington LB Central Connecticut Jaaron Hayek WR Villanova Alex Gubner DT Montana
Draft trades
Staff
Final roster
Preseason Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 13–26 0–1 EverBank Stadium Recap 2 Detroit Lions L 23–24 0–2 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 3 Chicago Bears L 21–34 0–3 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
Game summaries Preseason Week 1: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Preseason Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions
Preseason Week 3: vs. Chicago Bears
Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 5 Baltimore Ravens W 27–20 1–0 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 2 September 15 Cincinnati Bengals W 26–25 2–0 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 3 September 22 at Atlanta Falcons W 22–17 3–0 Mercedes-Benz Stadium Recap 4 September 29 at Los Angeles Chargers W 17–10 4–0 SoFi Stadium Recap 5 New Orleans Saints W 26–13 5–0 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 6 Bye 7 October 20 at San Francisco 49ers W 28–18 6–0 Levi's Stadium Recap 8 October 27 at Las Vegas Raiders W 27–20 7–0 Allegiant Stadium Recap 9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 30–24 8–0 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 10 November 10 Denver Broncos W 16–14 9–0 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 11 November 17 at Buffalo Bills L 21–30 9–1 Highmark Stadium Recap 12 November 24 at Carolina Panthers W 30–27 10–1 Bank of America Stadium Recap 13 November 29 Las Vegas Raiders W 19–17 11–1 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 14 December 8 Los Angeles Chargers W 19–17 12–1 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 15 December 15 at Cleveland Browns W 21–7 13–1 Huntington Bank Field Recap 16 Houston Texans W 27–19 14–1 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 17 December 25 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 29–10 15–1 Acrisure Stadium Recap 18 January 5 at Denver Broncos L 0–38 15–2 Empower Field at Mile High Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens NFL Kickoff Game The Ravens nearly tied the game at the end of regulation, but Isaiah Likely's initial touchdown call in the end zone was overturned on replay when it showed his toe just barely tapped out of bounds. The Chiefs began their season 1–0.
Week 2: vs. Cincinnati Bengals In another close encounter with the Bengals, the Chiefs prevailed on a walk-off field goal as time expired to improve to 2–0 on the season.
Week 3: at Atlanta Falcons The Chiefs outlasted the Falcons on the road to improve to 3–0 on the season.
Week 4: at Los Angeles Chargers The Chiefs rallied from a 10-0 deficit to beat the Chargers in California for the 10th consecutive time and improve to 4–0 on the season.
Week 5: vs. New Orleans Saints The Chiefs defeated the Saints for the 4th consecutive meeting and improved to 5–0 on the season.
Week 7: at San Francisco 49ers In a rematch of Super Bowl LVIII, the Chiefs once again outlasted San Francisco 28–18 and improved to 6–0 on the season.
Week 8: at Las Vegas Raiders In a surprisingly close game, the Chiefs prevailed and defeated the Raiders on the road for the 7th consecutive meeting and improved to 7–0 on the season.
Week 9: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers In an overtime thriller against the Buccanneers, the Chiefs thwarted a comeback attempt and won in overtime and improved to 8–0 on the season.
Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos The Chiefs blocked a game winning field goal attempt by Wil Lutz and improved their record to 9–0 and won their 15th straight game over the Broncos, tied for the 3rd longest winning streak over one opponent in NFL history. Patrick Mahomes also improved to 11–0 in his career against Denver.
Week 11: at Buffalo Bills
With the loss, the Chiefs fell to 9–1, became the final undefeated team in the 2024 regular season to lose a game, and failed to become the first NFL team to start a season 10–0 since the 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers.
The game was watched by 31.2 million viewers, becoming the highest-rated football game of the 2024 NFL season. It was the highest-rated regular season and non-holiday game since the Week 9 matchup of the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts during the 2007 NFL season.
Week 12: at Carolina Panthers The Chiefs rebounded from their first loss by defeating the Panthers on the road and improved their record to 10–1.
Week 13: vs. Las Vegas Raiders Black Friday games