After 49 years of waiting, is it time for Kansas City to finally break through, making it back to Super Bowl for the first time since before the merger? Its offense has had success moving the ball against the Patriots in recent years.
Kansas City ripped up the Patriots 41-14 the last time these teams met at Arrowhead. That was the game where Tom Brady got pulled late, with Bill Belichick busting into his “we’re on to Cincinnati” routine.
When these teams kicked off the 2017 season, Kansas City shocked them 42-27 at Foxborough, with Tyreek Hill and Kareem Hunt piling up lots of yards.
And KC lost a 43-40 shootout at New England earlier this year.
These teams also met in the playoffs in 2015, and the Patriots won that one 27-20 (again at Foxborough).
Belichick is probably the best defensive coach in the history of the game, but Andy Reid has had some success against him, with 40-plus points in three of the last four meetings. In the last 10 years, only two other opponents have scored 40 points against New England.
PATRIOTS ALLOWING 30-PLUS POINTS (last 10 years) | ||
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Year | Opponent | Score |
2017 | Kansas City | L 27-42 |
2014 | at Kansas City | L 14-41 |
2017 | vs. Philadelphia | L 33-41 |
2012 | San Francisco | L 34-41 |
2018 | Kansas City | W 43-40 |
2009 | at New Orleans | L 17-38 |
2015 | Philadelphia | L 28-35 |
2009 | at Indianapolis | L 34-35 |
2018 | at Tennessee | L 10-34 |
2010 | at Cleveland | L 14-34 |
2009 | at Houston | L 27-34 |
2011 | at Buffalo | L 31-34 |
2018 | at Miami | L 33-34 |
2009 | Baltimore | L 14-33 |
2014 | at Miami | L 20-33 |
2017 | Carolina | L 30-33 |
2017 | Houston | W 36-33 |
2015 | at Buffalo | W 40-32 |
2018 | at Jacksonville | L 20-31 |
2016 | Seattle | L 24-31 |
2012 | at Baltimore | L 30-31 |
2013 | at Houston | W 34-31 |
2013 | Denver | W 34-31 (OT) |
2014 | Baltimore | W 35-31 |
2012 | Buffalo | W 37-31 |
2018 | at Chicago | W 38-31 |
2013 | Pittsburgh | W 55-31 |
2015 | at Denver | L 24-30 (OT) |
2013 | at NY Jets | L 27-30 (OT) |
2010 | Buffalo | W 38-30 |
—Ian Allan