2023 Kansas City Chiefs season
64th season in franchise history
The 2023 season was the Kansas City Chiefs' 54th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 64th overall, and their 11th under head coach Andy Reid. The team entered the year having won Super Bowl LVII the previous season and sought to become the first team since the 2004 New England Patriots to win consecutive league championships.
After a 6–1 start, the Chiefs lost four out of their next six games and, after a Week 13 loss to the Green Bay Packers, failed to match their 14–3 record from the previous year. The Chiefs were plagued by a noticeable decline in offensive production, with the team only scoring 39 touchdowns during the regular season compared to their 61 touchdowns in the prior season. The fall in touchdowns dropped the team in scoring from 2nd in the league to 15th. Nonetheless, by winning three out of their final four games of the season, they finished with an 11–6 record and secured their eleventh consecutive winning season, and became division champions for the eighth consecutive season and a record 16th time overall.
In the playoffs, the Chiefs defeated the Miami Dolphins by the score of 26–7 in the wild card round in frigid weather, as the game was the fourth-coldest game played in NFL history. In the divisional round, the team held on to a narrow 27–24 win over the Buffalo Bills on the road, marking their 3rd postseason victory over Buffalo in four seasons, and additionally marking Kansas City's first road postseason game in the AFC with Patrick Mahomes. They made their sixth consecutive AFC Championship Game appearance, but their first on the road, defeating the Baltimore Ravens with a 17–10 score to advance to their fourth Super Bowl appearance in five years.
In Super Bowl LVIII, the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25–22 in overtime in what was only the second overtime in Super Bowl history (the first being Super Bowl LI) and a rematch of Super Bowl LIV. The win moved the Chiefs to four Super Bowl titles, becoming the seventh franchise to accomplish that number.
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