Chiefs vs Bills Made AFC Championship Game History
Wonder what QBs Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward think of this scrambled NFL Draft board heading into Sunday's regular-season finale?
The Bills, who have lost seven straight road playoff games dating back three decades, beat the Chiefs, 30-21, in Week 11 in a game played in Buffalo. The Chiefs are a mind-boggling 15-2 in playoff games played since 2020 (they beat the Bills in three of those games, including a win in the 2021 AFC championship), so, yeah, they’re battle-tested.
This new record for the most-watched AFC Championship game was nearly 58 million, which is an increase of 2 million compared to last year's AFC title game, which previously held the viewership record. It also slightly surpassed last year's NFC Championship, which aired later in the day — typically a time slot that performs better overall.
While roughing the passer penalties took centerstage in the divisional round, Kansas City benefitted from questionably spotted balls in the AFC Championship Game. The Buffalo Bills were marked short of a first down on third- and fourth-down plays on a critical drive that could have given Buffalo a two-score lead in the second half.
The Buffalo Bills were sent home from the playoffs in heartbreak once again after falling to the Kansas City Chiefs in a thrilling 32-29 AFC title game. After
The Buffalo Bills have been waiting a long time for this. Josh Allen and Co. have a chance to make history on Sunday.
Kansas City's win that put them a win away from a third straight Super Bowl title averaged 57.4 million viewers for CBS, according to the Sports Business Journal's Austin Karp. The number tops the previous AFC title game record of 55.5 million set during last year's game between the Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens.
After the Kansas City Chiefs' thrilling 32-29 victory over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC championship game on Sunday, Patrick Mahomes's father had a little fun a
Via Austin Karp of S ports Business Journal, the game between the Bills and the Chiefs generated an average audience of 57.4 million. That’s a record for the AFC Championship and the most for any conference championship game since Giants-49ers had an audience of 57.6 million in 2012.
If you were watching the AFC Championship game on CBS over the weekend, then give yourself a pat on the back, because you were part of television history. The game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills had an average audience of 57.
Sean McDermott has stood behind a podium and answered questions about why his team could not solve Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in the playoffs.