Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs shakes hands with Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills.
David Ouellette/Getty ImagesThe Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl hopes are still three pieces alive after defeating the Buffalo Bills in the 2025 AFC Championship Game on Sunday, January 26.
The Tribes eventually defeated the Bills at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, by a score of 32-29. They will apply to Super Bowl Lix at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday, February 9, and will play the Philadelphia Eagles after defeating the Washington Chiefs in the NFC Championship game earlier on Sunday.
Heading into the playoffs, the Chiefs were ranked No. 1 in the AFC for the 2024-2025 NFL season, while the Bills trailed behind them at No. 2. To the championship game after earning a bye week. Meanwhile, the Bills beat the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens on January 12 and January 19, respectively, to earn their spot in the championship game against the Chiefs.
Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen They have been rivals since becoming quarterbacks in 2018 for the Chiefs and Bills, respectively. Throughout their careers, the two have met five times in the regular season, with Allen, 28, besting Mahomes, 29, four to one. However, in the playoffs, Allen is still undefeated by Mahomes, with an 0-3 record heading into Sunday's game. Previously, the Chiefs beat the Bills in the 2021 AFC Championship Game and the 2022 and 2024 playoff games.
While Allen has yet to reach a Super Bowl with the Bills, Mahomes has won three titles with the Chiefs. After his first win of 2020, Mahomes Super Bowl champion running back When it beat the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023 and the San Francisco 49ers in 2024.
Since Super Bowl LVIII last February, the Chiefs have been vocal about their desire to achieve a three-peat, which would make them the first team in NFL history to win three straight titles.
“Next year in New Orleans, We will do it again“I'm putting it on the table,” Mahomes said on the “Impaulsive with Logan Paul” podcast in May 2024. “We'll do it again. I'm telling you now.”
As for Allen, he confirmed his own dream in a 2024 press conference, telling reporters of his plans for this season, “There's one job to get done and that's Win a Super Bowl“
