May 13, 2021

Chiefs unveil 2021 schedule, will play five primetime games

Posted May 13, 2021 9:55 AM

By TOMMY REZAC

St. Joseph Post

The NFL announced the regular season schedule for the 2021 season on Wednesday. The Kansas City Chiefs are currently slated in five primetime games, including two nationally televised games at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs will kick off the season against the Cleveland Browns on September 12 - a rematch of last year’s AFC Divisional Game. Kickoff is set for 3:25 p.m. central.

This year’s regular season schedule features games against seven playoff teams from 2020. The combined record of Kansas City’s 2021 home and away opponents from last year is 138-132-2 (.511).

Kansas City’s first primetime game comes in Week 2 in a Sunday Night Football matchup in Baltimore.

On September 26, Kansas City returns home to face the Los Angeles Chargers before traveling to Philadelphia to face the Eagles on October 3.

On October 10, primetime comes to Arrowhead Stadium when the Buffalo Bills visit for a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship Game on Sunday Night Football.

After visits to Washington on October 17 and Tennessee on October 24, the Chiefs are again under the lights at home in a Monday Night Football game against the New York Giants on November 1.

New this year, the NFL announced the expansion to a 17-game regular season schedule. This year’s added game for the Chiefs will be a home game against the Green Bay Packers on November 7.

Kansas City will then travel to Las Vegas to take on the Raiders in a Sunday Night Football showdown on November 14 before returning home to face the Dallas Cowboys on November 21.

After a Bye Week, the Chiefs will have three-consecutive division contests against the Denver Broncos on December 5, the Raiders on December 12 and at the Chargers on December 16 for a Thursday night showdown.

Since 2015, Kansas City owns a 31-5 (.861) record against its division foes.

Kansas City will face the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 26 and then close out regular season play with back-to-back road games against Cincinnati on January 2 and at Denver on January 9.

Chiefs single-game tickets will go on sale beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday for Jackson County taxpayers, 11 a.m. for Chiefs Season Ticket Members and noon for the public. Single-game tickets are subject to availability, dynamic pricing and will be mobile entry only.

2021 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS PRESEASON SCHEDULE

Date                            Opponent                                      Time                       Network
Week 1- TBD           at San Francisco 49ers             TBD                         KSHB

Friday, Aug. 20      at Arizona Cardinals                  7:00 p.m.               ESPN

Friday, Aug. 27       Minnesota Vikings                     TBD                         KSHB

2021 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

Date                            Opponent                                           Time                 Network
Sunday, Sept. 12       Cleveland Browns                       3:25 p.m.           CBS

Sunday, Sept. 19        at Baltimore Ravens                 7:20 p.m.          NBC

Sunday, Sept. 26       Los Angeles Chargers              12:00 p.m.         CBS

Sunday, Oct. 3            at Philadelphia Eagles            12:00 p.m.          CBS

Sunday, Oct. 10         Buffalo Bills                                 7:20 p.m.            NBC

Sunday, Oct. 17          at Washington                          12:00 p.m.           CBS

Sunday, Oct. 24          at Tennessee Titans               12:00 p.m.           CBS

Monday, Nov. 1         New York Giants                      7:15 p.m.              ESPN

Sunday, Nov. 7          Green Bay Packers                 3:25 p.m.               FOX

Sunday, Nov. 14         at Las Vegas Raiders             7:20 p.m.             NBC

Sunday, Nov. 21        Dallas Cowboys                       3:25 p.m.              FOX

Sunday, Nov. 28        BYE WEEK                    

Sunday, Dec. 5          Denver Broncos                      12:00 p.m.            CBS

Sunday, Dec. 12        Las Vegas Raiders                  12:00 p.m.            CBS

Thursday, Dec. 16      at Los Angeles Chargers    7:20 p.m.             FOX

Sunday, Dec. 26        Pittsburgh Steelers               3:25 p.m.             CBS

Sunday, Jan. 2            at Cincinnati Bengals          12:00 p.m.           CBS

Sunday, Jan. 9            at Denver Broncos                3:25 p.m.             CBS