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