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New York Jets at Kansas City Chiefs

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 9 · GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

New York Jets—Away
Kansas City Chiefs—Home

Matchup preview

New York Jets 2–3 · Road 1–2 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 18 · 7 days of rest
Kansas City Chiefs 4–0 · Home 2–0 · Streak W4 · Power Index No. 2 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NYJ 5 games, KC 4 games
MetricNYJKC
Points per game18.627th29.55th
Points allowed per game19.25th19.37th
Total yards per game284.026th412.02nd
Passing yards per game216.820th259.311th
Rushing yards per game94.022nd162.34th
Turnovers per game0.65th0.54th
Sacks allowed per game3.229th1.54th
Penalty yards per game82.432nd63.820th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New York Jets: recent results

  1. W 17–12 vs CLE Week 5
  2. L 12–23 @ CHI Week 4
  3. L 24–31 @ DET Week 3
  4. L 17–20 (OT) vs GB Week 2
  5. W 23–10 @ TEN Week 1

Kansas City Chiefs: recent results

  1. W 30–27 @ LV Week 4
  2. W 24–10 @ MIA Week 3
  3. W 33–30 (OT) vs IND Week 2
  4. W 31–10 vs DEN Week 1

New York Jets: season leaders

Passing
Geno Smith 1,084 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Braelon Allen 236 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Garrett Wilson 374 yds · 5 g
Sacks
David Bailey 5.0 · 5 g

Kansas City Chiefs: season leaders

Passing
Patrick Mahomes 1,037 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Kenneth Walker III 537 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Travis Kelce 246 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Nohl Williams 1.0 · 4 g

New York Jets: injury report

  • Out Adonai Mitchell WR
  • Out Breece Hall RB
  • Out Dylan Parham LG
  • Out Kiko Mauigoa SLB
  • Out Nahshon Wright LCB
  • Out Nate Lynn RDE
  • Out Tyler Baron LDE
  • Questionable Caullin Lacy

2 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Kansas City Chiefs: injury report

  • Out Omarr Norman-Lott RDT
  • Out Tyquan Thornton
  • Questionable Josh Simmons LT
  • Questionable Rashee Rice WR

6 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 5. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NYJ 5 · KC 6 in 11 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2023 · Week 4 KC 23, NYJ 20
  2. 2020 · Week 8 NYJ 9, KC 35
  3. 2017 · Week 13 KC 31, NYJ 38
  4. 2016 · Week 3 NYJ 3, KC 24
  5. 2014 · Week 9 NYJ 10, KC 24

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NYJ 18.7% · KC 81.1%

Matchup quality 55.6 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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