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San Francisco 49ers at Kansas City Chiefs

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 16 · Arrowhead Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
San Francisco 49ers—Away
Kansas City Chiefs—Home

Game details

Location
Kansas City

Matchup preview

San Francisco 49ers 4–0 · Road 1–0 · Streak W4 · Power Index No. 1 · 10 days of rest
Kansas City Chiefs 4–0 · Home 2–0 · Streak W4 · Power Index No. 3 · 6 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · SF 4 games, KC 4 games
MetricSFKC
Points per game30.52nd29.55th
Points allowed per game16.03rd19.36th
Total yards per game389.07th412.03rd
Passing yards per game251.813th259.310th
Rushing yards per game137.36th162.33rd
Turnovers per game0.53rd0.53rd
Sacks allowed per game0.01st1.55th
Penalty yards per game43.34th63.818th

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.

San Francisco 49ers: recent results

  1. W 24–14 vs DEN Week 4
  2. W 36–30 vs ARI Week 3
  3. W 35–13 vs MIA Week 2
  4. W 27–7 @ LAR 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

San Francisco 49ers: season leaders

Passing
Brock Purdy 1,007 yds
Rushing
Christian McCaffrey 218 yds
Receiving
George Kittle 244 yds
Sacks
Keion White 2.0

Kansas City Chiefs: season leaders

Passing
Patrick Mahomes 1,037 yds
Rushing
Kenneth Walker III 537 yds
Receiving
Travis Kelce 246 yds

San Francisco 49ers: injury report

  • Out Brandon Aiyuk WR
  • Out Isaac Guerendo
  • Out James Thompson Jr. RDT
  • Out Kyle Juszczyk FB
  • Out Marques Sigle SS
  • Out Nick Bosa RDE
  • Questionable Upton Stout NB

16 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. 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

SF 3 · KC 7 in 10 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2024 · Week 7 KC 28, SF 18
  2. 2023 · Super Bowl SF 22, KC 25 (OT)
  3. 2022 · Week 7 KC 44, SF 23
  4. 2019 · Super Bowl SF 20, KC 31
  5. 2018 · Week 3 SF 27, KC 38

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

SF 54.9% · KC 44.8%

Matchup quality 96.0 / 100

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

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