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Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs

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2021 Regular season · Week 1 · GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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CLECleveland Browns29Away
KCKansas City Chiefs33Home
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Chiefs beat Browns 33–29 in 2021 Week 1

The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Cleveland Browns 33–29 at home at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Week 1 of the 2021 regular season on September 12, 2021. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 4 points.

The result moved the Chiefs to 1–0 and dropped the Browns to 0–1. The Browns finished 2021 at 8–9 and missed the playoffs. The Chiefs finished 2021 at 12–5 and lost in the AFC Championship Game.

In their previous meeting, the Kansas City Chiefs won 22–17 on January 17, 2021. When they met again, the Kansas City Chiefs won 21–7 on December 15, 2024.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Chiefs lead the series 8–3 after meeting No. 11 since 2002 Full series history

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