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Kansas City Chiefs at Arizona Cardinals

Final · Kickoff

2001 Regular season · Week 6 · Sun Devil 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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KCKansas City Chiefs16Away
ARIArizona Cardinals24Home
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Cardinals beat Chiefs 24–16 in 2001 Week 6

The Arizona Cardinals beat the Kansas City Chiefs 24–16 at home at Sun Devil Stadium in Week 6 of the 2001 regular season on October 21, 2001. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 8 points.

The result moved the Cardinals to 2–3 and dropped the Chiefs to 1–5. It was the Chiefs’ third straight loss. The Chiefs finished 2001 at 6–10 and missed the playoffs. The Cardinals finished 2001 at 7–9 and missed the playoffs.

WHYNFL’s results archive begins with the 1999 season, and this was the franchises’ first meeting in it. When they met again, the Kansas City Chiefs won 49–0 on December 1, 2002.

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 Cardinals lead the series 1–0 after meeting No. 1 since 2001 Full series history

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