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New England Patriots at Kansas City Chiefs

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 15 · GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium · Monday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

New England Patriots—Away
Kansas City Chiefs—Home

Matchup preview

New England Patriots 2–2 · Road 1–2 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 12 · 11 days of rest
Kansas City Chiefs 4–0 · Home 2–0 · Streak W4 · Power Index No. 3 · 8 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NE 4 games, KC 4 games
MetricNEKC
Points per game16.330th29.55th
Points allowed per game19.36th19.36th
Total yards per game331.516th412.03rd
Passing yards per game225.018th259.310th
Rushing yards per game117.810th162.33rd
Turnovers per game2.531st0.53rd
Sacks allowed per game2.520th1.55th
Penalty yards per game46.06th63.818th

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.

New England Patriots: recent results

  1. W 29–26 @ BUF Week 4
  2. L 6–35 @ JAX Week 3
  3. W 20–3 vs PIT Week 2
  4. L 10–13 @ SEA 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 England Patriots: season leaders

Passing
Drake Maye 854 yds
Rushing
Rhamondre Stevenson 163 yds
Receiving
Mack Hollins 209 yds
Sacks
Elijah Ponder 2.5

Kansas City Chiefs: season leaders

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

New England Patriots: injury report

  • Out Behren Morton QB
  • Out Carlton Davis III LCB
  • Out Channing Canada
  • Out Christian Gonzalez RCB
  • Out Dametrious Crownover LT
  • Out Harold Landry III WLB
  • Out Karon Prunty RCB

13 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

NE 8 · KC 7 in 15 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2023 · Week 15 KC 27, NE 17
  2. 2020 · Week 4 NE 10, KC 26
  3. 2019 · Week 14 KC 23, NE 16
  4. 2018 · Conference championship NE 37, KC 31 (OT)
  5. 2018 · Week 6 KC 40, NE 43

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

NE 28.9% · KC 70.8%

Matchup quality 74.0 / 100

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

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