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Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 14 · Paycor Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Kansas City Chiefs—Away
Cincinnati Bengals—Home

Matchup preview

Kansas City Chiefs 4–0 · Road 2–0 · Streak W4 · Power Index No. 3 · 10 days of rest
Cincinnati Bengals 2–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 14 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · KC 4 games, CIN 4 games
MetricKCCIN
Points per game29.55th24.314th
Points allowed per game19.36th21.313th
Total yards per game412.03rd351.811th
Passing yards per game259.310th292.85th
Rushing yards per game162.33rd74.331st
Turnovers per game0.53rd1.314th
Sacks allowed per game1.56th2.318th
Penalty yards per game63.818th68.321st

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.

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

Cincinnati Bengals: recent results

  1. L 17–22 vs JAX Week 4
  2. L 27–30 @ PIT Week 3
  3. W 20–6 @ HOU Week 2
  4. W 33–27 vs TB Week 1

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

Cincinnati Bengals: season leaders

Passing
Joe Burrow 1,171 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Chase Brown 207 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Tee Higgins 401 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Dexter Lawrence II 3.0 · 3 g

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

Cincinnati Bengals: injury report

  • Out Colbie Young WR
  • Out Connor Lew C
  • Out Jack Endries TE
  • Out Kyle Dugger SS
  • Out Landon Robinson LDT
  • Out Myles Hinton RT

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

Head-to-head since 1999

KC 6 · CIN 9 in 15 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2024 · Week 2 CIN 25, KC 26
  2. 2023 · Week 17 CIN 17, KC 25
  3. 2022 · Conference championship CIN 20, KC 23
  4. 2022 · Week 13 KC 24, CIN 27
  5. 2021 · Conference championship CIN 27, KC 24 (OT)

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

KC 55.4% · CIN 44.2%

Matchup quality 82.8 / 100

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

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