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Kansas City Chiefs at Detroit Lions

Final · Kickoff

2019 Regular season · Week 4 · Ford Field

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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 Chiefs34Away
DETDetroit Lions30Home
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Chiefs beat Lions 34–30 in 2019 Week 4

The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Detroit Lions 34–30 on the road at Ford Field in Week 4 of the 2019 regular season on September 29, 2019. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 4 points.

The result moved the Chiefs to 4–0 and dropped the Lions to 2–1–1. It was the Chiefs’ fourth straight win. The Chiefs finished 2019 at 12–4 and won Super Bowl LIV. The Lions finished 2019 at 3–12–1 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Kansas City Chiefs won 45–10 on November 1, 2015. When they met again, the Detroit Lions won 21–20 on September 7, 2023.

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 4–2 after meeting No. 6 since 1999 Full series history

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