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Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots

Final · Kickoff

2017 Regular season · Week 1 · Gillette Stadium · Thursday Night

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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 Chiefs42Away
NENew England Patriots27Home
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Chiefs beat Patriots 42–27 in 2017 Week 1

The Kansas City Chiefs beat the New England Patriots 42–27 on the road at Gillette Stadium in Week 1 of the 2017 regular season on September 7, 2017.

The 69 combined points were the most in any game of Week 1.

The result moved the Chiefs to 1–0 and dropped the Patriots to 0–1. The Chiefs finished 2017 at 10–6 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Patriots finished 2017 at 13–3 and lost Super Bowl LII.

In their previous meeting, the New England Patriots won 27–20 on January 16, 2016. When they met again, the New England Patriots won 43–40 on October 14, 2018.

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 Patriots lead the series 6–4 after meeting No. 10 since 1999 Full series history

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