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San Francisco 49ers at Kansas City Chiefs

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 16 · Arrowhead Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
San Francisco 49ers—Away
Kansas City Chiefs—Home

Game details

Location
Kansas City

Matchup preview

San Francisco 49ers 3–0 · Road 1–0 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 1 · 10 days of rest
Kansas City Chiefs 3–0 · Home 2–0 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 2 · 6 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · SF 3 games, KC 3 games
MetricSFKC
Points per game32.72nd29.37th
Points allowed per game16.73rd16.73rd
Total yards per game399.35th416.32nd
Passing yards per game263.09th270.76th
Rushing yards per game136.36th153.35th
Turnovers per game0.75th0.75th
Sacks allowed per game0.01st1.35th
Penalty yards per game56.016th65.320th

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.

San Francisco 49ers: recent results

  1. W 36–30 vs ARI Week 3
  2. W 35–13 vs MIA Week 2
  3. W 27–7 @ LAR Week 1

Kansas City Chiefs: recent results

  1. W 24–10 @ MIA Week 3
  2. W 33–30 (OT) vs IND Week 2
  3. W 31–10 vs DEN Week 1

San Francisco 49ers: season leaders

Passing
Brock Purdy 789 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Christian McCaffrey 166 yds · 3 g
Receiving
George Kittle 174 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Marques Sigle 1.0 · 3 g

Kansas City Chiefs: season leaders

Passing
Patrick Mahomes 812 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Kenneth Walker III 360 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Travis Kelce 231 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Nohl Williams 1.0 · 3 g

San Francisco 49ers: injury report

  • Out Brandon Aiyuk WR
  • Out Isaac Guerendo
  • Out James Thompson Jr. RDT
  • Out Kyle Juszczyk FB
  • Out Marques Sigle SS
  • Out Nick Bosa RDE
  • Questionable Upton Stout NB

16 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. 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

SF 3 · KC 7 in 10 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2024 · Week 7 KC 28, SF 18
  2. 2023 · Super Bowl SF 22, KC 25 (OT)
  3. 2022 · Week 7 KC 44, SF 23
  4. 2019 · Super Bowl SF 20, KC 31
  5. 2018 · Week 3 SF 27, KC 38

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

SF 54.9% · KC 44.8%

Matchup quality 96.0 / 100

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

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