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Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Texans

Final · Kickoff

2017 Regular season · Week 5 · NRG Stadium · Sunday 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
HOUHouston Texans34Home
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Chiefs beat Texans 42–34 in 2017 Week 5

The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Houston Texans 42–34 on the road at NRG Stadium in Week 5 of the 2017 regular season on October 8, 2017. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 8 points.

The 76 combined points were the most in any game of Week 5.

The result moved the Chiefs to 5–0 and dropped the Texans to 2–3. It was the Chiefs’ fifth straight win. The Chiefs finished 2017 at 10–6 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Texans finished 2017 at 4–12 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Houston Texans won 19–12 on September 18, 2016. When they met again, the Houston Texans won 31–24 on October 13, 2019.

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 6–4 after meeting No. 10 since 2003 Full series history

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