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Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 8 · Empower Field at Mile High

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Kansas City Chiefs—Away
Denver Broncos—Home

Matchup preview

Kansas City Chiefs 4–0 · Road 2–0 · Streak W4 · Power Index No. 3 · 7 days of rest
Denver Broncos 2–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 18 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · KC 4 games, DEN 4 games
MetricKCDEN
Points per game29.55th18.527th
Points allowed per game19.36th23.518th
Total yards per game412.03rd280.327th
Passing yards per game259.310th204.821st
Rushing yards per game162.33rd81.329th
Turnovers per game0.53rd1.313th
Sacks allowed per game1.55th1.32nd
Penalty yards per game63.818th46.87th

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

Denver Broncos: recent results

  1. L 14–24 @ SF Week 4
  2. W 30–26 vs LAR Week 3
  3. W 20–13 vs JAX Week 2
  4. L 10–31 @ KC Week 1

Kansas City Chiefs: season leaders

Passing
Patrick Mahomes 1,037 yds
Rushing
Kenneth Walker III 537 yds
Receiving
Travis Kelce 246 yds

Denver Broncos: season leaders

Passing
Bo Nix 819 yds
Rushing
J.K. Dobbins 161 yds
Receiving
Jaylen Waddle 185 yds
Sacks
Zach Allen 3.0

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

Denver Broncos: injury report

  • Out Jonathon Cooper WLB
  • Out Nick Gargiulo LG
  • Out Pat Surtain II LCB
  • Out Riley Moss

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

KC 31 · DEN 24 in 55 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 1 DEN 10, KC 31
  2. 2025 · Week 17 DEN 20, KC 13
  3. 2025 · Week 11 KC 19, DEN 22
  4. 2024 · Week 18 KC 0, DEN 38
  5. 2024 · Week 10 DEN 14, KC 16

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

KC 60.4% · DEN 39.3%

Matchup quality 76.3 / 100

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

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