Chiefs win AFC Championship game against Bills, go to Super Bowl 2025

The Kansas City Chiefs’ hopes for a Super Bowl three-peat are still alive after their victory over the Buffalo Bills in the 2025 AFC Championship Game on Sunday, January 26.

The Chiefs ended up defeating the Bills at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri by a final score of 32-29. They will progress to Super Bowl LIX at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday, February 9, and will play against the Philadelphia Eagles following their victory over the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship Game earlier on Sunday.

Before the playoffs, the Chiefs earned the No. 1 seed in the AFC for the 2024-2025 NFL season, while the Bills were right behind them at No. 2. During the postseason, the Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans on January 18 to advance to the championship game after winning bye week goodbye Meanwhile, the Bills defeated the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens on January 12 and January 19, respectively, to earn their spot in the championship game against the Chiefs.

Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen have been rivals since becoming quarterbacks in 2018. for the Chiefs and Bills, respectively. Throughout their professional careers, the two have met five times in the regular season, with Allen, 28, outscoring Mahomes, 29, four to one. However, in the playoffs, Allen has yet to beat Mahomes, with an 0-3 record before Sunday’s game. The Chiefs previously beat the Bills in the 2021 AFC Championship Game. and in the divisional playoff games in 2022 and 2024.

While Allen has yet to reach a Super Bowl with the Bills, Mahomes has won three titles with the Chiefs. After his first win in 2020. Mahomes became a back-to-back Super Bowl champions when it beat the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023. and the San Francisco 49ers in 2024.

Ever since Super Bowl LVIII last February, the Chiefs have been vocal about their desire to make it three wins, which would make them the first team in NFL history to win three consecutive titles.

“Next year in New Orleans, we will do it again,” Mahomes said on the “Impaulsive With Logan Paul” podcast in May 2024. “I put it on the table. We will do it again. I’m telling you now.”

As for Allen, he emphasized his own dream of a Super Bowl in 2024 at a press conference, telling reporters of his plans for this season: “There’s one job to do, and that’s win the Super Bowl.”