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Buckle up, football fans. For the second straight year, and the fourth time in their careers, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are set to go head-to-head in the post-season.
Since the start of Mahomes’ tenure in Kansas City in 2018, 11 different AFC clubs have tried to stop his Chiefs in the post-season. Only two have succeeded: Tom Brady’s Patriots bested the Chiefs in Mahomes’ first playoff run as a starter (and first of a long streak of AFC Championship appearances); and Joe Burrow’s Bengals defeated the reigning champs in the 2021 AFC title game during Cincinnati’s Cinderella run to the Super Bowl. No team has faced Mahomes & Co. in January more than Allen’s Buffalo Bills, who’ve fallen short all three times so far.
We don’t have to look that far back to see the last time these squads went head-to-head. They met in Week 11 of the 2024 regular season, a 30-21 victory that halted Kansas City’s undefeated streak to open the year.
Mahomes and Allen have gone head-to-head eight times in their careers, and while each quarterback has claimed four victories against his rival, those shared 4-4 overall records don’t tell the whole story. As we look ahead to the fourth playoff meeting of these formidable AFC foes in Sunday’s conference final in Kansas City, here’s a by-the-numbers look back at the rivalry that’s blossomed before our eyes.
3-0: Mahomes’ playoff record against Allen and the Bills. Sunday’s matchup will be their fourth time going head-to-head in the post-season and their second time meeting in the AFC Championship since they first met in the 2020 playoffs. Can Mahomes keep his perfect playoff record intact?
3: The point differential in the Chiefs’ 27-24 Divisional Round win in Buffalo last January. Of the clubs’ three playoff meetings, three points marked the smallest margin of victory yet. A missed field goal, kicked wide right by Buffalo’s Tyler Bass late in the fourth quarter, proved to be the difference in this one — a painful reminder of past post-season failures in Buffalo.