AFC TITLE GAME
Sunday, 6:20p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE: Chiefs by 3
SERIES: Bills, 26-22-1; Chiefs, 26-17, on Oct. 19
BILLS OFFENSE: OVERALL (3), RUSH (20), PASS (3). BILLS DEFENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH (17), PASS (13). CHIEFS OFFENSE: OVERALL (1), RUSH (16), PASS (1). CHIEFS DEFENSE: OVERALL (16), RUSH (21), PASS (14)
Buffalo has won 11of 12since losing to the Chiefs. That includes eight straight, one off the team record set in 1964 . ... QB Josh Allen set Bills records with 4,544yards passing, 37TDs passing, 46TDs combined (including one receiving) and 396completions. He finished fourth in the NFL in completing 69.2% of his passes, marking a 10.4% jump from last year . ... Allen is 2-1in the postseason, and has yet to throw an interception in 118attempts . ... All-Pro WR Stefon Diggs became Buffalo’s first player to lead the NFL in yards receiving and catches . ... Bills have won their two playoff games with a time of possession of less than 26minutes . ... DE Jerry Hughes has five sacks in three career playoff games with Buffalo . ... Bills allowed 273points in their first 10games. They have allowed 137 points since, including two playoff games. ... Buffalo is playing on a Sunday for just the fourth time in nine weeks. Bills are 10-1on Sunday this season . ... Chiefs are second team to host three straight conference title games. The other was the Eagles, coached by current Chiefs coach Andy Reid . ... Reid is making his eighth conference championship game appearance as a head coach. He would extend franchise record with his seventh playoff win in Kansas City and tie Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs (17) for the fourth-most playoff wins overall in NFL history . ... Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes was second in NFL with 4,740yards passing, third with a 108.2rating and fourth with 38 TD passes. He became third player in NFL history with at least 4,000yards passing in three of his first four seasons. ... Mahomes has 15TDs (12passing, three rushing) without an interception in five postseason starts at home . ... Chiefs RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire was fourth among all rookies with 1,100yards from scrimmage this season. He has not played since Week 15because of a high ankle sprain . ... Chiefs All-Pro WR Tyreek Hill was second among wide receivers with a career-best 17TDs (15catches, 2runs) . ... Chiefs’ Travis Kelce set a record for TEs with 1,416yards receiving this season. Unanimous All-Pro had eight catches for 109yards and a touchdown against Cleveland, his fifth straight game with a TD catch . ... Chiefs All-Pro FS Tyrann Mathieu had six interceptions in regular season and another against the Browns.