(kcchiefs) The National Football League announced the regular-season schedule for the 2021 season on Wednesday. The Kansas City Chiefs are currently slated in five primetime contests, including two nationally televised games at Arrowhead Stadium.
This year’s regular-season schedule features games vs. seven playoff teams from 2020.
The Chiefs will kick off their quest for a third-straight Super Bowl appearance in the club’s home opener against the Cleveland Browns on September 12, a rematch of last year’s AFC Divisional Game.
KC’s first primetime contest comes in Week 2 in a Sunday Night Football matchup in Baltimore.
On September 26, Kansas City returns home to face the Los Angeles Chargers before traveling to Philadelphia to face the Eagles on October 3.
On October 10, primetime comes to Arrowhead Stadium when the Buffalo Bills visit for a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship Game on Sunday Night Football.
After visits to Washington on October 17 and Tennessee on October 24, the Chiefs are again under the lights at home in a Monday Night Football matchup against the New York Giants on November 1.
New in 2021, the NFL announced the expansion to a 17-game regular-season schedule. This year’s added interconference matchup for the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium will be against the Green Bay Packers on November 7.
Kansas City will then travel to Las Vegas to take on the Raiders in a Sunday Night Football showdown on November 14 before returning home to face the Dallas Cowboys on November 21.
After the Bye Week, the Chiefs will have three consecutive division contests against the Denver Broncos on December 5, then the Raiders on December 12, before traveling to Los Angeles to face the Chargers on December 16 for a Thursday night showdown.
Kansas City will take on the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 26 and then close out regular season play with back-to-back road games against Cincinnati on January 2 and in Denver on January 9.
