In the seven seasons since Patrick Mahomes became the team’s starting quarterback in 2018, the Kansas City Chiefs have appeared in a total of 37 regular-season primetime (evening) games. That’s second only to the Green Bay Packers with 38. And among the nine teams with at least 29 of these appearances, no team has a better record than Kansas City’s 26-11 mark.
So it’s not surprising that the NFL continues to get the Chiefs into as many national matchups as possible.
In 2024, Kansas City appeared in 10 nationally-televised games. Five were in primetime, while three others were also “standalone” contests: the Black Friday game against the Las Vegas Raiders, December’s Saturday afternoon matchup versus the Houston Texans and the Christmas Day game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.