Arrowhead Pride
However much time there is until the start of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 2026 season, it’s too long.
The recent history of Chiefs football has spoiled fans with plenty of postseason memories, but for a long time, the regular season was the best time to make memories watching football in Kansas City.
The blogfather, Joel Thorman, knows that as well as anyone. His favorite game came in the season before that one heartbreaking playoff loss to the Denver Broncos in January of 1998… against that same team.
What were your favorite games that came to mind? Here were the best submissions, starting with the ones that occurred at Arrowhead Stadium:
October 7, 1991. Our first Monday night game at Arrowhead in 8 years. It was a dominating 33-6 performance over the undefeated Bills. The crowd was electric that night. I’ve been to playoff games that had less energy. It was a magical evening.
2011 With not much to be excited about as a chiefs fan Kyle Orton leads the chiefs to beat the 13-0 packers
Halloween night 2011. Rivers fumbles with a chance to put the game away. Chiefs won. The players all ran out wearing Scream masks. The masks from Scream.
94 week 2 Montana vs Young. DT getting the safety. Joe and Marcus icing the game.
MNF Sep 29, 2014. I drove from Mississippi to Arrowhead and watched the Chiefs put Tom Brady on the bench. Best regular season game ever.
Chiefs vs. Niners in 2018 when Mahomes scrambled left, then circled back to the right and hit Chris Conley for a TD in the corner of the end zone. That’s when I knew he was special.
Eric Berry’s return to Arrowhead after beating cancer. It was a Thursday night game against the Broncos. The Chiefs ultimately lost the game on a Charles fumble that was scooped and scored, but the energy of Arrowhead that night was something I had never experienced in my life.
I would have to go with the Veteran’s Day game in 1990 when Derrick Thomas had 7 sacks against the Seahawks.
October 4, 1998 The Seattle rain game. It was a SNF game week 5. I remember the amount of rain that flooded the field. Then a lightning delay.
Now for the best of the road games in Chiefs history:
The November 19, 2018 Chiefs loss to the LAMBS, 54-51. What an incredible game.
I’m going to say the game where Chiefs held Peyton Manning… who’d been OWNING the Chiefs… to a 0.0 passer rating and was benched.
Jamaal Charles’ 259-yard game against the Donkeys in 2009 ruined the Donkeys’ playoff hopes.
Mahomes’ first game, also against the donkeys, when they still had most of their SB-winning defense intact, watching Mahomes running backward...
