Twenty-five points in 2 minutes? Inside the Kansas City Chiefs’ thrilling victory over the Buffalo Bills

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was too busy Sunday night to consider the thoughts of most everyone watching, that the Kansas City Chiefs-Buffalo Bills divisional round playoff game was one that’s going to be talked about for a long time.

But afterward, after he and fellow quarterback Josh Allen had gone back-and-forth for more than 64 minutes, combining for four touchdown passes in the final six minutes, he did have a sense of the game’s epic nature.

“To be in this moment in this game against that team, to make a play to walk off a game at Arrowhead, I’ll remember this game for the rest of my life,” Mahomes said after his 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Travis Kelce in overtime gave the Chiefs a 42-36 win.

“It was definitely special to win a game like this at Arrowhead. Obviously the Super Bowl was probably No. 1 for me but this one is right up there. To be able to come back a couple of times, get points when we needed to get points, score touchdowns, get in field goal range, I’ll remember it forever.”

The Bills and Chiefs combined for 25 points in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter, the second-most among any game in the Super Bowl era. Mahomes and Allen each came into the game after five-touchdown passing performances the previous week and neither disappointed. The game was the first in NFL history with both quarterbacks throwing for at least 300 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions and with at least 50 rushing yards.

The Chiefs will move on to Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Cincinnati Bengals (3 p.m. ET, CBS). The Bills’ season is over.

Here, in the words of Mahomes, Allen and others involved, is how the final minutes played out to send the teams on their separate paths.

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