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Week 1 City Chiefs at Patriots Thursday, September 7, 2017 | 8:30 PM ET | Stadium | Referee: Bill Vinovich REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Chiefs lead all-time series, 17-13-3 LAST GAME: 9/29/14: Patriots 14 at Chiefs 41 STREAKS: Patriots have won 2 of past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 11/21/11: Patriots 34, Chiefs 3 (2016 STATS) (2016 STATS) LAST WEEK - LAST WEEK - VS. OPP. : 2-3 COACH VS. OPP. : 7-3 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 24.3/19.4 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 27.6 (3L)/15.6 (1L) OFFENSE 343.0 OFFENSE 386.3 PASSING : 328-489-3502-15-8-91.2 PASSING : 291-432-3554-28-2-112.2 (2L) RUSHING : 88-293-3.3-1 RUSHING (Buf.): 101-577-5.7-8 RECEIVING (TE): 85-1125-13.2-4 RECEIVING (NO): 78-1173-15.0-8 DEFENSE 368.5 DEFENSE 326.4 SACKS : 10 SACKS : 7 INTs : 6 (T2L) INTs (Buf.): 5 TAKE/GIVE +16 (T1L) (33/17) TAKE/GIVE +12 (3L) (23/11) PUNTING (NET) : 45.1 (40.7) PUNTING (NET) Ryan Allen: 44.7 (41.4) KICKING : 129 (36/39 PAT; 31/35 FG) KICKING : 127 (46/49 PAT; 27/32 FG) CHIEFS NOTES PATRIOTS NOTES • CHIEFS won AFC West in 2016 for 1st time since 2010. Led • PATRIOTS overcame 25-point defi cit to win 5th Super NFL with 33 takeaways & tied for league lead with +16 TO Bowl title in SB LI. Have won 8 consecutive division titles, differential. Overcame 21-point defi cit in 33-27 OT win vs. most in NFL history. Won 13+ games for 6th time in franchise Chargers on KO Weekend in 2016. history, tying Den. for most in league history. Are 5th team in • QB ALEX SMITH passed for career-high 3,502 yards in NFL history to fi nish .500+ in 16 consecutive seasons. Have 2016. Ranked 3rd in AFC with 67.1 comp. pct. last season. won past 8 home openers on KO Weekend. Has 1,317 rushing yards in 4 seasons with KC, most by QB • QB TOM BRADY won SB LI MVP & set single-game SB in franchise history. Passed for 248 yards & 3 TDs with 0 records in att. (62), comp. (43) & pass yards (466). Has 208 INTs for 144.4 rating in last meeting. career wins (incl. playoffs) as , most in NFL history. • RB was selected by KC in 3rd round (No. Led NFL with 14.0 TD/INT ratio (28 TDs, 2 INTs) last season, 86 overall) of 2017 NFL . Rushed for 1,475 yards & 10 highest single-season ratio in NFL history. Ranked 2nd in TDs as senior at Toldeo. NFL with 112.2 rating. Ranks 4th in league annals with 456 • WR had 12 TDs (6 rec., 3 rush, 2 PR & 1 career pass TDs & 61,582 pass yards. KR) last season, most by rookie in team history. Joined Hall • RB JAMES WHITE set single-game SB record with 14 of Famer RB as only players with 5+ TD catches & scored 3 TDs (2 rush, 1 rec.), tied for most in catches, 3+ rush TDs, PR-TD & KR-TD in single season. single game in SB history. Tied for lead among NFL RBs with TE TRAVIS KELCE led NFL TEs with 1,125 rec. yards & 5 rec. TDs last season. ranked 2nd with 85 catches in 2016. Had 100+ rec. yards in • TE leads NFL TEs with 68 TD 4 consecutive games from Weeks 11-14 last season, tied for catches & ranks 2nd with 6,095 rec. yards since entering longest streak by TE in NFL history. NFL in 2010. Has 3 seasons with 1,000+ rec. yards. WR • S tied for NFL lead with 2 INT-TDs in 2016. BRANDIN COOKS makes team debut. Led Saints with Has 5 career INT-TDs, tied for 5th among active players. 1,173 rec. yards in 2016. Had 98-yard TD catch on KO Since 2011, LB JUSTIN ranks 4th in NFL with Weekend with NO in 2016. WR CHRIS HOGAN had 332 60 sacks. DE DEE FORD led team with 10 sacks in 2016. rec. yards & 2 TD catches in 2016 postseason. CB MARCUS PETERS tied for 2nd in NFL with 6 INTs last • CB led team with 4 INTs & 17 PD in season. Since entering league in 2015, leads NFL with 14 INTs. 2016. DE TREY FLOWERS led team with 7 sacks last season. ON THE AIRWAVES TV: NBC (8:30 PM ET): , , Michele Tafoya (Field reporter) NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One: , , Tony Boselli (Field reporter)