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Chiefs 1 REGULAR SEASON GAME 13 CHIEFS TRAVEL TO FOXBOROUGH TO TAKE ON NEw england PATRIOTS Kansas City Chiefs (8-4) at New England Patriots (10-2) Sunday, December 8, 2019 • 3:25 p.m. CT vs. Gillette Stadium • Foxborough, Massachusetts • CBS THIS WEEK’S MEDIA AVAILABILITY Date Practice Coach Media Players Tuesday, Dec. 3 No Media Availability Wednesday, Dec. 4 1:20 p.m. Reid 11:45 a.m. 11:45 a.m. The Kansas City Chiefs travel to Foxborough to take on the New England Thursday, Dec. 5 1:20 p.m. Assts. 11:45 a.m. 11:45 a.m. Patriots. Kickoff on Sunday at Gillette Stadium is slated for 3:25 p.m. CT. Friday, Dec. 6 11:45 a.m. Reid 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. The Chiefs have won two of the last three regular season meetings against Saturday, Dec. 7 No Media Availability the Patriots, including a 42-27 road victory on the opening day of the 2017 Sunday, Dec. 8 Chiefs at Patriots (Foxborough) - 3:25 p.m. CT season. Last year the Chiefs and Patriots met twice, including the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium. It was the fi rst time in club * All times are approximate and subject to change with little or no notice. history that Kansas City hosted the AFC title game. Since 2015, the Chiefs OC Bieniemy, DC Spagnuolo and assistants will speak Thursday. hold a 43-14 (.754) record against AFC opponents. Last week, KC defeated the Oakland Raiders 40-9. The Chiefs hav tallied a 23-2 (.920) mark against • The opponent conference call with Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick AFC West opponents in the last 25 games and have won three-straight took place on Tuesday. Audio is available by request. AFC West titles. Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid owns 215 career victories (regular and postseason combined). He ranks sixth on the NFL’s all-time BROADCAST INFORMATION wins list. Under Reid, the Chiefs have registered fi ve 10-plus win seasons TV Coverage Chiefs FOX Football Radio Network in six years and have qualifi ed for the postseason fi ve times. In seven sea- CBS (KCTV5 Local) KCFX (101.1 FM) sons with the club, Reid has recorded 73 regular season wins, the highest combined win total of any head coach in franchise history in that time frame. Play-by-Play: Jim Nantz Play-by-Play: Mitch Holthus Color: Kendall Gammon Color: Tony Romo NFL MVP QB Patrick Mahomes has recorded 8,080 yards, 70 touchdowns Sideline: BJ Kissel and only 14 INTs (+56 TD/INT diff erential) over the last two seasons. In 27 Sideline: Tracy Wolfson career games, he’s notched an NFL-record 16 300+ passing yard perfor- Chiefs Pregame & Postgame Show Tico Sports (Kansas City) mances, including six games this season. Mahomes has only thrown two KCFX (101.1 FM) La Mega 1160 AM / 100.5 FM INTs this season in 352 pass attempts. TE Travis Kelce owns 18 games Hosts: Art Hains and Dan Israel with 100+ receiving yards and has caught at least one pass in 91 consecu- Spanish Radio Broadcast tive games. Since entering the league in 2016, WR Tyreek Hill ranks fi rst Chiefs Twitter Accounts: @Chiefs among all NFL pass catchers with 51 receptions of 25+ yards. In his sixth Play-by-Play: Enrique Morales Color: Oscar Monterroso @ChiefsReporter @ChiefsPR @KC- NFL season, WR Sammy Watkins has averaged 15.0 yards per catch in his Chiefs_Matt @ArrowheadEvents career. Since 2009, RB LeSean McCoy has tallied a league-best 11,016 Sideline: Hannah Bassham rushing yards and 14,809 scrimmage yards. Defensively, the Chiefs added CHIEFS MEDIA WEBSITE INFORMATION several new faces this off season, including Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, safety Tyrann Mathieu and DE Frank Clark. Mathieu has re- The Kansas City Chiefs 2019 Media Guide is available on the Chiefs corded three INTs this season and Clark has one interception, 5.0 sacks, media information website, NFLOMG.com. In 2015, the club introduced an three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. The Chiefs have 34.0 sacks improved interactive online media guide that features an in-game statistics thus far this season, 12 INTs and 12 forced fumbles. The Chiefs fi nished monitoring platform, in addition to the weekly press materials such as tied for fi rst in the NFL with 52.0 team sacks in 2018. KC has forced 19 turn- transcripts, weekly releases, bios, additional stats and more. The club’s overs thus far in 2019 (12 INTs, seven fumbles), including three turnovers guide is updated weekly throughout the season to refl ect the most up-to- last week against the Raiders. On special teams, P Dustin Colquitt played date information. Media members can also access the Chiefs credential in his 234th game last week, the most games played in a Chiefs uniform application through the site. To login, the username is chiefsmedia and the by anyone in team history. In his career he’s landed 459 punts inside the password is chiefs. 20 (only the third player in NFL history with 450+). K Harrison Butker has DID YOU KNOW? made 87 of his 98 career fi eld goal attempts (88.8%) and 130 of 136 PATs (95.6%). With a win at New England in Week 14, Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid would tally his 100th career regular season road victory as a head coach. Following Sunday’s game against the Patriots, Kansas City returns to Ar- Since Reid took over as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1999, rowhead Stadium to take on AFC West rival, the Denver Broncos. Kickoff is there has only been one head coach to accumulate more road wins in that slated for 12 p.m. CT. timespan – Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick (106). CHIEFS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION Ted Crews Vice President of Communications (816) 920-4359 [email protected]fl .com Brad Gee Director of Football Communications (816) 920-4349 [email protected]fl .com Luke Shanno Corporate Communications Manager (816) 920-4351 [email protected]fl .com Cydney Ricker Manager of Football Comm. & Admin. (816) 920-4352 [email protected]fl .com Jordan Trgovac Communications Assistant (816) 920-4353 [email protected]fl .com Hailey Herrick Communications Seasonal Assistant (816) 920-4403 [email protected]fl .com Danny Markino Communications Seasonal Assistant (816) 920-4355 [email protected]fl .com Chiefs 1 CHIEFS VS. PATRIOTS TEAM COMPARISON CHIEFS VS. PATRIOTS INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON Chiefs Patriots Chiefs Patriots Record .................................................. 8-4 .........................................10-2 PASSING YARDS Mahomes ............................2,983 Brady .................................... 3,268 Division Standing ................................ 1st (AFCW) ................ 1st (AFCE) Moore .................................659 Turnover Margin (NFL Rank) .............. +8 (T-5th) ........................+18 (1st) RUSHING YARDS McCoy ................................410 Michel ......................................645 Off ense (NFL Rank) Dam. Williams .....................309 White .......................................208 Net Yards Per Game ............................ 384.7 (4th) ................ 360.8 (14th) Yards Per Play...................................... 6.30 (2nd) ................... 5.12 (23rd) RECEIVING YARDS Kelce...................................923 Edelman ..................................915 Points Per Game ..................................29.0 (3rd) ...................... 26.8 (6th) Hill .......................................598 White .......................................512 Possession Average ............................28:50 (24th) ............... 32:27 (2nd) Watkins ...............................538 Dorsett II.................................. 347 Net Rushing Yards Per Game .............94.5 (24th) ...................96.3 (21st) Hardman .............................450 Meyers .................................... 299 Net Passing Yards Per Game ............. 290.2 (3rd) .................. 264.4 (8th) POINTS SCORED Had Intercepted/Yards......................... 2/2 ........................................7/172 Butker .................................112 Michel ........................................ 36 Sacks Allowed/Yards ...........................20/-160 (5th) .........22/-156 (T-7th) Hardman .............................30 Gostkowski ................................ 32 Hill .......................................30 binson Dorsett II.................................... 30 Fumbles/Lost ....................................... 18/9 ..........................................8/4 McCoy ................................30 Edelman .................................... 30 Third Down Pct. ................................... 46.8% (3rd) ..............38.8% (16th) ........................................... Nugent* ..................................... 30 Red Zone TD Pct. .................................53.8% (19th) ............49.0% (24th) INTERCEPTIONS Giveaways ............................................ 11 (T-4th) .......................11 (T-4th) Mathieu ...............................3 D. McCourty ................................ 5 Thornhill ..............................2 Gilmore........................................ 4 Defense (NFL Rank) Ward ...................................2 Collins Sr. ...................................3 Five Tied .............................1 Harmon ....................................... 2 Net Yards Per Game ............................ 372.1 (25th) ............... 258.0 (2nd) ........................................... Jackson ....................................... 2 Yards Per Play...................................... 5.64 (21st) ................... 4.46 (2nd) ........................................... Four Tied ..................................... 1 Points Per Game ..................................22.1