The Kansas City Chiefs ...... a Strange, but True Divisional Playoff History

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Andy Reid was 10-9 in postseason games as the Eagles' head coach, including 4 consecutive trips to the NFC Championship game between 2001 and 2004 (the last of which culminated in a Super Bowl appearance against the Patriots.)

Reid's Eagles made it to a 5th NFC Championship game in 2008.


However, Reid is just 1-4 in the postseason since taking over for the Chiefs ........ including 3 excruciatingly haunting losses to the Colts in 2013 (45-44), the Steelers in 2016 (18-16), and the Titans in 2017 (22-21.)



What's Behind Chiefs Coach Andy Reid's Struggles in the Playoffs?

(By Adam Teicher)

http://www.espn.com/blog/kansas-city...n-the-playoffs

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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Since the merger of the AFL and the NFL in 1970, the Chiefs have a long history of losing strange divisional playoff games, particularly ones in which they are playing at home and favored in.

In 1971, the Chiefs lost the longest game in NFL history in double overtime to the Miami Dolphins ...... in spite of Ed Podolak's 350 all-purpose yards, which remain a post-season record to this day. Also, the first pure place-kicker to ever be elected to the Hall-of-Fame (Jan Stenerud) missed a chip-shot field goal with less than a minute remaining in the 4th quarter, which would have won the game for the Chiefs.



In 1995 the Chiefs were the #1 seed in the AFC with a record of 13-3, and were heavily favored against Jim Harbaugh's Indianapolis Colts ...... but lost by a score of 10-7.


In 1997 they again were 13-3 and the #2 seed in the AFC, but lost in the divisional playoffs to John Elway's Broncos, who would go on to beat the defending world champion Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl.


In 2003 it was again the Indianapolis Colts haunting the heavily favored, #2 seeded Chiefs again. This time the Colts beat the Chiefs in a 38-31 shootout IN A GAME IN WHICH NEITHER TEAM PUNTED. )


In 2016 the Chiefs lost yet another divisional playoff game on their home field in a game in which they outscored their opponents, 2 touchdowns to 0.


They did manage to win one divisional playoff game in 1993, when Joe Montana and company took down the Houston Oilers in the Astrodome ........ but that was on the road, and (unlike the numerous other heartbreaking divisional losses which they have sustained), they were not the favorites to win that game.


The Kansas City Chiefs ...... a strange (and painful), but true divisional playoff history.


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Since winning the Super Bowl in 1969, the Chiefs were 0-5 in Divisional playoff games that were played at their home stadium in Kansas City ....... that wretched winless streak is now over, as they have slain 2 dragons in one shot (not only did they finally win a home playoff game in the divisional round, but they did it against the Colts, who had tortured them in the postseason over the last quarter of a century prior to today.)

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