| Chiefs–Raiders rivalry | |
| Team1: | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Team2: | Las Vegas Raiders |
| Team1logo: | Kansas City Chiefs wordmark.svg |
| Team2logo: | Las Vegas Raiders wordmark.svg |
| First Contested: | September 16, 1960: Texans 34–Raiders 16 |
| Mostrecent: | December 25, 2023: Raiders 20–Chiefs 14 |
| Nextmeeting: | October 27, 2024 |
| Total: | 130 (including the playoffs) |
| Largestvictory: | Chiefs: 48–9 (2021) Raiders: 41–6 (1968) |
| Series: | Chiefs: 73–55–2 (including the playoffs) |
| Currentstreak: | Raiders: 1 (2023–present) |
| Longeststreak: | Chiefs: 9 (2003–07) Raiders: 7 (1975–78) |
| Postseason: | Chiefs: 2–1 |
| Section Header: | Playoff and Championship Success |
| Section Info: | AFL Championships (4)
Super Bowl Appearances (11)
AFC Championship Game Appearances (8)
AFL Western Division Championships (5) AFC West Division Championships (26)
AFL Wild Card Berths (2)
AFC Wild Card Berths (15)
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The Chiefs–Raiders rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas Raiders. The rivalry between the Chiefs and Raiders is considered to be one of the NFL's most bitter rivalries.[1] [2] [3] [4] Since the American Football League (AFL) was established in 1960, the Chiefs and Raiders have shared the same division, first being the AFL Western Conference, and since the AFL–NFL merger in, the AFC West.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
The teams first met in 1960 when the Chiefs were known as the Dallas Texans. The Texans defeated the Raiders 34–16 in the team's first game at Oakland,[12] [13] [14] then the Raiders defeated the Texans 20–19 at Dallas.[13] [14]
The rivalry did not become so apparent until the Kansas City Athletics baseball team moved to Oakland, California, in 1968. In 1969, the Kansas City Royals expansion team was placed in the same division as the Athletics. The 1966 Chiefs team participated in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, later known as the Super Bowl. The Chiefs and Raiders had identical 12–2 records in 1968 and faced off in a playoff game to decide who would go to face the New York Jets for the AFL Championship. The Raiders won, 41–6.
The following year, in 1969, the Raiders beat the Chiefs twice in the regular season[15] [16] and went on to win the AFL Western Conference title. The teams met in the 1969 AFL Championship Game at Oakland and the underdog Chiefs won 17–7.[15] [16] The Chiefs participated in Super Bowl IV a week later and defeated the NFL's heavily favored Minnesota Vikings.[15] It was not until 1976 that Oakland won their first Super Bowl championship.[17]
In the first meeting between the teams during the 1970 NFL season—both teams' first in the newly merged NFL—the Chiefs held a 17–14 lead late in the fourth quarter and appeared ready to run out the clock. Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson rolled right and gained enough yardage for a first down, and as he fell to the ground, Raiders defensive end Ben Davidson dove into Dawson with his helmet; in retaliation, Davidson was attacked by Chiefs wide receiver Otis Taylor.[1] [18] After a bench-clearing brawl, Davidson and Taylor were ejected, and the penalties that were called nullified the first down under the rules at the time. Kansas City was forced to punt. The Raiders took advantage, as George Blanda made a 48-yard field goal with 8 seconds left to secure a 17–17 tie. The tie proved to be costly for the Chiefs, as Oakland clinched their first AFC West championship with a 20–6 victory in Oakland in Week 13. Due to this incident, the NFL changed the rules so that Davidson's personal foul would have been enforced at the end of the play, and Taylor's penalty would have been assessed only after the Chiefs had been awarded a first down.
The Chiefs defeated the Raiders 42–10 in the 1975 season, prompting the Chiefs' live horse mascot Warpaint to circle the field after each touchdown scored. After the game, Raiders coach John Madden said "We couldn't beat the Chiefs, but we damn near killed their horse."[19]
The Raiders won two more Super Bowl titles in 1980[20] and 1983[21] while the Chiefs were considered to be one of the worst teams in the NFL. The Raiders won most of the games between the 1970s and 1980s.[22] [23] Following their victory in Super Bowl IV, the Chiefs returned to the playoffs in 1971, but lost in double overtime to the Miami Dolphins in the divisional round in the longest game in NFL history, the final game at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium. Following that loss, Kansas City did not return to the playoffs until 1986.[24]
In the final game of the 1999 season, the Chiefs and Raiders faced off at Kansas City. A win for the Chiefs would put them in the playoffs. A game plagued by special teams mistakes for the Chiefs, including three attempted kickoffs that ended up out of bounds by kickoff specialist Jon Baker, helped keep the Raiders in the game and stop the Chiefs from sealing the victory. The game went into overtime and, helped by favorable field position after the third and final kickoff out of bounds, former Chief Rich Gannon drove the Raiders into Chiefs territory, setting up the game-winning field goal and knocking the Chiefs out of the playoffs, their first win at Arrowhead since 1988.[25]
On October 21, 2007, the Chiefs defeated the Raiders for a record ninth straight victory. On November 25, 2007, the Raiders defeated the Chiefs in Arrowhead for Oakland's first victory over Kansas City since December 23, 2002.
On September 14, 2008, the Raiders defeated the Chiefs 23–8 for the second straight time in Kansas City. Rookie Darren McFadden compiled 210 rushing yards and a touchdown.[26] On November 30, 2008, the Chiefs defeated the Raiders for the sixth straight time in Oakland.[27]
On September 20, 2009, the Raiders defeated the Chiefs 13–10, in Kansas City for the third straight time. The Chiefs became one of the few teams to lose to quarterback JaMarcus Russell.[28] On November 15, 2009, the Chiefs defeated the Raiders 16–10 in Oakland Coliseum for the Chiefs' seventh straight victory in Oakland.
On November 7, 2010, the Raiders defeated the Chiefs in OT 23–20 in a match-up that revived the Chiefs–Raiders rivalry. It marked the 99th time these teams have met in the regular season and 102nd overall. On January 2, 2011, the Raiders defeated the Chiefs in Kansas City for the fourth straight time, 31–10, to finish a sweep of the AFC West.
On October 3, 2011, a Raiders fan filed a lawsuit against the Chiefs and two unidentified Chiefs fans, claiming that security did nothing as he was beaten during a brawl at Kansas City in 2009.[29]
The Chiefs broke Oakland's six-game winning streak in Kansas City on October 13, 2013, when they defeated the Raiders, 24–7, in a game where Kansas City set a then world record for the loudest open-air venue at over 137 dB.[30]
On November 20, 2014, the Raiders snapped a 16-game losing streak in Oakland against the Chiefs while Kansas City was in a four-game winning streak the week after the Chiefs defeated the defending Super Bowl champions, the Seattle Seahawks. The loss ended up costing Kansas City a playoff berth.
In 2015, the Kansas City Chiefs swept the season series between these two teams.
In 2016, both teams were at the top of the AFC for the entire season, with Oakland securing their first winning season and first playoff appearance since 2002. The Chiefs beat Oakland twice, 26–10 in Oakland and in Kansas City 21–13. Both teams ended the regular season with a 12–4 record and with the series sweep, Kansas City won the AFC West and a first round bye while Oakland was relegated to Wild Card status and the fifth seed in the AFC playoffs.
The Chiefs and Raiders met for a Thursday Night match-up on October 19, 2017 in Oakland, with the Chiefs at a 5–1 record and the Raiders at a 2–4 record. The Raiders won the game 31–30 with a touchdown pass at the very end of the game, which followed two Chiefs defensive penalties, also including a scuffle between the two teams that led to Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch getting ejected.[31] The game snapped a four-game losing streak for Oakland in the season, and also a five-game losing streak against the Chiefs in the rivalry.
In Week 5 of the 2020 season, the rivalry between the two teams was renewed when the 2-2 Raiders went to Arrowhead Stadium and upset the undefeated Chiefs 40-32, snapping a 5-game losing streak against the Chiefs dating back to 2017. It was the Raiders’ first win in Arrowhead since 2012, with Derek Carr passing for 347 yards and three touchdowns, while Patrick Mahomes had 340 yards and two touchdowns, but had a costly third-quarter interception that led to a critical Raiders touchdown. It was Mahomes’ first loss to the Raiders, and first loss since losing to the Tennessee Titans in Week 10 of the 2019 season.
On November 22, 2020, the two teams met in Las Vegas for the first time on Sunday Night Football. With 1:07 left in the game, Derek Carr threw a touchdown pass to Jason Witten to give the Raiders a 31-28 lead, but Patrick Mahomes lead a 75-yard drive culminating in a 23-yard touchdown pass to Travis Kelce with 28 seconds left that gave the Chiefs a 35-31 win, officially renewing a spark in the rivalry between the two teams. After, the Chiefs went on to finish the season 14-2, losing to the Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV, while the Raiders, who were 6-3 leading up to this game, began a painful late-season collapse, as they would lose four of their last six games to end the season 8-8 and out of the playoffs.
On Christmas Day, the Raiders defense helped snap another 5-game losing streak against the Chiefs.
|-| 1960| Tie 1–1| style="| Raiders
20–19| style="| Texans
34–16| Tie
1–1| Inaugural season for both franchises and the AFL.|-| 1961| style="| | style="| Texans
43–11| style="| Texans
42–35| Texans
3–1| |-| 1962| style="| | style="| Texans
35–7| style="| Texans
26–16| Texans
5–1| Texans win 1962 AFL Championship.|-| 1963| style="| | style="| Raiders
22–7| style="| Raiders
10–7| Chiefs
5–3| Texans move to Kansas City and become the Kansas City Chiefs.|-| 1964| style="| | style="| Chiefs
42–7| style="| Chiefs
21–9| Chiefs
7–3| |-| 1965| Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
14–7| style="| Raiders
37–10| Chiefs
8–4| |-| 1966| Tie 1–1| style="| Raiders
34–14| style="| Chiefs
32–10| Chiefs
9–5| Chiefs win 1966 AFL Championship, lose Super Bowl I.|-| 1967| style="| | style="| Raiders
44–22| style="| Raiders
23–21| Chiefs
9–7| Raiders win 1967 AFL Championship, lose Super Bowl II.|-| 1968| Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
24–10| style="| Raiders
30–21| Chiefs
10–8| Raiders lose 1968 AFL Championship.|- style="background:#f2f2f2; font-weight:bold;"| 1968 Playoffs| style="| | | style="| Raiders
41–6| Chiefs
10–9| AFL Western Division Playoff. First postseason meeting between the two teams.|-| 1969| style="| | style="| Raiders
27–24| style="| Raiders
10–6| Raiders
11–10| Chiefs win 1969 AFL Championship, win Super Bowl IV.|- style="background:#f2f2f2; font-weight:bold;"| 1969 Playoffs| style="| | | style="| Chiefs
17–7| Tie
11–11| AFL Championship Game. Chiefs become first Super Bowl representative (and champion) to not win their respective division.|-|-| | style="| | Tie
17–17| style="| Raiders
20–6| Raiders
12–11–1| AFL-NFL merger. Both teams placed in AFC West. Late in the game in Kansas City, Ben Davidson and Otis Taylor fight leads to a bench clearing brawl. Offsetting penalties took a first down away from the Chiefs, forcing them to punt and allowing the Raiders to kick a game-tying field goal.|-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
16–14| Tie
20–20| Tie
12–12–2| Most recent tie game in the series.|-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
27–14| style="| Raiders
26–3| Tie
13–13–2| Chiefs open Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City's win was its first at Arrowhead before a record crowd of 82,390.|-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
16–3| style="| Raiders
37–7| Tie
14–14–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
7–6| style="| Raiders
27–7| Raiders
16–14–2| |-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
42–10| style="| Raiders
28–20| Raiders
17–15–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
24–21| style="| Raiders
21–10| Raiders
19–15–2| Raiders win Super Bowl XI.
Game in Kansas City is first meeting aired on Monday Night Football.|-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
37–28| style="| Raiders
21–20| Raiders
21–15–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
20–10| style="| Raiders
28–6| Raiders
23–15–2| Raiders win seven straight meetings.|-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
35–7| style="| Chiefs
24–21| Raiders
23–17–2| Chiefs' first win in Oakland since 1969 AFL Championship; first Kansas City sweep since 1964. |-|-| | Tie
1–1| style="| Raiders
27–14| style="| Chiefs
31–17| Raiders
24–18–2| Raiders win Super Bowl XV. The game at Oakland sees starting Raider quarterback Dan Pastorini suffer a broken leg while replacement Jim Plunkett throws 5 interceptions.|-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
27–0| style="| Chiefs
28–17| Raiders
24–20–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
21–17| no game| Raiders
25–20–2| Raiders move from Oakland to Los Angeles. Game in Los Angeles was cancelled due to the Players strike reducing season to 9 games.|-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
28–20| style="| Raiders
21–20| Raiders
27–20–2| Raiders win Super Bowl XVIII.|-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
22–20| style="| Raiders
17–7| Raiders
29–20–2| |-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
36–20| style="| Raiders
19–10| Raiders
30–21–2| |-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Raiders
24–17| style="| Chiefs
20–17| Raiders
31–22–2| |-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
16–10| style="| Raiders
35–17| Raiders
32–23–2| Game in Los Angeles played with replacement players during NFL players strike.|-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
27–17| style="| Raiders
17–10| Raiders
34–23–2| |-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
24–19| style="| Raiders
20–14| Raiders
35–24–2||-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
9–7| style="| Chiefs
27–24| Raiders
35–26–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
24–21| style="| Chiefs
27–21| Raiders
35–28–2| |- style="background:#f2f2f2; font-weight:bold;"| 1991 Playoffs| style="| | style="| Chiefs
10–6| | Raiders
35–29–2| AFC Wild Card playoffs. Third overall postseason meeting, but the only postseason meeting since the AFL-NFL merger.|-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
27–7| style="| Raiders
28–7| Raiders
36–30–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
24–9| style="| Chiefs
31–20| Raiders
36–32–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
13–3| style="| Chiefs
19–9| Raiders
36–34–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
23–17(OT)| style="| Chiefs
29–23| Tie
36–36–2| Raiders move from Los Angeles back to Oakland.|-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
19–3| style="| Raiders
26–7| Tie
37–37–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
30–0| style="| Chiefs
28–27| Chiefs
39–37–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
28–8| style="| Chiefs
31–24| Chiefs
41–37–2| Chiefs win 11 straight home games (1989–98).
Game in Oakland last for Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer.|-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Raiders
41–38(OT)| style="| Chiefs
37–34| Chiefs
42–38–2| Chiefs win 19 of 21 meetings dating back to 1989. Raiders win in Kansas City, the final game of the regular season, to keep the Chiefs out of the playoffs. Game in Kansas City also the last for Chiefs star linebacker Derrick Thomas, who died 37 days later from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.|-|-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
20–17| style="| Raiders
49–31| Chiefs
42–40–2| First Raiders sweep since 1988. |-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
27–24| style="| Raiders
28–26| Tie
42–42–2| Game in Kansas City is season opener and played with replacement officials.|-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
20–10| style="| Raiders
24–0| Tie
43–43–2 | Raiders lose Super Bowl XXXVII.|-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
27–24| style="| Chiefs
17–10| Chiefs
45–43–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
31–30| style="| Chiefs
34–27| Chiefs
47–43–2| Game in Kansas City played on Christmas.|-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
27–23| style="| Chiefs
23–17| Chiefs
49–43–2||-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
17–13| style="| Chiefs
20–9| Chiefs
51–43–2| |-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Raiders
20–17| style="| Chiefs
12–10| Chiefs
52–44–2 | Chiefs win nine straight meetings.|-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Raiders
23–8| style="| Chiefs
20–13| Chiefs
53–45–2 | |-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Raiders
13–10| style="| Chiefs
16–10| Chiefs
54–46–2 | Chiefs win seven straight games in Oakland.|-|-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
31–10| style="| Raiders
23–20(OT)| Chiefs
54–48–2| Raiders sweep division but miss the playoffs, an NFL first. |-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Raiders
16–13(OT)| style="| Chiefs
28–0| Chiefs
55–49–2 | |-| | style="| | style="| Raiders
26–16| style="| Raiders
15–0| Chiefs
55–51–2| Raiders win six straight meetings in Kansas City.|-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
24–7| style="| Chiefs
56–31| Chiefs
57–51–2| The Chiefs' 56–31 win in Oakland is the highest scoring game in the rivalry (87 points).|-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
31–13| style="| Raiders
24–20| Chiefs
58–52–2 ||-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
23–17| style="| Chiefs
34–20| Chiefs
60–52–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
21–13| style="| Chiefs
26–10| Chiefs
62–52–2||-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Chiefs
26–15| style="| Raiders
31–30| Chiefs
63–53–2| Raiders win game in Oakland after back-to-back holding calls against the Chiefs which allowed 2 consecutive untimed downs. |-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
35–3| style="| Chiefs
40–33| Chiefs
65–53–2| Chiefs clinch the AFC West and the AFC's #1 seed with their home win in week 17.|-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
40–9| style="| Chiefs
28–10| Chiefs
67–53–2| Chiefs win seven straight home meetings. Chiefs win Super Bowl LIV.|-|-| | Tie 1–1| style="| Raiders
40–32| style="| Chiefs
35–31| Chiefs
68–54–2| Raiders relocate to Las Vegas, Nevada. Raiders' first win in Kansas City since 2012. Chiefs lose Super Bowl LV.|-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
48–9| style="| Chiefs
41–14| Chiefs
70–54–2| |-| | style="| | style="| Chiefs
30–29 | style="| Chiefs
31–13 | Chiefs
72–54–2| Chiefs clinch the AFC's #1 seed with their road win in week 18. Chiefs win Super Bowl LVII.|- | | Tie 1–1| style="| Raiders
20–14| style="| Chiefs
31–17 | Chiefs
73–55–2| Game in Kansas City played on Christmas. Chiefs win Super Bowl LVIII.|- |-| AFL regular season| Tie 10–10| Tie 5–5| Tie 5–5||-| NFL regular season| style="|| Chiefs 32–21–1 | Chiefs 29–23–1| |-| AFL and NFL regular season| style="|| Chiefs 37–26–1 | Chiefs 34–28–1| |-| AFL and NFL postseason| style="|| Chiefs 1–0| Tie 1–1| AFC Wild Card playoffs: 1991. AFL Western Divisional playoff: 1968. AFL Championship Game: 1969.|-| Regular and postseason | style="|| Chiefs 38–26–1| Chiefs 35–29–1| 73 wins by the Chiefs are the most by one team against the Raiders.|-