Week 16 · 2024 NFL Season

Houston Texans vs Kansas City Chiefs

Sat, Dec 21, 2024, 1:00 PM EST

Houston Texans

Away · 9-6

Kansas City Chiefs

Home · 14-1

Final — Kansas City Chiefs win

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	3	7	6	3	19
KC	7	10	7	3	27

Houston Texans visit the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 16 of the 2024 NFL season. Final: Houston Texans 19, Kansas City Chiefs 27.

Recap: Mahomes throws for TD and runs for score as Chiefs beat Texans 27-19 to close in on No. 1 seed →

Prediction & pick

Odds pick

Kansas City Chiefs

64% implied ·Solid

Against the spread

Pick'em / no spread

Crowd pick

Kansas City Chiefs 100%

Odds pick hit ✓

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Betting lines

Moneyline

Houston Texans: 2.50

Kansas City Chiefs: 1.56

Spread

Houston Texans: —

Kansas City Chiefs: —

Over / Under

—

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Team stats

HOU KC

20 1st Downs 25

311 Total Yards 375

227 Passing 251

84 Rushing 124

7-13 3rd down efficiency 7-13

6-45 Penalties 2-20

2 Turnovers 0

26:08 Possession 33:52

Leaders

HOU

Passing Yards

C.J. Stroud (QB) — 23/39, 244 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Yards

Joe Mixon (RB) — 14 CAR, 57 YDS
Receiving Yards

Tank Dell (WR) — 6 REC, 98 YDS, 1 TD

KC

Passing Yards

Patrick Mahomes (QB) — 28/41, 260 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing Yards

Kareem Hunt (RB) — 11 CAR, 55 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving Yards

Xavier Worthy (WR) — 7 REC, 65 YDS, 1 TD

Scoring summary

Q1 6:31 KC Patrick Mahomes 15 Yd Rush (Harrison Butker Kick) 0–7
Q1 3:08 HOU Ka'imi Fairbairn 33 Yd Field Goal 3–7
Q2 10:09 HOU Dalton Schultz 10 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) 10–7
Q2 4:38 KC Kareem Hunt 3 Yd Rush (Harrison Butker Kick) 10–14
Q2 0:19 KC Harrison Butker 44 Yd Field Goal 10–17
Q3 11:40 HOU Tank Dell 30 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn PAT Failed) 16–17
Q3 2:42 KC Xavier Worthy 8 Yd pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker Kick) 16–24
Q4 11:51 HOU Ka'imi Fairbairn 38 Yd Field Goal 19–24
Q4 5:18 KC Harrison Butker 27 Yd Field Goal 19–27

Standings

2025 AFC South Standings

Team	W-L	PF	PA
Jacksonville	13-4	474	336
Houston	12-5	404	295
Indianapolis	8-9	466	412
Tennessee	3-14	284	478

2025 AFC West Standings

Team	W-L	PF	PA
Denver	14-3	401	311
Los Angeles	11-6	368	340
Kansas City	6-11	362	328
Las Vegas	3-14	241	432

Referee Carl Cheffers

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