The 2023 season was the Kansas City Chiefs' 54th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 64th overall, and their 11th under head coach Andy Reid.
The Chiefs, who entered the season as defending Super Bowl champions, became the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowl titles since the New England Patriots in 2003 and 2004, along with being the second AFC West team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since their franchise rival Denver Broncos in 1997 and 1998. Despite failing to match their 14âÂÂ3 record during the previous year by posting an 11âÂÂ6 record, they secured their eleventh consecutive winning season, and became division champions for the eighth consecutive season and a record 16th title overall. In total, the Chiefs scored 39 touchdowns during the regular season, falling from their 61 touchdowns in the prior season. The decline in touchdowns dropped the team in scoring from 2nd in the league to 15th.
In the playoffs, the Chiefs defeated the Miami Dolphins by the score of 26âÂÂ7 in the wild card round in frigid weather, as the game was the fourth coldest game played in NFL history. In the divisional round, the team held on to a narrow 27âÂÂ24 win over the Buffalo Bills on the road, marking their 3rd postseason victory over Buffalo in four seasons, and additionally marking Kansas City's first road postseason game in the AFC with Patrick Mahomes. They made their sixth consecutive AFC Championship Game appearance, but their first on the road, defeating the Baltimore Ravens with a 17âÂÂ10 score to advance to their fourth Super Bowl appearance in five years. They defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25âÂÂ22 in overtime in Super Bowl LVIII, which was only the second overtime in Super Bowl history (the first being Super Bowl LI) and a rematch of Super Bowl LIV. The win moved the Chiefs to four Super Bowl titles, becoming the seventh franchise to accomplish that number.
The Chiefs' defense was a key part of their Super Bowl-winning season, as they had a 2nd ranked defense in terms of yardage and points per game, only behind the Ravens. Despite all four of their opponents in the playoffs having scoring offenses that finished in the top 10 in the NFL, the Chiefs only allowed 15.8 points per game in the playoffs. Patrick Mahomes won his third Super Bowl MVP with two touchdown passes, including the decisive play in overtime. This marked Mahomes' third Super Bowl title in his first six years starting for the Chiefs. With the team having trailed by ten points in the second quarter, it also marked the third time in the Reid/Mahomes era the Chiefs overcame a double-digit Super Bowl deficit to win the title.
The Kansas City Chiefs drew an average home attendance of 70,968 in 9 home games in the 2023 NFL season.
The Chiefs only had three players ranked in the NFL Top 100 Players of 2023 players for the second straight year. However, all three were ranked in the top 10. Patrick Mahomes was named the number 1 player for the 2nd time. They were the only team with multiple top 10 selections and the second team ever with three in the top 10, after the Los Angeles Rams in 2022.
All transactions in this section occurred between the end of the 2022 season (excluding futures contracts which began to be signed following the conclusion of the regular season) and the Chiefs first preseason game.
Below are players who were on the roster at the end of the 2022 season, but were either released or did not re-sign after their contract expired.
Players signed to futures contracts would typically spend most or all of the previous season on the Chiefs' or another team's practice squad. These contracts are signed after the conclusion of the regular season through the beginning the next league year. Players with an asterisk finished the 2022 season on the Chiefs practice squad.
Players below played for another team in 2022 and signed with the Chiefs.
Draft trades
Players below were signed in the offseason but were released before the start of the preseason.
Transactions below occurred between the day after Chiefs first preseason game and the day before their first regular season game.
Players below were released outside of the league mandated cut date.
Players below were released to reach the league mandated 53-player roster limit. The Chiefs also used a trade and reserve lists to reach the player limit. Additionally, the Chiefs waived three players with an injury designation who reverted to injured reserve after going unclaimed.
Players listed below were involved in a transaction between the Chiefs first game of the regular season and Super Bowl LVIII.
Players below were activated via a standard elevation prior to a game. A standard elevation is when a team temporarily activates a player from the practice squad to the active roster and allows them to send the player back to the practice squad without needing to clear waivers first.
Players below with PS next to previous team indicates player was signed off the practice squad of the team listed
KSHB carried the preseason games in the Kansas City area. Other networks throughout the region, primarily in Missouri and Kansas, also carried the games. Broadcasters provided are the Chiefs' broadcast. The Chiefs opponents also had their own broadcast team.
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
With this victory Andy Reid became the winningest coach in Chiefs history with 130 wins, surpassing Hank Stram who won 129 games.
The Chiefs jumped out to a 17-0 lead, and while the Jets tied the game at 20-20, the Chiefs took a 23-20 lead and were able to bleed out the clock off a questionable defensive holding call on Sauce Gardner.
In Taylor Swift's second Chiefs game visiting, over 27 million people watched, the most watched Sunday TV show since Super Bowl LVII.
This was the first time since week 2 of the 2015 season that the Chiefs lost to the Broncos, and this was also Patrick Mahomes' first ever loss to the Broncos in his career.