The 2025 Kansas City Chiefs’ full regular-season schedule is here!
2025 Schedule
Wk1 FriSep 5 @Chargers Arena CorinthiansSão Paulo, Brazil YouTube (Free)7:00 PM
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Wk2 SunSep 14 Eagles GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City FOX3:25 PM
Wk3 SunSep 21 @Giants MetLife StadiumEast Rutherford, NJ NBC7:20 PM
Wk4 SunSep 28 Ravens GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City CBS3:25 PM
Wk5 MonOct 6 @Jaguars EverBank StadiumJacksonville ESPN/ABC7:15 PM
Wk6 SunOct 12 Lions GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City NBC7:20 PM
Wk7 SunOct 19 Raiders GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City CBS12:00 PM
Wk8 MonOct 27 Commanders GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City ESPN/ABC7:15 PM
Wk9 SunNov 2 @Bills Highmark StadiumOrchard Park, NY CBS3:25 PM
Wk10 BYE - - -
Wk11 SunNov 16 @Broncos Empower FieldDenver CBS3:25 PM
Wk12 SunNov 23 Colts GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City CBS12:00 PM
Wk13 ThuNov 27 @Cowboys AT&T StadiumArlington, TX CBS3:30 PM
Wk14 SunDec 7 Texans GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City NBC7:20 PM
Wk15 SunDec 14 Chargers GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City CBS12:00 PM
Wk16 SunDec 21 @Titans Nissan StadiumNashville CBS12:00 PM
Wk17 ThuDec 25 Broncos GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City Amazon Prime7:15 PM
Wk18 SunJan 4 @Raiders Allegiant StadiumLas Vegas TBATBA
The biggest game on the schedule: Week 9 on the road against the Buffalo Bills (Sunday at 3:25 p.m. on CBS )
While I considered picking Week 2’s Super Bowl rematch against the Philadelphia Eagles, in the end, I decided it has to be the Chiefs’ Week 9 matchup against the Buffalo Bills.
It’s sometimes difficult to know which teams in the NFL are good until the first four to six games are completed. By Week 9, we’ll likely have a clear idea of who both the Chiefs and Bills really are. The timing of the game is also important. Midway through the season, it’s plausible these two perennial AFC contenders could have similar records, and the game could serve as a critical head-to-head tiebreaker in determining the AFC’s No. 1 seed.
In one of the league’s strangest trends, in the teams’ last eight matchups, the Bills have taken every regular-season game, whereas the Chiefs have won every postseason game — including last year’s 32-29 AFC Championship victory.
By winning in Buffalo, Kansas City would break an odd trend heading into their bye week.
Close behind: In Week 2, the Chiefs open up Arrowhead Stadium by hosting the Philadelphia Eagles. It’s an early-season Super Bowl LIX rematch in FOX's late window*.*
Odds and ends: The Chiefs begin the NFL season on Friday night, September 5, away against the Los Angeles Chargers at Arena Corinthians in São Paulo, Brazil (7:15 p.m.).
Kansas City has opened as 2.5-point favorites, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Rapid analysis
The Chiefs have seven primetime games as part of eight standalone games, including:
Friday night visiting the Chargers in Brazil (Week 1)
Sunday night visiting the New York Giants (Week 3)
Sunday night visiting the Jacksonville Jaguars (Week 5)
Sunday night hosting the Detroit Lions (Week 6)
Monday night hosting the Washington Commanders (Week 8)
Week 13 visiting the Dallas Cowboys in a late-afternoon Thanksgiving showcase (Week 13)
Sunday night hosting the Houston Texans (Week 14)
Christmas night hosting the Denver Broncos (Week 17)
Unlike last year — when the Chiefs infamously played on six different days (every day but Tuesday) — their 2025 schedule is more traditional. They’ll play on just four: Friday (the opener), plus the usual Thursday, Sunday and Monday mix.
Kansas City’s bye week is in a perfect spot in Week 10, splitting the season to nine games entering the bye and eight after — ideal when you consider the club’s goal is always to play well into late January. The Chiefs have quick turnarounds for only two games: their Thanksgiving matchup on the road against the Cowboys and their Christmas Day tilt at home against the Denver Broncos.
Five of Kansas City’s six AFC West division games fall after mid-November; three occur in December and January.
For the 10th offseason in a row, national analysts are forecasting a tight division. If that’s finally the case, the regular season's late stretch could be very interesting.
Strength of schedule
The Chiefs play the 11th toughest schedule in the league in 2025, according to their opponents’ 2024 records.