KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KY3/KCTV)—The Kansas City Chiefs will attempt to return to the Super Bowl for the fourth consecutive year, and this schedule will help them do so.
On Wednesday, the National Football League released the entirety of the 2025 schedule.
Kansas City’s season begins on an international stage and features eight league primetime games. Here’s everything you need to know about the schedule.
**First-of-its-kind opener**
Kansas City opens the 2025 season with a trip to Brazil for a divisional battle. The Chiefs will play Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers in a Friday night game that will be the first-of-its-kind, broadcasting exclusively to YouTube.
It’s the [continuation of an NFL theme](https://www.kctv5.com/2025/05/14/chiefs-open-2025-season-brazil-with-first-of-its-kind-matchup-against-chargers/) of the Chiefs being used for debut broadcasts on new networks. Last year, the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers played in Brazil in Week 1.
The home opener at Arrowhead Stadium will also be a rematch of last year’s Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.
The Week 2 matchup will be played Sunday, Sept. 14, at Arrowhead and will kick off at 3:25 p.m. It’ll be the third time Kansas City has met Philadelphia in the regular season during Mahomes’ career as a starter, and the fifth overall meeting when factoring in the two clubs’ recent Super Bowl matchups.
**Holiday matchups**
The Chiefs will be playing on both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, a season after playing on Black Friday and Christmas. It’s the third year in a row the Chiefs have played on Christmas and the first time Kansas City has played on Thanksgiving since 2006.
Kansas City travels to Dallas in Week 13 for a matchup with the Cowboys.
They’ll host the Denver Broncos on Christmas night at 7:15 p.m. in a game that will be broadcast on Prime Video. That game will be part of the NFL’s Week 17 schedule and set the stage for the final week of the season.
**Primetime Kansas City**
With Super Bowl titles in three of the past six seasons, Kansas City is the most-watched team in the NFL.
This year, there are no indications that will change. The Chiefs are featured in eight primetime games, including a Sunday Night Football matchup with the defending NFC North champion Detroit Lions in Week 6 and a Monday Night Football game against 2024 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders in Week 8.
Both of those games will be played at Arrowhead Stadium.
In total, the Chiefs will play eight games in primetime, which is tied for the most in the NFL.
**We meet again**
With more than a half-decade as a starting quarterback in the NFL, Patrick Mahomes now has a history with many of his AFC quarterback peers. The next chapter in his history with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson will be written in Week 4, when the Chiefs and Ravens meet on Sunday, Sept. 28.
The sixth straight year of a Bills and Chiefs matchup will take place on Nov. 2, when Mahomes and Kansas City travel to Buffalo for another meeting with reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen. That game will be played on Sunday, Nov. 2.
**Here’s the entire Chiefs schedule:**
Kickoff time (all times CT)
Week 1
* Friday, Sept. 5
* @ Los Angeles Chargers (Sao Paulo)
* 7 p.m.
Week 2
* Sunday, Sept. 14
* Philadelphia Eagles (Home)
* 3:25 p.m.
Week 3
* Sunday, Sept. 21
* @ New York Giants
* 7:20 p.m.
Week 4
* Sunday, Sept. 28
* Baltimore Ravens (Home)
* 3:25 p.m.
Week 5
* Monday, Oct. 6
* @ Jacksonville Jaguars
* 7:15 p.m.
Week 6
* Sunday, Oct. 12
* Detroit Lions (Home)
* 7:20 p.m.
Week 7
* Sunday, Oct. 19
* Las Vegas Raiders (Home)
* 12 p.m.
Week 8
* Monday, Oct. 27
* Washington Commanders (Home)
* 7:15 p.m.
Week 9
* Sunday, Nov. 2
* @ Buffalo Bills
* 3:25 p.m.
Week 10
BYE
Week 11
* Sunday, Nov. 16
* @ Denver Broncos
* 3:25 p.m.
Week 12
* Sunday, Nov. 23
* Indianapolis Colts (Home)
* 12 p.m.
Week 13
* Thursday, Nov. 27
* @ Dallas Cowboys
* 3:30 p.m.
Week 14
* Sunday, Dec. 7
* Houston Texans (Home)
* 7:20 p.m.
Week 15
* Sunday, Dec. 14
* Los Angeles Chargers (Home)
* 12 p.m.
Week 16
* Sunday, Dec. 21
* @ Tennessee Titans
* 12 p.m.
Week 17
* Thursday, Dec. 25
* Denver Broncos (Home)
* 7:15 p.m.
Week 18
* Sunday, Jan. 4
* @ Las Vegas Raiders
* TBD
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