The game
The Kansas City Chiefs will host the AFC Championship game on Sunday for the fifth straight season and for the second straight year, their opponent will be the Cincinnati Bengals. Kick-off is scheduled for 5.30pm Arrowhead Time. The game will air on CBS — locally on KCTV/5.
In a postgame ceremony, the winner will receive the Lamar Hunt Trophy as champion of the American Football Conference. That team will then represent the AFC in the NFL Championship: Super Bowl LVII. That game will be played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday, February 12 at 5:30pm
Since head coach Andy Reid took over the Chiefs in 2013, these two teams have met five times. Kansas City won just one of those games: a 45-10 win during Patrick Mahomes’ first year as the team’s starting quarterback. Since Zac Taylor took over as Cincinnati’s head coach in 2019, the teams have met three times: once in last season’s AFC title game and two regular-season matchups: one in 2021 and one in 2022. The Bengals have won all three of those matches by just three points.
The Chiefs are coming off a 27-20 Divisional Round win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Arrowhead a week ago on Saturday. Last Sunday, the Bengals earned a 27-10 road win in their Divisional Round game against the Buffalo Bills.
Every team’s quarterbacks are the faces of their franchises.
The Associated Press is very likely to name Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes as the NFL Most Valuable Player for 2022. He won the same award in 2018 during his first season as a starter for the Chiefs. For the current season, he has already been selected to the AP First-Team All Pro team (and named to his fifth Pro Bowl) after leading the league in passing yards (5,250), touchdowns (41), percentage of touchdown passes (6.3%) and QBR (77.6).
In 2022 – his third NFL season – Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow was named to his first Pro Bowl after ranking fifth in passing yardage (4,475), second in passing touchdowns (35), fourth in touchdown passing percentage ( 5.8%) and tenth in QBR (58.7).
Nuts and bolts
- Position: GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
- Playing surface: Natural grass
- Game time: 5:30pm Arrowhead Time, Sunday, January 29, 2023
- Weather forecast: Mostly cloudy and 20, N winds at 12 mph
- Match history: 17-14 Bengals (regular season)
- Chance: Chiefs -1.5, per DraftKings Sportsbook
- Officials: Referee Ron Torbert (62), referee Ramon Giorgio (128), down judge Kent Payne (79), line judge Jeff Seemann (45), court judge Tom Hill (97), side judge Boris Cheek (41), rear judge Todd Prukop (30), official replay Roddy Ames and replay assistant Joe Vollan.
- glitz: Colors: Kansas City Fire Department. National Anthem: United States Navy Veteran General Wilson. First half: rappers Gio fat. Overpass: Four T-38s from Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri. Drum Deck Honoree: Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt.
- Telecast: Featuring Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Jay Feely — plus Tracy Wolfson and Evan Washburn — on KCTV (CBS/5-Kansas City), Chiefs Mobile App, WKRC (CBS/12-Cincinnati), and CBS affiliates nationwide.
- Online stream: Fubo.TV, Paramount+
- Chiefs radio broadcast: with Mitch Holthus, Danan Hughes and Josh Klingler on affiliates WDAF (106.5 FM-Kansas City) and Chiefs Radio Network
- Spanish Radio Broadcast of the Chiefs: with Kike Morales, Oscar Monterroso and Hannah Bassham on KPRS (103.3 FM/HD2-Kansas City), KCWJ (1030 AM-Kansas City), KSSA (105.9 FM-Garden City) and KGHF (99.7 HD2-Wichita), Tico-Sports.com and NFL Game Pass
- Bengali Radio Broadcast: with Dan Hoard, Dave Lapham and Wayne Box Miller on affiliates WLW (700 AM-Cincinnati), WCKY (1530 AM-Cincinnati), WEBN (102.7 FM-Cincinnati), and Bengals Radio Network
- SiriusXM Broadcast: Channel 227
- Enemy SB Nation site: Cincy Jungle
- Chirping: Arrowhead Pride
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What you need to know at the stadium
- Open car parks: 1 pm
- Stadium gate opening: 3.30pm
- Parking pass: All parking passes must be purchased in advance at www.Chiefs.com; payments will not be accepted at the car park toll booths.
- Cashless Arrowhead: All concession stands and retail outlets I am completely cashless. Stationary outlets offer traditional scan and chip reader options for credit/debit cards, and mobile scan and touch payment options, including Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay. Street vendors and vendors inside the stadium only accept credit cards.
- Transparent bags, permitted items: Guests are strongly encouraged not to bring any type of bag into GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. For those who need to bring a bag, the NFL Clear Bag Policy will be in effect. Fans should visit www.Chiefs.com for important information on the clear bag policy and a complete list of permitted and prohibited items.
- COVID-19: Masks are no longer needed indoors. But according to the Kansas City, Missouri Department of Health’s recommendation, masks are encouraged. Fans should stay home if they are ill, showing symptoms of COVID-19, or have been in close contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19. If you get ill and cannot attend the match, you can resell or transfer your tickets.
2022 program
Wk1 SunSep 11 @Cardinals State Farm StadiumGlendale, AZ Wk2 Won44-21 Wk2 ThuSep 15 Chargers GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City Won27-24 Wk3 SunSep 25 @Colts Lucas Oil StadiumIndianapolis Lost20-17 Wk4 SunOct 2 @Buccaneers Raymond James StadiumTampa Wk41-31 Wk5 MonOct 10 Raiders GEHA Field in ArrowheadKansas City Won 30-29 Sept.6 Sun Oct. 16 Bills GEHA Field in ArrowheadKansas City lost 24-20 Sept. 17 OT Sept10 SunNov 13 Jaguars GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City Won27-17 Sept11 SunNov 20 @Chargers SoFi StadiumLos Angeles Won30-27 Sept12 SunNov 27 Rams GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City Won26-10 Sept13 SunDec 4 @Bengals Paul Brown StadiumCincinnati Lost27-24 Sept14 SunDec 11 @Broncos Empower FieldDenver Won 34-28 Sept 15 Sun Dec 18 @Texans NRG StadiumHouston Won 30-24 OT Sept 16 Sat 24 Seahawks GEHA Field at ArrowheadKansas City Won 24-10 Sept 17 Sun Jan 1 Broncos GEHA Field at Arrowhead Kan sas City won 27-24 wt. 18 Saturday Jan. 7 @Raiders Allegiant StadiumLas Vegas won 31-13 Sept. 19 hello – – – 20 sept. Saturday, Jan. 21 Jaguars GEHA Field in ArrowheadKansas City won 27-20 Sept.
