National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
Kansas City 36,
Pittsburgh 10
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, December 26, 2021
Where: GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 57°
Head Official: Jerome Boger
Attendance: 73371
Where: GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 57°
Head Official: Jerome Boger
Attendance: 73371
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Kansas City | 14 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 36 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 4:07 | ||
| Kansas City | TD |
Kansas City 7 - Pittsburgh 0 Clyde Edwards-Helaire 1 yd. run (Elliott Fry kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 1:05 | ||
| Kansas City | TD |
Kansas City 14 - Pittsburgh 0 Byron Pringle 5 yd. pass from Patrick Mahomes (Elliott Fry kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 8:45 | ||
| Kansas City | FG |
Kansas City 17 - Pittsburgh 0 Elliott Fry 44 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 2:13 | ||
| Kansas City | TD |
Kansas City 23 - Pittsburgh 0 Mecole Hardman 8 yd. pass from Patrick Mahomes (kick failed) |
| 3rd Quarter - 8:53 | ||
| Kansas City | TD |
Kansas City 30 - Pittsburgh 0 Byron Pringle 16 yd. pass from Patrick Mahomes (Elliott Fry kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 3:34 | ||
| Pittsburgh | FG |
Kansas City 30 - Pittsburgh 3 Chris Boswell 34 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 11:57 | ||
| Kansas City | FG |
Kansas City 33 - Pittsburgh 3 Elliott Fry 34 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 9:41 | ||
| Kansas City | FG |
Kansas City 36 - Pittsburgh 3 Elliott Fry 30 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 2:54 | ||
| Pittsburgh | TD |
Kansas City 36 - Pittsburgh 10 Diontae Johnson 15 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Pittsburgh | Kansas City | |
| 1st Downs | 20 | 25 |
| Rushing | 6 | 9 |
| Passing | 13 | 16 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 5-13 | 4-11 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| Punts-Average | 2-60.5 | 2-45.5 |
| Return Yards | 81 | 38 |
| Punts-Returns | 1-20 | 1-18 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 3-61 | 1-20 |
| Int - Returns | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-40 | 5-41 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-2 | 3-0 |
| Time of Possession | 25:18 | 34:42 |
| Total Net Yards | 303 | 381 |
| Total Plays | 70 | 67 |
| Average Gain | 4.3 | 5.7 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 130 | 127 |
| Rushes | 25 | 35 |
| Average/Rush | 5.2 | 3.6 |
| Net Yards Passing | 173 | 254 |
| Comp-Att | 28-43 | 23-30 |
| Yards/Pass | 3.8 | 7.9 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 2-21 | 2-4 |
| Had Intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Rushing | 0 | 1 |
| Passing | 1 | 3 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 1-1 | 3-4 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 3-4 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 1-4-25% | 4-6-67% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 0-0-0% | 2-3-67% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers
(7-7-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| B. Roethlisberger | 23/35 | 159 | 1 | 1 |
| M. Rudolph | 5/8 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas City Chiefs
(11-4)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| P. Mahomes | 23/30 | 258 | 3 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| N. Harris | 19 | 93 | 4.9 | 0 | 21 |
| B. Snell Jr. | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Rudolph | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| D. Williams | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 0 | 12 |
| D. Gore | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 0 | 10 |
| C. Edwards-Helaire | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 1 | 7 |
| M. Burton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Henne | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| D. Johnson | 9 | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 1 | 18 |
| C. Claypool | 6 | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 0 | 24 |
| Z. Gentry | 4 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 12 |
| R. McCloud | 8 | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 0 | 17 |
| N. Harris | 7 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 6 |
| C. White | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 6 |
| K. Rader | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Snell Jr. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| B. Pringle | 7 | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 2 | 22 |
| D. Gore | 3 | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 50 |
| M. Hardman | 5 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | 14 |
| D. Williams | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 18 |
| T. Hill | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 10 |
| D. Robinson | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 |
| N. Gray | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Bell | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| C. Edwards-Helaire | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Gordon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| C. Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| C. Heyward | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| A. Highsmith | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| T. Wharton | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| F. Clark | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| M. Fitzpatrick | 5 | 7 |
| R. Spillane | 5 | 8 |
| J. Schobert | 4 | 6 |
| A. Maulet | 3 | 1 |
| J. Haden | 3 | 1 |
| I. Loudermilk | 3 | 3 |
| C. Heyward | 3 | 3 |
| M. Adams | 2 | 0 |
| A. Highsmith | 2 | 3 |
| T. Edmunds | 2 | 3 |
| U. Gilbert III | 1 | 0 |
| T. Watt | 1 | 0 |
| T. Norwood | 1 | 0 |
| C. Davis | 1 | 2 |
| D. Tuszka | 0 | 1 |
| T. Charlton | 0 | 1 |
| H. Mondeaux | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| B. Niemann | 6 | 1 |
| D. Bootle | 5 | 2 |
| L. Sneed | 4 | 2 |
| M. Hughes | 4 | 2 |
| J. Thornhill | 4 | 3 |
| C. Ward | 3 | 0 |
| T. Wharton | 2 | 0 |
| T. Mathieu | 2 | 0 |
| C. Jones | 2 | 1 |
| D. O'Daniel | 2 | 2 |
| A. Hitchens | 2 | 3 |
| W. Gay | 2 | 3 |
| F. Clark | 1 | 0 |
| J. Jackson | 1 | 1 |
| M. Danna | 0 | 1 |
| J. Reed | 0 | 1 |
| A. Okafor | 0 | 2 |
| D. Nnadi | 0 | 3 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| C. Davis | 1.0 |
| C. Heyward | 1.0 |
| J. Schobert | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| L. Sneed | 1.0 |
| A. Hitchens | 1.0 |
| F. Clark | 1.0 |
| C. Ward | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| B. Roethlisberger | 1 |
| D. Johnson | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| C. Henne | 2 |
| P. Mahomes | 1 |