Sunday marks the third time the Chiefs will have played on Christmas Day. They’re hoping the experience against the Broncos is more like the latter than the former.
In 2004, the Raiders and Chiefs went back and forth at Arrowhead Stadium. Two Trent Green touchdown passes to Tony Gonzalez helped the Chiefs forge a 21-21 tie at halftime, but the Raiders took a 24-21 lead into the fourth quarter.
Oakland went ahead on Sebastian Janikowski’s 46-yard field goal with 1:03 remaining. But Dante Hall’s 49-yard kickoff return set up the Chiefs at the Raiders’ 36. The Chiefs moved to the 20, where Lawrence Tynes booted a 38-yard field goal with 26 seconds to play for a 31-30 victory.