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Kansas City Chiefs vs Los Angeles Chargers

Kansas City Chiefs21

Los Angeles Chargers27✓

Final · Friday, September 5, 2025 · 8:00 p.m. ET (9:00 p.m. local) · Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil

Head coaches: Andy Reid (Chiefs) · Jim Harbaugh (Chargers)

TV: YouTube

How it went

The season's first game abroad and the Chargers made the flight worth it. Justin Herbert threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns — two of them to Quentin Johnston — and Los Angeles led wire to wire at Arena Corinthians, 27–21. Kansas City never trailed by more than ten and never caught up: Patrick Mahomes ran for a score and found Travis Kelce from 37 yards to cut it to two early in the fourth, then watched Herbert answer with the 23-yarder to Johnston. Neither side turned it over; the difference was third down (7-for-13 to 5-for-14) and a Chargers offense that finished drives. São Paulo's crowd of 47,627 saw the Chiefs start the season 0–1, on a Friday night, on another continent.

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Chiefs	0	6	6	9	21
Chargers	7	6	7	7	27

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	KC–LAC
Q1
9:11	TD	Chargers	Quentin Johnston 5 Yd pass from Justin Herbert (Cameron Dicker Kick)	0–7
Q2
13:47	FG	Chargers	Cameron Dicker 39 Yd Field Goal	0–10
4:50	FG	Chiefs	Harrison Butker 35 Yd Field Goal	3–10
0:45	FG	Chargers	Cameron Dicker 36 Yd Field Goal	3–13
0:00	FG	Chiefs	Harrison Butker 59 Yd Field Goal	6–13
Q3
8:05	TD	Chiefs	Patrick Mahomes 11 Yd Rush (Harrison Butker PAT Failed)	12–13
0:32	TD	Chargers	Keenan Allen 11 Yd pass from Justin Herbert (Cameron Dicker Kick)	12–20
Q4
12:04	TD	Chiefs	Travis Kelce 37 Yd pass from Patrick Mahomes (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)	18–20
5:02	TD	Chargers	Quentin Johnston 23 Yd pass from Justin Herbert (Cameron Dicker Kick)	18–27
2:34	FG	Chiefs	Harrison Butker 27 Yd Field Goal	21–27

Team stats

Stat	Chiefs	Chargers
First downs	18	22
Total yards	347	394
Yards per play	6.0	6.4
Passing yards	249	304
Comp / att	24/39	25/34
Rushing yards	98	90
Third down	5-14	7-13
Fourth down	3-3	1-1
Red zone	1-3	2-4
Turnovers	0	0
Penalties – yards	10-71	6-49
Sacks – yards lost	2-9	3-14
Possession	27:16	32:44
Plays	58	62

Also	Chiefs	Chargers
Passing first downs	9	16
Rushing first downs	8	6
First downs by penalty	1	0
Drives	8	8
Yards per pass	6.1	8.2
Interceptions thrown	0	0
Rushing attempts	17	25
Yards per rush	5.8	3.6
Fumbles lost	0	0
Defensive / special-teams TDs	0	0

Player lines

Kansas City Chiefs

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
15Patrick Mahomes	24/39	258	6.6	1	0	2-9	86.1	89.5

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15Patrick Mahomes	6	57	9.5	1	15
10Isiah Pacheco	5	25	5.0	0	10
29Kareem Hunt	5	16	3.2	0	6
1Xavier Worthy	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	17	98	5.8	1	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
5Hollywood Brown	10	99	9.9	0	49	16
9JuJu Smith-Schuster	5	55	11.0	0	16	5
Travis Kelce	2	47	23.5	1	37	4
80Tyquan Thornton	2	41	20.5	0	38	4
29Kareem Hunt	2	10	5.0	0	6	3
83Noah Gray	1	3	3.0	0	3	1
10Isiah Pacheco	2	3	1.5	0	4	3
1Xavier Worthy	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
89Jason Brownlee	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	24	258	10.8	1	49	38

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
52Creed Humphrey	1	0
15Patrick Mahomes	0	1
Team	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
27Chamarri Conner	10	7	0	0	0	0
32Nick Bolton	8	6	0	0	0	0
35Jaylen Watson	6	5	0	0	1	0
23Drue Tranquill	5	4	2	2	0	2
22Trent McDuffie	5	4	0	0	1	0
21Jaden Hicks	4	3	0	0	0	0
56George Karlaftis	3	2	1	2	0	1
6Bryan Cook	3	2	0	0	0	0
90Charles Omenihu	2	2	0	0	0	1
51Mike Danna	2	1	0	1	0	0
54Leo Chenal	2	1	0	0	0	0
20Nohl Williams	2	1	0	0	0	0
95Chris Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0
92Derrick Nnadi	1	1	0	0	0	0
99Jerry Tillery	1	1	0	1	0	0
8Kristian Fulton	1	1	0	0	0	0
97Ashton Gillotte	1	1	0	0	0	0
43Jack Cochrane	1	0	0	0	0	0
59Cooper McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	60	42	3	6	2	4

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
24Brashard Smith	2	63	31.5	37
81Nikko Remigio	2	56	28.0	34
80Tyquan Thornton	1	28	28.0	28
Team	5	147	29.4	37

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
81Nikko Remigio	2	7	3.5	8	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
7Harrison Butker	3/3	100.0	59	0/1	9	35, 59, 27

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
14Matt Araiza	3	116	38.7	0	1	40

Los Angeles Chargers

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
10Justin Herbert	25/34	318	9.4	3	0	3-14	86.7	131.7

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
8Omarion Hampton	15	48	3.2	11
10Justin Herbert	7	32	4.6	19
22Najee Harris	1	5	5.0	5
12Derius Davis	1	3	3.0	3
83Tyler Conklin	1	2	2.0	2
Team	25	90	3.6	19

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
1Quentin Johnston	5	79	15.8	2	33	7
15Ladd McConkey	6	74	12.3	0	23	9
13Keenan Allen	7	68	9.7	1	15	10
83Tyler Conklin	2	50	25.0	0	33	2
89Will Dissly	1	18	18.0	0	18	1
8Omarion Hampton	2	13	6.5	0	7	2
9Tre' Harris	1	11	11.0	0	11	1
22Najee Harris	1	5	5.0	0	5	1
84KeAndre Lambert-Smith	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	25	318	12.7	3	33	34

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
83Tyler Conklin	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
32Alohi Gilman	9	4	0	0	0	0
0Daiyan Henley	8	3	1	1	0	1
3Derwin James Jr.	7	5	0	1	0	2
43Troy Dye	5	3	0	0	0	0
2Elijah Molden	4	4	0	0	0	0
20Cam Hart	4	4	0	0	0	0
50Caleb Murphy	4	2	0	0	0	0
26Donte Jackson	3	3	0	0	1	0
29Tarheeb Still	3	3	0	0	0	0
53Del'Shawn Phillips	3	0	0	0	0	0
91Da'Shawn Hand	2	1	1	1	0	2
36Ja'Sir Taylor	2	1	0	0	0	0
24Benjamin St-Juste	2	1	0	0	0	0
52Khalil Mack	1	1	0	0	0	1
90Teair Tart	1	1	0	0	2	0
40Kendall Williamson	1	0	0	0	0	0
45Tuli Tuipulotu	1	0	0	0	0	2
48Bud Dupree	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	60	36	2	3	4	8

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
28Hassan Haskins	3	67	22.3	25	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
11Cameron Dicker	2/2	100.0	39	3/3	9	39, 36

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
16JK Scott	2	106	53.0	0	0	56

Entering the game

Week 1 — both teams 0–0, every record still to be written.

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 47,627

Officials: Referee Carl Cheffers · Line Judge Rusty Baynes · Back Judge Martin Hankins · Side Judge Eugene Hall · Field Judge Nathan Jones · Down Judge Daniel Gallagher · Umpire Derek Anderson

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