Divisional Round: Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills (Rich Stadium), with a Conference Championship spot at stake. Kickoff: Sun January 5, 1992 at 12:30pm. Winner advances to the Conference Championship. The losing team's season is over.[1][2]
The divisional round is where the bracket is supposed to take its real shape. Kansas City Chiefs traveling to Buffalo Bills at Rich Stadium, with the league watching to see whether the better team or the better matchup wins. Bye-week home favorites carry the weight of expectation; the visiting wild-card winner walks in with no one expecting them and nothing to lose.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Rich Stadium shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Kansas City Chiefs versus Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Kansas City Chiefs-Buffalo Bills cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 11-5 | L1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-9 | W2 |
| Cleveland Browns | 6-10 | L3 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3-13 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 13-3 | L1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 8-8 | L2 |
| New York Jets | 8-8 | W1 |
| New England Patriots | 6-10 | L1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 1-15 | L6 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 12-4 | W4 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 10-6 | W1 |
| Los Angeles Raiders | 9-7 | L3 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 7-9 | W1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 4-12 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 11-5 | W2 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 10-6 | L1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 10-6 | W6 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 3-13 | L10 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 12-4 | W6 |
| Chicago Bears | 11-5 | L1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 8-8 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 4-12 | W1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3-13 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 14-2 | L1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 11-5 | W5 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 10-6 | W1 |
| New York Giants | 8-8 | W1 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | 4-12 | L8 |
1991 - AFC Divisional - Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills
Bills vs Chiefs - AFC Divisional Playoffs 1991-92 January 5, 1992 Kansas City @ Buffalo
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Chiefs vs Bills: 1991 playoffs retake: Divisional Round
Helping the Runner, Chiefs-Bills, 1991 PlayoffsKansas City Chiefs None, Buffalo Bills None
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0071414 |
| Buffalo Bills | 7 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 717243737 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bills | Andre Reed 25 yard pass from Jim Kelly ( Scott Norwood kick) | 0-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bills | Andre Reed 53 yard pass from Jim Kelly ( Scott Norwood kick) | 0-14 |
| Bills | Scott Norwood 33 yard field goal | 0-17 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bills | James Lofton 10 yard pass from Jim Kelly ( Scott Norwood kick) | 0-24 |
| Chiefs | Barry Word 3 yard rush ( Nick Lowery kick) | 7-24 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bills | Scott Norwood 20 yard field goal | 7-27 |
| Bills | Scott Norwood 47 yard field goal | 7-30 |
| Bills | Kenneth Davis 5 yard rush ( Scott Norwood kick) | 7-37 |
| Chiefs | Fred Jones 20 yard pass from Mark Vlasic ( Nick Lowery kick) | 14-37 |
Buffalo Bills defeated Kansas City Chiefs 37-14 at Rich Stadium in the Divisional Round. The final scoring play was Chiefs: Fred Jones 20 yard pass from Mark Vlasic ( Nick Lowery kick). The 23-point margin made it a one-sided afternoon. Top line of the day: Jim Kelly: 273 pass yards on 23-of-35, 3 TD, 3 INT. Buffalo Bills move on to the conference final.[1][2]
Buffalo Bills walked out of Rich Stadium as the team that survived a Divisional Round Kansas City Chiefs will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 37-14. This was a 23-point margin, which is unusual for this round of the postseason and tells a story about which staff out-prepared the other from the opening series. The final scoring play came from Chiefs: Fred Jones 20 yard pass from Mark Vlasic ( Nick Lowery kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Buffalo Bills move on to a conference championship.
Buffalo Bills 37, Kansas City Chiefs 14. Round: Divisional Round. Q1: 1 scoring play. Q2: 2 scoring plays. Q3: 2 scoring plays. Q4: 4 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Jim Kelly: 273 pass yards on 23-of-35, 3 TD, 3 INT
- Thurman Thomas: 100 rush yards on 22 carries
- Andre Reed: 4 catches for 100 yards
Divisional Round, played at Rich Stadium. Final: Kansas City Chiefs 14, Buffalo Bills 37, with Buffalo Bills taking the result by 23. **First quarter**
- Bills: Andre Reed 25 yard pass from Jim Kelly ( Scott Norwood kick)
Second quarter
- Bills: Andre Reed 53 yard pass from Jim Kelly ( Scott Norwood kick)
- Bills: Scott Norwood 33 yard field goal
Third quarter
- Bills: James Lofton 10 yard pass from Jim Kelly ( Scott Norwood kick)
- Chiefs: Barry Word 3 yard rush ( Nick Lowery kick)
Fourth quarter
- Bills: Scott Norwood 20 yard field goal
- Bills: Scott Norwood 47 yard field goal
- Bills: Kenneth Davis 5 yard rush ( Scott Norwood kick)
- Chiefs: Fred Jones 20 yard pass from Mark Vlasic ( Nick Lowery kick)
Top performers
- Jim Kelly: 273 pass yards on 23-of-35, 3 TD, 3 INT
- Thurman Thomas: 100 rush yards on 22 carries
- Andre Reed: 4 catches for 100 yards
The 23-point margin says most of what needs saying about how the day went; the box score is the rest.
| Chiefs | Bills | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 14 | 29 |
| Total Yards | 213 | 448 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 14/29 | 23/35 |
| Pass yards | 146 | 273 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 3 |
| Interceptions | 4 | 3 |
| Sacks taken | 1 | 1 |
| Sack yards lost | 10 | 5 |
| Net pass yards | 136 | 268 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 24 | 46 |
| Rush yards | 77 | 180 |
| Rush TD | 1 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 3 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 10 | 6 |
| Penalty yards | 59 | 40 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAN | |||||
| Mark Vlasic | 9/20 | 124 | 1 | 4 | |
| Steve DeBerg | 5/9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| BUF | |||||
| Jim Kelly | 23/35 | 273 | 3 | 3 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAN | ||||
| Barry Word | 15 | 50 | 1 | 9 |
| Harvey Williams | 8 | 24 | 0 | 8 |
| Todd McNair | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BUF | ||||
| Thurman Thomas | 22 | 100 | 0 | 19 |
| Kenneth Davis | 19 | 75 | 1 | 12 |
| Andre Reed | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Reich | 3 | -3 | 0 | -1 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAN | ||||
| Todd McNair | 5 | 52 | 0 | 14 |
| Fred Jones | 3 | 31 | 1 | 20 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Tim Barnett | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| J.J. Birden | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 |
| Bill Jones | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Robb Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BUF | ||||
| Andre Reed | 4 | 100 | 2 | 53 |
| Don Beebe | 6 | 77 | 0 | 22 |
| Keith McKeller | 5 | 34 | 0 | 15 |
| James Lofton | 3 | 34 | 1 | 10 |
| Thurman Thomas | 4 | 21 | 0 | 8 |
| Al Edwards | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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