ESPN recently published an article that named each NFL team’s most heartbreaking loss. Here’s what beat writer and Sports Radio 810 contributor Adam Teicher named as the most heartbreaking for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Indianapolis Colts
Jan. 7, 1996, divisional round
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City
“This is the loss nobody saw coming. That includes the Chiefs, who were 13-3 in the regular season and the AFC’s top playoff seed. The Chiefs were 10.5-point favorites over the Colts and were already looking forward to an AFC Championship Game showdown with the Steelers. It never happened. The Chiefs were shocked first by the weather, with temperatures around 10 degrees, and then by the Colts, who won 10-7. The Chiefs missed three field goals, the last failure coming in the final minute.” — Adam Teicher