KANSAS CITY, MO — The Detroit Lions couldn’t match a desperate Kansas City Chiefs team in Week 6 at Arrowhead Stadium, losing 30-17 on Sunday, Oct. 12.
At the end of the game, Lions safety Brian Branch shoved Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster in the head and the teams got into a short fight before referees and teammates separated everyone.
It was a Sunday Night Football matchup that was circled right from when the 2025 schedule was announced, a rematch of an epic 2023 Week 1 game that the Lions came out on top in. This time it was the Chiefs who emerged victorious, taking advantage of a beat-up Lions secondary to get back to .500 as the Lions fell to 4-2.
The Lions opened the game with an impressive drive that nearly lasted 10 minutes but ended with just three points because of a late call that took a Jared Goff touchdown catch off the board when he came in motion on a trick play and didn’t get set. After the penalty moved the Lions back 5 yards, the Lions ultimately decided to not go for it and settled for a field goal. The four points proved to be crucial for the game flow.
The Chiefs then responded with a good drive of their own, taking a 7-3 lead on an Xavier Worth touchdown, which was again met with a scoring drive from the Lions, this time finding the end zone on 22-yard catch from Jameson Williams, who had a big day. But that was when the Lions loss the momentum for a while.
Kansas City scored one more touchdown in the first half for a 13-10 lead at the break, and added to their lead with an eight-play, 81-yard opening drive in the third quarter for a 20-10 lead to fully take control.
The Lions finally showed some life again on offense with an 81-yard drive to make it a 20-17 game just a few seconds into the fourth quarter, but the Lions just couldn’t slow down the Chiefs offense pretty much all night and couldn’t hold serve on offense.
The Chiefs added two more scores to make it 30-17 and made the necessary plays to ice the game over the course of the fourth quarter.
Kansas City outgained the Lions by a wide margin, 354-297, as star quarterback Patrick Mahomes looked comfortable in an offense that suddenly is looking a lot more potent.
The schedule won’t get any easier from the Lions from here as Dan Campbell’s squad returns to Ford Field for Week 7 to host a red-hot Tampa Bay Buccaneers team on Monday Night Football.
This story will be updated.