Patrick Mahomes’ 11-yard diving touchdown pass to Travis Kelce in the fourth quarter marked the beginning of the end for the Texans at Arrowhead Stadium. That pass would be the deciding factor as the Kansas City Chiefs advanced to their seventh consecutive AFC title game appearance with a 23-14 win in the divisional round.

The Houston Texans face the most important game in franchise history Saturday in a divisional round matchup at the Kansas City Chiefs. One member of Houston's special-teams unit couldn't keep his composure early with a trip to the AFC Championship on the line.

NFL divisional round action got off to a hot start on a chilly late afternoon in Kansas City. But the heat was mostly on the Houston Texans sideline as tempers flared in the early moments of the high-stakes game against the reigning back-to-back Super Bowl champion Chiefs.

The Houston Texans fell to the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 23-14 in their Divisional Round playoff matchup on Saturday in a slobberknocker of an affair. Th

The divisional round remains the Houston Texans’ Waterloo. Make it 0-for-6 in the second round of the playoffs for Houston after Saturday’s 23-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. The Texans remain the only NFL franchise never to win a road playoff game or reach a conference championship game.