By Lydia Jane Allison

2024 AFC Championship Game rematch: When the Buffalo Bills (5-2) host the Kansas City Chiefs (5-3) on Sunday (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS), it will mark the ninth matchup, including the postseason, between quarterbacks Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes. The Bills have won the past four regular-season matchups, while the Chiefs have won the past four postseason meetings, including the 2024 AFC Championship game in Kansas City. In Week 11 last season in Buffalo, the Bills defeated the Chiefs, 30-21, to hand Kansas City its first loss of the season after a 9-0 start.

• Both Kansas City and Buffalo enter Week 9 with a top-five offense, as the Bills ranks third overall with 382.9 yards per game and the Chiefs ranks fifth with 378.3 yards per game. Defensively, Buffalo (161.9 passing yards per game allowed) and Kansas City (177.8) lead the AFC in passing defense.
• Mahomes is tied for first with 17 touchdown passes this season and with at least three touchdown passes on Sunday, it will mark Mahomes’ fourth consecutive game with at least three touchdown passes, a feat he has only accomplished twice in his career (2018, 2021). Mahomes has 46 career games with at least three touchdown passes and can surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (46 games) for the most games with at least three touchdown passes by a player in his first nine seasons all-time.
• Last week, Allen registered his 46th career game with both a touchdown pass and rushing touchdown, surpassing Cam Newton (45 games) for the most such games in NFL history. It also marked Allen’s 81st regular-season win since entering the NFL in 2018, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (80 wins) and Ben Roethlisberger (80) for the fourth-most regular-season wins by a quarterback in his first eight seasons in NFL history.

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