Looks like the Chiefs are freezing out the Dolphins

[Alaskawildkat]

Now in the last minute the Dolphins have been held to one touchdown. Anyone suspect the Chiefs are winning this due to being a better cold weather team?
Apparently 4th coldest game on record with minus 4 F and a wind-chill minus 20 something.

Maybe adding those Southern California teams to the Big Ten isn't going to be threatening as the season gets colder playing in the Midwest.

 

[NUCat320]

Miami hasn’t played very well recently, and Tua historically has gotten worse as the season goes on. I think KC would’ve whipped ‘em indoors too.

Two clunkers today. Cowboys-Packers could be really good tomorrow, as could Lions-Rams. Both indoors.

 

[FeralFelidae]

 

[Alaskawildkat]

Looks like it was actually colder than initially reported.

Curious what temperature will apply for comparing to other Ice Bowl games - start of game temp or lowest temperature during the game?

"The drive underscored just how surgical the Chiefs needed to be in -8 degrees. Four of the five Chiefs scoring drives occurred when the team ran at least nine plays. They scored right before halftime on a 32-yard field goal from Harrison Butker. It took them seven plays to score." (Fox News)

If -8 applies then this game would move up a notch with only two other NFL games having been colder and one of those was only one degree colder at -9.

Coldest at -13, 12/31/67 Lambeau Field ("The Ice Bowl")
Second Coldest at -9, 1/10/82 Riverfront Stadium

 

[FanatiCat]

Now in the last minute the Dolphins have been held to one touchdown. Anyone suspect the Chiefs are winning this due to being a better cold weather team?
Apparently 4th coldest game on record with minus 4 F and a wind-chill minus 20 something.

Maybe adding those Southern California teams to the Big Ten isn't going to be threatening as the season gets colder playing in the Midwest.

Eh, November games will almost never be colder than the 30s anywhere in Big Ten country.

 

[Eurocat]

When the Dolphins and Chiefs face off on Saturday, it will be in some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded for an NFL game.​

The Super Wild Card Weekend matchup between AFC foes is set to kick off at 8:10 p.m. ET -- 7:10 p.m. local time in Kansas City, with temperatures forecasted to be -5 degrees at that point in the evening, per Accuweather.

Heading into Saturday's matchup, the NFL official record book lists the 1967 NFL Championship as the coldest playoff game on record, with the aptly-named Ice Bowl played at -13 degrees with -48 wind chill, per NFL Research. The next three coldest postseason games had recorded temperatures of -9 degrees (1981 AFC Championship, also known as the Freezer Bowl), -6 degrees (2015 NFC Wild Card) and -1 degree (2007 NFC Championship).

How this game matches up to these iconic cold games, and how the chill and wind will affect the play of each team will be revealed when the teams take the field tonight in K.C.

 

[phatcat]

Wind chill is for pansies

 

[ohiovalleycat]

Miami could have avoided this fate last week. They entered the 4th quarter of last week's de facto AFC championship game with touchdown lead at home but were unable to hold and let Buffalo win by a touchdown instead. Instead of being at home in the 70s during the 1st week of the places, they instead had to travel to the frozen tundra of Kansas City to be unceremoniously eliminated. I know the Dolphins were beat up but they really wilted from the beginning of the season where they hung 70 on Denver.