Putting Up Numbers· NFL

The Chiefs' points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, the Chiefs were 5.5 points over at home and 3.1 points under away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 28.7 and 20.3, a difference of 8.4.

3 games at home is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points a game over expected

A +8.7 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +8.4 difference in points at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Kansas City Chiefs’ games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 14, 2026vsDENW3121.9
Sep 20, 2026vsINDW3324.2
Sep 27, 2026@MIAW2423.2
Oct 4, 2026@LVW3024.4
Oct 18, 2026vsLACW2223.2
Oct 25, 2026@SEAL323.7
Nov 1, 2026@DENL2422.2

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 0.2 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 23% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.