Fast forward three years, and the NFL adopted that OT rule after the Bills lost to the Chiefs 42-36 in an AFC Divisional Game.
That’s the “13 seconds game” that haunts Bills fans to this day. And current and former Bills players are still asked about that game.
Former center Mitch Morse, who played his first four NFL seasons with the Chiefs before signing with Buffalo, was on the Caps Off podcast and talked about that loss.
The memory of the Chiefs’ AFC Championship Game loss to the Patriots was on Morse’s mind after Buffalo took the lead with 13 seconds left in regulation.
“What I remember is sitting there still having a pretty uneasy feeling because the clock had not hit zero,” said Morse, the former Mizzou (Shop Mizzou) star. “And three years before, I had been in the AFC Championship Game on the other sideline against Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, those sons of bitches, and the Chiefs had to go down with 18 seconds left or something to kick a field goal to send it to overtime. I’m like, it’s not zero, fellas. And of course, the guys are really fired up on the sideline, because any other team with any other coach, quarterback duo, who doesn’t have Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelce, this is probably in the bag.”
Mahomes threw passes to Hill and Kelce and got the Chiefs in position for Harrison Butker to kick a game-tying field goal on the final play of regulation. The Chiefs won the toss and drove for a game-winning touchdown.