The Chiefs and Ravens faced off in Kansas City with a very famous fan in the stands: Taylor Swift.
At the start of the Kansas City Chiefs game against the Baltimore Ravens, Taylor Swift was seated next to boyfriend Travis Kelce’s father, Ed Kelce.
However, as the game continued, the “Bad Blood” singer was then photographed standing next to the Kelce matriarch, Donna Kelce. Both wearing denim, the main ladies in the tight end’s life bonded over cheering on the Travis Kelce.
The Kansas City Chiefs opened the NFL season with a 27-20 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, winning by a few blades of grass.
The Ravens were trailing by seven points but were deep inside Chiefs territory with only four seconds to go when Lamar Jackson connected with tight end Isaiah Likely in the back of the end zone as time expired. The catch was initially ruled a touchdown and Baltimore appeared ready to go for two and the win, but on replay, Likely’s right toe was shown to have landed out of bounds by mere inches.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for 291 yards in front of a packed house at Arrowhead Stadium, which included pop megastar and Travis Kelce’s girlfriend Taylor Swift.
Baltimore opened the scoring on its first drive of the matchup before Kansas City scored 13 straight points to take a 13-7 lead. After a Ravens field goal late in the first half, the Chiefs took a 20-10 lead on an Isiah Pacheco run to cap their first drive of the second half.
The teams then traded touchdowns before a Justin Tucker field goal brought the game within seven, setting the stage for Baltimore’s dramatic final drive.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson threw for 273 yards and ran for 122 more. He was mostly fantastic playing behind an inexperienced and struggling offensive line. He did make one costly error late, missing a wide-open Zay Flowers in the end zone on the second-to-last play of the game.
Running back Derrick Henry made his Baltimore debut and ran 13 times for 46 yards and a touchdown. Likely had nine catches for 111 yards and a score.
The Chiefs were led on offense by receivers Rashee Rice and Xavier Worthy. Rice caught seven passes for 103 yards and was the most targeted receiver. Worthy, a rookie from Texas, scored two touchdowns — one rushing and one receiving.
Kansas City’s next game is against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 15. The Ravens play the Raiders on the same day,
And that’s a wrap on Game 1 of this long 2024-25 NFL season, as the gridiron focus shifts to Brazil for Friday night’s Green Bay-Philadelphia contest.
The NFL’s first game in South America will stream live on Peacock with kickoff from Corinthians Arena set for 8:15 p.m. ET.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh didn’t have any beef with the heartbreaking, toe-length call that went against his team on Thursday night’s final play.
Harbaugh said he told tight end Isaiah Likely not to be down on himself for putting his toe an inch too far, nullifying a possible tying or winning TD.
“I thought Isiah played a great football game I was proud of him and lot of others guys too,” Harbaugh told reporters.
Taylor Swift was back in the box at Arrowhead Stadium tonight, sipping what appeared to be a vodka cran and hanging with Donna and Ed Kelce as they watched the Super Bowl Champion Chiefs.A series of video clips appeared to show Swift interacting with fans on the other side of the glass and even wearing a friendship bracelet to go with her denim set and red boots.She was caught cheesing and cheering at what is surely not her last NFL appearance of the season.
