Detroit Lions vs Kansas City Chiefs Match Player Stats (Oct 12, 2025)

Kansas City ran a perfect football game. Zero penalties. Zero turnovers. Four touchdown drives from six red zone trips. Patrick Mahomes threw for 257 yards and three scores, added a rushing touchdown, and in the process became the fastest quarterback in NFL history to reach 300 career touchdown passes — doing so in 139 games, eight fewer than Aaron Rodgers. The final score was 30-17, and it wasn’t that close.

The Detroit Lions flew into Arrowhead Stadium on October 12, 2025, riding a four-game winning streak as the NFL’s highest-scoring offense. What they could not account for was a defensive secondary gutted by injury. Three starting cornerbacks — D.J. Reed, Terrion Arnold, and Avonte Maddox — were all out. Mahomes found every seam. By the third quarter, Dan Campbell had seen enough: “We got worked pretty good.”

The Lions’ night turned on its opening drive. Fifteen plays, 9:39 of clock, deep into Kansas City territory — and what should have been a go-ahead touchdown was wiped out when officials, after a long delay, flagged Jared Goff for illegal motion on a trick play near the goal line. No flag had been thrown live. Detroit settled for a Jake Bates field goal and never led again. Below is every player stat, team stat, and advanced metric from that game.

Statistics sourced from Pro Football Reference, ESPN, and Pro Football Focus (PFF).

Final Score

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Detroit Lions (4-2)	3	7	0	7	17
Kansas City Chiefs (3-3)	6	7	7	10	30

Date: Sunday, October 12, 2025
Venue: GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance: 73,543
Weather: 85°F, 37% humidity, 13 mph wind
Time of Game: 2:46
Vegas Line: Chiefs -2.5 | Over/Under: 53.0 (Under)
Broadcast: NBC

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Team	Play	DET	KC
Q1	5:21	DET	Jake Bates 28-yd FG — 15 plays, 61 yds, 9:39	3	0
Q1	1:11	KC	Xavier Worthy 6-yd pass from Mahomes (PAT failed) — 8 plays, 70 yds, 4:10	3	6
Q2	12:49	DET	Jameson Williams 22-yd pass from Goff (Bates kick) — 6 plays, 71 yds, 3:22	10	6
Q2	0:37	KC	Patrick Mahomes 1-yd rush (Butker kick) — 8 plays, 55 yds, 2:05	10	13
Q3	11:18	KC	Marquise Brown 9-yd pass from Mahomes (Butker kick) — 8 plays, 81 yds, 3:42	10	20
Q4	14:14	DET	Sam LaPorta 4-yd pass from Goff (Bates kick) — 8 plays, 81 yds, 4:20	17	20
Q4	9:30	KC	Marquise Brown 3-yd pass from Mahomes (Butker kick) — 9 plays, 69 yds, 4:44	17	27
Q4	2:26	KC	Harrison Butker 33-yd FG — 10 plays, 34 yds, 4:46	17	30

Team Stats

Stat	Detroit Lions	Kansas City Chiefs
Total Yards	297	355
Total Plays	53	62
Yards per Play	5.6	5.7
Total Drives	8	9
Avg Plays per Drive	7.0	7.4
Avg Yards per Drive	33.0	35.4
Avg Points per Drive	1.9	3.0
First Downs	18	26
Passing First Downs	13	16
Rushing First Downs	5	8
Penalty First Downs	0	2
Net Passing Yards	199	243
Gross Passing Yards	203	257
Completions–Attempts	23–29	22–30
Completion %	79.3%	73.3%
Adjusted Completion % (PFF)	92.3%	88.9%
Avg Depth of Target	4.1 yds	5.2 yds
Yards After Catch (PFF)	139	177
Explosive Passes (15+ yds)	5	7
Sacks Allowed – Yards Lost	1 – 4	3 – 14
Total Pressures Allowed	9	9
Rushing Yards	98	112
Rushing Attempts	23	29
Yards per Rush	4.3	3.9
Explosive Runs (10+ yds)	2	4
QB Designed Runs	0	6
QB Scrambles	1	5
QB Scramble Yards	7	34
3rd Down Efficiency	5/11 (45%)	4/10 (40%)
4th Down Efficiency	0/2 (0%)	2/3 (40%)
Red Zone Possessions	2	6
Red Zone TDs	1	4
Red Zone FGs	1	1
Red Zone Scoring %	100%	83%
Turnovers	0	0
Fumbles – Lost	1 – 0	1 – 0
Penalties – Yards	4 – 38	0 – 0
Time of Possession	29:23	30:37
Total TDs	2	4
Passing TDs	2	3
Rushing TDs	0	1
Avg EPA per Pass Play	+0.04	+0.47
Avg EPA per Rush Play	−0.01	−0.08

Quarterback Stats

Passing Box Score

Player	Team	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacks–Yds	Long	Rate	QBR
Jared Goff	DET	23	29	203	2	0	1–4	26	118.8	80.5
Patrick Mahomes	KC	22	30	257	3	0	3–14	30	132.2	78.3

Advanced Passing

Player	Team	1D	1D%	aDOT	Air Yds	YAC	YAC/Cmp	Drops	Drop%	Bad Throws	Bad%	Press%	Scrambles	Scr Yds
Jared Goff	DET	13	43.3%	4.1	107	129	5.6	1	3.7%	3	11.1%	16.1%	1	7
Patrick Mahomes	KC	16	48.5%	5.1	154	178	8.1	2	7.1%	3	10.7%	18.4%	5	34

QB Rushing

Player	Team	Designed Runs	Design Run Yds	Scrambles	Scr Yds	Rush TD
Jared Goff	DET	0	0	1	7	0
Patrick Mahomes	KC	6	−3	5	34	1

Rushing Stats

Player	Team	Att	Yds	TD	YPC	Long	1D	Yds Before Contact	Yds After Contact	Broken Tkls
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	17	65	0	3.8	15	3	43	22	1
David Montgomery	DET	4	24	0	6.0	13	1	18	6	0
Jared Goff	DET	1	7	0	7.0	7	1	7	0	0
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	1	2	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
DET Total		23	98	0	4.3	15	5
Isiah Pacheco	KC	12	51	0	4.3	11	3	37	14	0
Patrick Mahomes	KC	10	32	1	3.2	11	3	30	2	0
Kareem Hunt	KC	6	23	0	3.8	10	2	10	13	1
Xavier Worthy	KC	1	6	0	6.0	6	0	4	2	0
KC Total		29	112	1	3.9	11	8

Receiving Stats

Player	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	YPR	Long	1D	YAC	Drops
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	10	9	45	0	5.0	12	3	10	1
Jameson Williams	DET	7	6	66	1	11.0	22	5	44	0
Sam LaPorta	DET	6	5	55	1	11.0	26	3	27	0
David Montgomery	DET	2	2	37	0	18.5	23	2	40	0
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	2	1	0	0	0.0	3	0	7	0
DET Total		27	23	203	2	8.8	26	13	128
Travis Kelce	KC	7	6	78	0	13.0	17	6	32	1
JuJu Smith-Schuster	KC	3	3	57	0	19.0	30	2	49	0
Marquise Brown	KC	4	4	45	2	11.3	20	4	14	0
Noah Gray	KC	2	2	25	0	12.5	19	1	18	0
Brashard Smith	KC	4	3	21	0	7.0	9	0	31	0
Xavier Worthy	KC	4	2	20	1	10.0	14	2	14	0
Kareem Hunt	KC	1	1	11	0	11.0	11	1	15	0
Isiah Pacheco	KC	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	5	1
KC Total		28	22	257	3	11.7	30	16	178

Defensive Stats

Player	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	QB Hits	PD	FF
Alex Anzalone	DET	12	7	5	0.0	0	1	0	0
Jack Campbell	DET	8	4	4	1.0	0	1	0	0
Brian Branch	DET	7	4	3	0.0	0	0	0	0
DJ Reader	DET	5	1	4	0.0	0	0	0	0
Kerby Joseph	DET	4	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Rock Ya-Sin	DET	4	3	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Derrick Barnes	DET	4	2	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Arthur Maulet	DET	3	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Roy Lopez	DET	3	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0
Aidan Hutchinson	DET	2	2	0	1.0	1	0	0	1
Al-Quadin Muhammad	DET	2	1	1	1.0	1	1	0	0
Amik Robertson	DET	2	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Tyleik Williams	DET	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Lacy	DET	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Harper	DET	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Chamarri Conner	KC	14	10	4	0.0	0	0	0	1
Bryan Cook	KC	7	5	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Leo Chenal	KC	7	4	3	0.0	0	0	0	0
Nick Bolton	KC	7	3	4	0.0	1	1	0	0
Trent McDuffie	KC	6	5	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Cooper McDonald	KC	3	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Drue Tranquill	KC	3	2	1	0.0	1	0	0	0
Jaylen Watson	KC	3	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Nohl Williams	KC	2	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Charles Omenihu	KC	2	2	0	1.0	1	1	0	0
Mike Danna	KC	2	1	1	0.0	0	1	0	0
George Karlaftis	KC	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Chris Jones	KC	1	0	1	0.0	0	1	0	0

Pass Rush Stats (PFF)

Player	Team	Pressures	Sacks	QB Hits	Hurries	Rush Snaps	Press%
Aidan Hutchinson	DET	5	1	0	4	35	14.3%
Al-Quadin Muhammad	DET	1	1	0	0	11	9.1%
Derrick Barnes	DET	1	0	0	1	2	50.0%
Chris Jones	KC	4	0	2	2	24	16.7%
Nick Bolton	KC	1	0	0	1	4	25.0%
Mike Danna	KC	1	0	1	0	6	16.7%
Charles Omenihu	KC	1	1	0	0	22	4.5%
George Karlaftis	KC	1	0	0	1	27	3.7%

Pass Blocking Stats (PFF)

Detroit Lions

Player	Position	Pressures Allowed	Hits	Hurries	Snaps	Press% Allowed
Tate Ratledge	G	2	1	1	31	6.5%
Christian Mahogany	G	2	1	1	31	6.5%
Dan Skipper	T	1	0	1	31	3.2%
Graham Glasgow	C	1	1	0	31	3.2%
Penei Sewell	T	1	0	1	31	3.2%

Kansas City Chiefs

Player	Position	Pressures Allowed	Sacks	Hurries	Snaps	Press% Allowed
Noah Gray	TE	1	1	0	3	33.3%
Jaylon Moore	T	3	1	2	37	8.1%
Jawaan Taylor	T	1	0	1	37	2.7%
Creed Humphrey	C	0	0	0	37	0.0%
Kingsley Suamataia	G	0	0	0	37	0.0%
Trey Smith	G	0	0	0	37	0.0%

Coverage Stats (Advanced Defense)

Player	Team	Tgt	Rec Allowed	Cmp%	Yds Allowed	TD	RTG Against	PBU
Jack Campbell	DET	10	7	70.0%	88	1	130.4	0
Alex Anzalone	DET	6	5	83.3%	43	0	96.5	0
Derrick Barnes	DET	3	3	100.0%	31	0	109.7	0
Rock Ya-Sin	DET	3	2	66.7%	19	0	84.0	0
Kerby Joseph	DET	2	2	100.0%	39	1	158.3	0
Arthur Maulet	DET	1	1	100.0%	17	0	118.8	0
Brian Branch	DET	1	1	100.0%	14	0	118.8	0
Amik Robertson	DET	1	1	100.0%	6	1	131.2	0
Thomas Harper	DET	1	0	0.0%	0	0	39.6	1
Nick Bolton	KC	9	8	88.9%	100	1	150.0	0
Trent McDuffie	KC	5	4	80.0%	38	0	98.3	0
Nohl Williams	KC	4	3	75.0%	8	0	77.1	0
Chamarri Conner	KC	3	3	100.0%	12	1	122.9	0
Bryan Cook	KC	2	2	100.0%	24	0	116.7	0
Leo Chenal	KC	2	2	100.0%	12	0	91.7	0
Drue Tranquill	KC	1	1	100.0%	6	0	91.7	0
Jaylen Watson	KC	1	0	0.0%	0	0	39.6	0

Special Teams

Kicking

Player	Team	FGM/FGA	FG%	Long	XPM/XPA	Points
Jake Bates	DET	1/1	100%	28	2/2	5
Harrison Butker	KC	1/1	100%	33	3/4	6

QB Rushing figures (designed runs and scrambles) sourced from PFF. Official rushing totals in the team rushing table are from Pro Football Reference.

Punting

Player	Team	Punts	Total Yds	Avg	Long	Inside 20
Jack Fox	DET	3	138	46.0	49	2
Matt Araiza	KC	1	46	46.0	46	1

Kick Returns

Player	Team	Ret	Yds	Avg	Long
Craig Reynolds	DET	5	118	23.6	26
Dominic Lovett	DET	1	22	22.0	22
Nikko Remigio	KC	4	105	26.3	31

Punt Returns

Player	Team	Ret	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Nikko Remigio	KC	1	21	21.0	21	0
Detroit Lions	DET	0	0	—	—	0

PFF Grades

Initial grades, subject to review.

Offense — Top Five

Rank	Player	Team	Position	Grade	Snaps
1	Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	85.5	52
2	Jared Goff	DET	QB	84.9	54
3	Travis Kelce	KC	TE	84.6	45
4	Jameson Williams	DET	WR	83.4	46
5	Christian Mahogany	DET	G	81.7	54

Defense — Top Five

Rank	Player	Team	Position	Grade	Snaps
1	Thomas Harper	DET	S	88.2	10
2	Roy Lopez	DET	DI	80.9	23
3	Leo Chenal	KC	LB	77.6	39
4	Bryan Cook	KC	S	75.6	40
5	Chamarri Conner	KC	S	74.8	54

Snap Counts

Detroit Lions — Offense

Player	Position	Snaps	%
Jared Goff	QB	54	100%
Dan Skipper	T	54	100%
Christian Mahogany	G	54	100%
Penei Sewell	T	54	100%
Tate Ratledge	G	54	100%
Graham Glasgow	C	54	100%
Sam LaPorta	TE	52	96%
Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	48	89%
Jameson Williams	WR	46	85%
Jahmyr Gibbs	RB	37	69%
Brock Wright	TE	31	57%
Isaac TeSlaa	WR	25	46%
David Montgomery	RB	17	31%
Ross Dwelley	TE	9	17%
Trystan Colon	C	3	6%
Kalif Raymond	WR	2	4%

Detroit Lions — Defense

Player	Position	Snaps	%
Jack Campbell	LB	64	100%
Brian Branch	S	64	100%
Alex Anzalone	LB	64	100%
Rock Ya-Sin	CB	63	98%
Amik Robertson	CB	62	97%
Aidan Hutchinson	DE	61	95%
Derrick Barnes	LB	59	92%
Kerby Joseph	S	53	83%
DJ Reader	DL	43	67%
Tyler Lacy	DL	37	58%
Tyleik Williams	DL	35	55%
Roy Lopez	DL	23	36%
Al-Quadin Muhammad	DE	17	27%
Quinton Jefferson	DL	14	22%
Arthur Maulet	CB	13	20%
Thomas Harper	S	10	16%
Patrick O’Connor	DE	13	20%

Kansas City Chiefs — Offense

Player	Position	Snaps	%
Patrick Mahomes	QB	64	100%
Creed Humphrey	C	64	100%
Jawaan Taylor	T	64	100%
Jaylon Moore	T	64	100%
Kingsley Suamataia	G	64	100%
Trey Smith	G	64	100%
Isiah Pacheco	RB	49	77%
Noah Gray	TE	48	75%
Xavier Worthy	WR	47	73%
Travis Kelce	TE	45	70%
JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	40	62%
Marquise Brown	WR	33	52%
Kareem Hunt	RB	19	30%
Tyquan Thornton	WR	17	27%
Robert Tonyan	TE	12	19%
Brashard Smith	RB	6	9%
Mike Caliendo	G	2	3%

Kansas City Chiefs — Defense

Player	Position	Snaps	%
Chamarri Conner	S	54	100%
Nick Bolton	LB	54	100%
Trent McDuffie	CB	54	100%
Jaylen Watson	CB	53	98%
George Karlaftis	DE	47	87%
Drue Tranquill	LB	47	87%
Chris Jones	DT	44	81%
Bryan Cook	S	40	74%
Leo Chenal	LB	39	72%
Charles Omenihu	DE	30	56%
Derrick Nnadi	DT	25	46%
Nohl Williams	CB	21	39%
Mike Danna	DE	20	37%
Ashton Gillotte	DE	17	31%
Christian Roland-Wallace	S	14	26%
Jerry Tillery	DL	12	22%
Jaden Hicks	S	11	20%
Omarr Norman-Lott	DT	11	20%

Inactives

Detroit Lions: CB Terrion Arnold (shoulder), LT Taylor Decker (shoulder), CB D.J. Reed, CB Avonte Maddox
Kansas City Chiefs: LT Josh Simmons (personal matter)

When the final numbers are laid out in full, the gap between these two teams on October 12, 2025, was not close. Kansas City generated a +0.47 EPA per passing play — the 93rd percentile league-wide at that point in the season — against a Lions secondary missing four players who would typically have been on the field. Mahomes’s 8.1 yards after the catch per completion, against 5.6 for Goff, showed how far behind the sticks Detroit’s defense was routinely putting itself. The Chiefs converted both their fourth-down attempts. The Lions converted neither of theirs.

For Detroit, the Lions passing attack held its own on paper — a 79.3% completion rate, two touchdown passes, 118.8 passer rating — but the underlying efficiency numbers told a different story. Kansas City’s defense allowed just 0.04 EPA per pass play from the Lions. The Chiefs, by contrast, generated six red zone possessions to Detroit’s two, punted only once, and never needed to press late. Mahomes’s 302nd career touchdown pass, set against the backdrop of Arrowhead Stadium at full roar, was the kind of milestone that tends to arrive on nights when everything else is already going right.

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