Taylor Swift celebrated as Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs advanced in the NFL playoffs with a 26-7 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Saturday night.
Kelce, 34, had seven receptions for 71 yards in the Chiefs’ win.
With just minutes left in the game, the cameras focused on Swift, who happily sang along with her fellow Chiefs fans as she sat between Donna Kelce and Brittany Mahomes.
The win means the Chiefs will head into the divisional round of the playoffs next weekend. Kelce and his Kansas City teammates can reach the Super Bowl by winning next week’s game and once again in the AFC Championship round the week after that.
Timeline of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship
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Taylor Swift interacts with Chiefs fans on January 13th.
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The Super Bowl will take place on Sunday, February 11 in Las Vegas.
The Kansas City Star newspaper estimates the Chiefs have a 70% chance of reaching the Super Bowl. It would be the Chiefs’ fourth trip to the championship in the last five years, after winning it all in 2020 and again in 2023.
Every time Taylor Swift went to a Kansas City Chiefs game — and whether the team won or not
Amid his budding romance with Swift, 34, Kelce helped lead the Chiefs to their eighth straight AFC West division title and their ninth straight playoff appearance.
The “Love Story” singer often attended Chiefs games during the season, sitting in the luxury box alongside Kelce’s parents, as well as the families of other teammates.
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A source close to the Kelce family told PEOPLE that “Donna likes Taylor and thinks she’s very sweet and down to earth.” Kelce’s mother, who was named to PEOPLE’s 25 Most Intriguing People of the Year list, later told The Wall Street Journal that her son is “happier than I’ve seen him in a long time.”
Every time Taylor Swift wore accessories inspired by Travis Kelce
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Taylor Swift enters Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
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With Swift cheering him on often, Kelce finished the regular season with a team-best 93 receptions for 984 yards and five touchdowns. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes also appears to trust Kelce the most, throwing to the tight end 121 times — more than any other receiver on the team.
Kelce has had at least 1,000 receiving yards in each of his last seven seasons, and Mahomes, 28, said he planned to throw the ball to Kelce enough times in the Chiefs’ season finale to give him an eighth straight season with 1,000 or more receiving yards. .
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But Kelce sat out last weekend’s game, he later told his brother Jason Kelce on the latest episode of their New heights with Jason and Travis Kelce podcast that he didn’t want to play the game just to reach the 1,000 receiving yard record.
“It didn’t feel good in my gut and I didn’t feel like I should be playing the game like that [by the numbers],” he said. “If I can get some rest next week, stay off the turf in LA and avoid some shots … I was all for it, to get ready for the playoffs.”
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said Kelce doesn’t want to “come off as selfish” and called him a “humble, humble guy.”
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