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Texas native Patrick Mahomes has played a lot of football in the Lone Star State but played his first professional game at AT&T Stadium in the Kansas City Chiefs 31-28 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
Mahomes threw for 261 yards with four touchdowns and could have had more yards if not for a couple of drops by his receivers.
Mahomes Magic was on full display when the Chiefs, who had been trailing by double digits in the fourth quarter, got back into the game in part due to a 42-yard deep shot that came with just under four minutes remaining to former Texas Longhorn Xavier Worthy.
The pass play came after escaping a sack by Quinnen Williams and Donovan Ezeiruaku with Mahomes scrambling to his right and making an excellent play to complete the pass.
Mahomes talked about what he saw on the big play, and why it wasn’t enough.
“They actually played a pretty good coverage, and they got pressure and just scrambling, kind of got tripped up a little bit, and I was trying to get enough on it to get it to Xavier [Worthy], but he did a good job working back to me, because his route was across the field. So got enough to get it to him and make a big play in a moment. But it was, it was too late, honestly,” said Mahomes.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones talked about playing Mahomes after the game and how impressive getting the win against him was.
“He made a couple of great throws tonight, you just thought, well, that’s what you do when you’re out here playing against him, it’s what you got, and we all knew that coming in, and knew what kind of game it was going to be, but to everybody’s credit, our defense really mitigated some of his ability to make those kinds of plays, without a doubt it did.”
The Cowboys’ defense kept Mahomes and the Chiefs out of the end zone for the second and third quarters of the game after starting the game allowing two touchdowns in the first quarter.
Mahomes needed his defense to get him the ball back to have a chance to tie the game after his big play to Worthy, but never got the opportunity with the Cowboys’ offense running out the clock to secure the victory.
Dak Prescott talked about playing Mahomes after the game, giving respect to the three-time MVP.
“Hopefully we can play again on a bigger stage in a more meaningful game, sooner than later. He’s a hell of player, you watch that game right there, and we got the ball at the end of the game and I knew we couldn’t give it back to him, you know how good he is, and it’s on his resume and we’ve all seen it before, you saw the drive before that, their last drive right of, Mahomes Magic, he’s an incredible player,” said Prescott.
The game was a must win for the Chiefs who are currently on the outside looking in on the NFL playoff picture, and already have key losses to multiple teams ahead of them including the Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bill and the Los Angeles Chargers.
Mahomes talked about how the loss affects their outlook for the rest of the season.
“I mean at the end of the day, we just gotta win every game now and hope that’s enough. So I mean, we’re going to play a lot of good football teams coming up. If we’re going to make the playoffs, we’re going to have to win ‘em all and that’s got to be the mindset when we step into the building,”
The Chiefs now face an even steeper uphill climb to the playoffs and are in serious jeopardy of missing the postseason for the first time since Mahomes became a starter.
This story was originally published November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM.
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