2017 Wild Card · Sat, Jan 6, 2018 · Arrowhead Stadium

Tennessee TitansWinner

Kansas City Chiefs

KC -8.5 upsetU 44 ✓Chiefs closed -8.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Tennessee Titans 22–21 — decided on the final possessions.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · KC

Alex SmithQB

24/33, 264 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

5.6 expected points added · +10.5% completion over expected

Passing · TEN

Marcus MariotaQB

19/31, 205 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

-0.3 expected points added · +2.2% completion over expected

Rushing · TEN

Derrick HenryRB

23 att, 156 yds, 1 TD

5.8 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · TEN

Marcus MariotaQB

8 att, 46 yds, 0 TD

3.2 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · KC

Tyreek HillWR

7/11 for 87 yds, 0 TD

34% of team targets · 0.6 expected points added

Receiving · TEN

Delanie WalkerTE

6/8 for 74 yds, 0 TD

27% of team targets · -0.3 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Tennessee Titans

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Marcus Mariota	19/31	205	2	1	2	-0.3

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Derrick Henry	23	156	6.8	1	5.8
Marcus Mariota	8	46	5.8	0	3.2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Delanie Walker	6	8	74	0	27%	-0.3
Derrick Henry	2	2	35	0	7%	2.6
Corey Davis	4	7	35	0	23%	-0.3
Eric Decker	2	5	21	1	17%	-0.3
Jonnu Smith	2	4	15	0	13%	0.2
Rishard Matthews	1	2	15	0	7%	-0.3
Marcus Mariota	1	1	6	1	3%	2.8
Taywan Taylor	1	1	4	0	3%	0.0

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Kevin Byard	5	0	0.0	0
Tye Smith	3	1	0.0	0
Derrick Morgan	2	2	1.0	0
Jurrell Casey	1	3	0.0	1
Da'Norris Searcy	4	0	0.0	0
Wesley Woodyard	0	4	0.5	0
Johnathan Cyprien	4	0	0.0	1
Adoree' Jackson	4	0	0.0	0
Jayon Brown	2	1	0.0	0
Brynden Trawick	3	0	0.0	0

Kansas City Chiefs

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Alex Smith	24/33	264	2	0	4	5.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Kareem Hunt	11	42	3.8	1	0.0
Tyreek Hill	1	14	14.0	0	1.0
Alex Smith	4	13	3.3	0	-3.2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Tyreek Hill	7	11	87	0	34%	0.6
Travis Kelce	4	4	66	1	13%	6.7
Demarcus Robinson	4	4	57	1	13%	5.8
Albert Wilson	2	4	26	0	13%	-0.4
Demetrius Harris	2	3	22	0	9%	1.7
Kareem Hunt	3	3	5	0	9%	-1.4
Charcandrick West	2	2	1	0	6%	-0.8
Orson Charles	0	1	0	0	3%	-1.8

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Reggie Ragland	5	4	0.0	0	0
Derrick Johnson	6	2	1.0	0	0
Frank Zombo	3	4	0.0	0	0
Kevin Pierre-Louis	4	2	0.0	0	0
Ron Parker	5	0	0.0	0	0
Marcus Peters	4	0	0.0	1	1
Darrelle Revis	2	1	0.0	0	0
Daniel Sorensen	2	1	0.0	0	0
Steven Nelson	2	1	0.0	0	1
Jehu Chesson	2	0	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: KC -8.5
Closing total: 44
TEN moneyline: +369
KC moneyline: -430

Chiefs closed -8.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 44; the game landed 43 — under by 1.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Arrowhead Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 33°F, wind 10 mph
Referee: Jeff Triplette
Rest: TEN 6 days · KC 6 days
Coaches: Mike Mularkey vs Andy Reid