Travis Kelce The Kansas City Chiefs have broken records — but Taylor Swift didn’t show up to watch.
Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25) The Chiefs played against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Chiefs secured their 15th win of the season with a final score of 29 to 10 at Acrisure Stadium. However, Kelis’ girlfriend was not in attendance as he captured the record-breaking moment.
During the fourth quarter of the game, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw the ball in the end zone to Kelce and he scored a touchdown. Along with his 12-yard score, it was Kelce’s first touchdown of the game and his 77th career touchdown catch.
The catch surpassed Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez, who totaled 76 touchdown catches. Kelce now has the most touchdown receptions in Chiefs history.
After the catch, Kelce took the football and dunked it over the goal post, which was considered “unsportsmanlike conduct” and when it was time to make the field goal for the extra point, the team was penalized 15 yards. .
Kelce also reached 1,000 catches in his NFL career during the Christmas Day game. He is now only the third tight end in league history to reach that mark, trailing only Gonzalez (1,325) and former Dallas Cowboys player Jason Witten (1,228).
The game was part of Netflix’s NFL Christmas Game Day broadcast as the streaming giant also aired the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans game at NRG Stadium, with Halftime Show by Beyonce.
Compared to last season, Swift has not attended as many football games, most of which he only attended at home. This was largely due to his Eras tour schedule which saw His last performance December 8 in Vancouver, Canada.
Despite this schedule, Swift tried to attend every home game the Chiefs played during their breaks, to show his support for Kelce.
He reportedly missed many away games this year due to the lack of security at other football stadiums. “If she’s going somewhere that’s not Arrowhead, there are security concerns,” a source previously said. Page six. “He’s worked with Arrowhead so many times, they feel comfortable and relaxed. You have to send a team in advance to go to all kinds of different stadiums.
The Grammy winner’s lack of appearance at a recent Chiefs game follows. Kelce appeared to be dropping hints about retiring from football.
During his last week’s episode New heights podcast co-hosted with his older brother Jason Kelce, he pointed out that he may have played his last game in Cleveland yet.
“I don’t know if this is the last time I’ll ever play in Cleveland, but it feels like I’m just giving it one last hurray before I’m done because I’ve only played there twice in 12 years.” he said.
Travis is in the middle of his twelfth season with the Chiefs. Jason He announced his retirement. from the NFL earlier this year after playing 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles.