Opening Line: Broncos by 8.

Record vs. Spread: Kansas City, 6-3; Denver, 6-3.

Series Record: Chiefs lead 56-49.

Last Meeting: Broncos beat the Chiefs 38-3, Dec. 30, 2012.

Last Week: Chiefs had a bye; Broncos beat the Chargers 28-20.

AP Pro32 Rankings: Chiefs, No. 1; Broncos, No. 3.

Chiefs Offense: overall (24), rush (12), pass (27).

Chiefs Defense: overall (10), rush (24), pass (6).

Broncos Offense: overall (1), rush (20), pass (1).

Broncos Defense: overall (23), rush (4), pass (30).

Streaks, Stats & Notes

The last Chiefs’ loss was at Denver in the 2012 season finale.

Chiefs’ head coach Andy Reid is 13-1 in weeks after the bye.

Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles averages an AFC-best 123.8 yards from scrimmage.

Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe had a career-high 186 yards receiving at Denver in 2010.

The Chiefs are the first team to allow 17 points or fewer in each of their first nine games since the 1977 Falcons.

The Chiefs lead the league in sacks with 36, led by linebackers Justin Houston (11) and Tamba Hali (9).

Broncos defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio will coach his second game as the interim head coach, replacing John Fox while he recovers from heart surgery. “I can’t possibly be at my best if I’m going to stop and pause and go, ‘What would John do? Oh, uhhh.’ No, I can’t do that.”

Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno leads the team in receptions (24) over the last four games. Moreno is averaging 95.2 yards from scrimmage in 2013.

Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning’s 3,249 passing yards are the most through nine games in NFL history. His 33 touchdown passes are tied with Tom Brady (2007) for the most through nine games.

With one more touchdown catch, Broncos tight end Julius Thomas would tie Shannon Sharpe for the most (10) by a Denver tight end in a single season.

Associated Press