The 2023 wild-card game between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs is officially the fourth-coldest game in NFL history.
At the time of kickoff, temperatures reached minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of minus 27. It’s also the coldest NFL game played in Kansas City, the previous coldest being a 2016 matchup between the Chiefs and Tennessee Titans when the temperature was 1 degree.
Patches of the field were icy, but players didn’t struggle with their footing, according to a report during the Peacock broadcast. Three boilers underneath the field pumped heat to warm the grass and roots to prevent the field from freezing.
Despite the harsh conditions, fans still came out in waves to support their respective teams. Here are the sights and sounds from one of the coldest games in NFL history.
It’s COLD in Kansas City, but Mahomes and the Chiefs are ready ❄️
(via @NFL)pic.twitter.com/95geH4tN8w
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 14, 2024
Kansas City is so cold, this water bottle freezes instantly 😳🥶
(via @keelynadler) pic.twitter.com/5C8Tdsd9tx
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 14, 2024
Windows swung right open, playoff air, jacket ’round my shoulders is yours ❄️
Stream #MIAvsKC exclusively on Peacock. pic.twitter.com/dx44rnnPc8
— Peacock (@peacock) January 14, 2024
What sub-zero temperatures look like ❄️#MIAvsKC – 8pm ET on Peacock
Also available on #NFLPlus https://t.co/bTakd7vjlv pic.twitter.com/pj9GAtHTkK— NFL (@NFL) January 13, 2024
Andy Reid frozen mustache update: pic.twitter.com/ipkzpwKcoo
— NFL (@NFL) January 14, 2024
*freeze frame* yep, that’s us, you’re probably wondering how we ended up here#MIAvsKC pic.twitter.com/KBeOYoSp3k
— NFL (@NFL) January 14, 2024
— NFL (@NFL) January 14, 2024
CAN’T STOP THE KINGDOM 🥶 pic.twitter.com/WBLYdLsrr2
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 14, 2024
📱 hawk, ❄️ edition.
😆 @OfficialShon_4 pic.twitter.com/VCT3OlEv3h
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) January 14, 2024
A temperature for the record books. pic.twitter.com/1G2AbV6FnW
— Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) January 14, 2024
How much would you pay/get paid to sit in these corner seats at Arrowhead? pic.twitter.com/ucT6xKmjmL
— Marcel Louis-Jacques (@Marcel_LJ) January 14, 2024
