Taylor Swift burst into a raucous round of cheers when her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, scored a touchdown during the Kansas City Chiefs’ divisional playoff game.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes tossed the ball to Kelce, 35, in the middle of the Chiefs’ Saturday, January 18, football game against the Houston Texans. Kelce, for his part, had been standing in the end zone when the pigskin landed in his arms.
While the tight end performed a celebration dance with his teammates, Swift, 35, was spotted jumping up and down from her perch in a private suite. In social media footage, the pop star hugged WNBA phenom Caitlin Clark before giving Kelce’s dad, Ed, a handshake.
Swift showed up to KC’s Arrowhead Stadium dressed in head-to-toe Chanel, arriving alongside her parents, Scott and Andrea, and younger brother, Austin. The rest of the Swift family wore Chiefs-branded gear as they sat with Kelce’s family and 22-year-old Clark in the box.
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Kelce’s touchdown also helped the Chiefs win the game 23-14.
“I know I had to buy a little time … but we had talked about that exact play,” Mahomes, 29, said of Kelce’s end zone catch in a postgame press conference. “Trav just had to get over that linebacker, so I had to buy a little time. I stepped into the pocket and was able to get enough on it to get into the end zone. That was a big play in the game.”
According to Mahomes, he “gave it everything [he] got” to throw the ball across the field to Kelce.
“You find a way in those big moments, and that was a big moment,” the quarterback added. “I was glad Trav was in that spot, where I could give him the football. … I was able to get through and get to the end zone, but that’s something we worked on. We worked on that play and that situation.”
Mahomes further gushed about Kelce’s impressive receptions during the Saturday matchup, referring to the Man of the Year nominee as a “big-time player.”
“Big-time players make big-time plays in big-time games,” Mahomes said. “He’s one of those guys and he didn’t let the moment be bigger than what it is. He just goes out there and executes [on] a high level, just like he does in the regular season. He just does that [at] a little bit higher intensity.”
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With the Chiefs’ Saturday victory, they will move on to the AFC Championship game later this month against either the Baltimore Ravens or the Buffalo Bills. The future AFC title champ will represent the conference in the 2025 Super Bowl against the NFC division winner. (The Washington Commanders will play either the Los Angeles Rams or the Philadelphia Eagles for that honor.)
Should the Chiefs make it to and win the big game, it would be their third consecutive Lombardi trophy. Kelce and Mahomes, in particular, were signed with the team when they won in 2020, 2023 and 2024, respectively.
“I haven’t heard anybody talk about anything ‘three-peat’ [or] anything like that,” Kelce said in an ESPN sit-down that aired ahead of the divisional playoff game. “Anybody can get beat in the playoffs if you don’t come in with the right mentality and the right mindset dating back to training camp and throughout the season. We have such a veteran team. We have so many leaders in so many different ways. Guys step up and guys just understand the task at hand.”
