Current:Home > NewsTravis Kelce stats: How Chiefs TE performs with, without Taylor Swift in attendance-LoTradeCoin
Travis Kelce stats: How Chiefs TE performs with, without Taylor Swift in attendance
View Date:2024-12-24 00:19:44
It's been a new era for Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, as he's gone from NFL star to global celebrity, thanks to Taylor Swift.
Ever since Swift showed up alongside Donna Kelce during Kansas City's Week 3 over the Chicago Bears, football and music fans have wondered how often the pop icon would be seen attending Chiefs games. She would show up to three more games, with the last being the Week 7 victory against the Los Angeles Chargers. Since then, Swift has been busy with her Eras Tour resuming in Argentina and Brazil, which included a visit from Kelce in Buenos Aires.
But with the Eras Tour done for the rest of 2023, Swift could be in attendance for the rest of Kansas City's remaining schedule. Not only will it captivate audiences, but it could also give Kelce a boost in his stats.
Here is how much different his performance has been with Swift cheering him on, vs. when she isn't around:
Travis Kelce stats with Taylor Swift in attendance
It's been nothing but good karma for "the guy on the Chiefs" when Swift is in the crowd.
NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.
When Swift is in attendance for a Chiefs game, Kansas City is 4-0 while Kelce has 34 catches for 432 yards (108 yards per game) and two touchdowns. During those games, Kelce snags 12.2 yards per reception.
In those games, the Chiefs have won by an average of 14.8 points, and it's probably the reason why head coach Andy Reid said Swift "can stay around all she wants."
Here are the games Swift was in attendance for, along with Kelce's stats that game:
- Week 3 vs. Chicago Bears: Seven catches for 69 yards and one touchdown; win, 41-10
- Week 4 vs. New York Jets: Six catches for 60 yards; win, 23-20
- Week 6 vs. Denver Broncos: Nine catches for 124 yards; win, 19-8
- Week 7 vs. Los Angeles Chargers: 12 catches (season-high) for 179 yards (season-high) and a touchdown; win, 31-17
Travis Kelce stats without Taylor Swift in attendance
Without Swift, the Chiefs are still good, but they haven't been perfect and there's certainly a blank space left in Kelce's results.
When Swift isn't there and Kelce is playing, Kansas City is 4-2. Kelce has also had some of his statistically worse games without his lover there. His four lowest receiving yard games came with Swift out.
In the six games, Kelce has 36 catches for 300 yards (50 yards per game) and three touchdowns. That also adds up to 8.2 yards per reception.
Those games include when Kelce had season low three catches for 14 yards against the Miami Dolphins in Germany, and when he had a drop and his lone fumble on the season against the Philadelphia Eagles. Even after the loss to Philadelphia, Kelce said "I’m not playing my best football right now."
Kelce also hasn't topped 100 receiving yards in any of the games Swift wasn't at. The games have also been closer, as the win against the Raiders is the only victory in which Chiefs won by more than one-score.
Will Taylor Swift be at the next Chiefs game?
Swift hasn't been at a game in more than a month because of her Eras Tour, but since her next concert isn't scheduled until Feb. 7, 2024 in Tokyo, the pop star can attend the rest of the regular season and some playoff games.
Kansas City's next game is on "Sunday Night Football" against the Green Bay Packers, so Swift could be in Lambeau Field to see her beau again. There hasn't been confirmation as to whether Swift will or will not be there, and it'll be something the NBC broadcast will monitor leading up to the game. It could also lead to Swift meeting with decorated Olympian Simone Biles — wife of Packers safety Jonathan Owens — in a moment that could break the internet.
veryGood! (8)
Related
- Pie, meet donuts: Krispy Kreme releases Thanksgiving pie flavor ahead of holidays
- Demi Lovato Is Engaged to Jutes: Look Back at Their Road to Romance
- Mississippi State QB Will Rogers transfers to Washington after dominant run in SEC
- Russia and Ukraine launch numerous drone attacks targeting a Russian air base and Black Sea coast
- Maine elections chief who drew Trump’s ire narrates House tabulations in livestream
- Alex Jones offers to pay Newtown families at least $55 million over school shooting hoax conspiracy
- J. Crew Factory's 70% Off Sale Has Insane Deals On Holiday-Worthy Looks & Classic Staples
- NFL winners, losers of Saturday: Bengals make big move as Vikings, Steelers stumble again
- UConn, Kansas State among five women's college basketball games to watch this weekend
- Leon Edwards retains welterweight belt with unanimous decision over Colby Covington at UFC 296
Ranking
- Brian Austin Green Shares Message to Sharna Burgess Amid Ex Megan Fox's Baby News
- Willie Nelson shares the secret to writer's block and his approach to songwriting: I haven't quit
- Simply the Best 25 Schitt's Creek Secrets Revealed
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar falls and breaks hip at Los Angeles concert
- Elton John Details Strict Diet in His 70s
- Catholic activists in Mexico help women reconcile their faith with abortion rights
- Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid fined for criticizing officiating after loss to Bills
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks hip when he falls at concert in Los Angeles
Recommendation
-
Natural gas flares sparked 2 wildfires in North Dakota, state agency says
-
Documents from binder with intelligence on Russian election interference went missing at end of Trump's term
-
J. Crew Factory's 70% Off Sale Has Insane Deals On Holiday-Worthy Looks & Classic Staples
-
Man convicted in Arkansas graduation shooting gets 105 years in prison
-
American Idol’s Triston Harper, 16, Expecting a Baby With Wife Paris Reed
-
'Wait Wait' for December 16, 2023: Live at Carnegie with Bethenny Frankel
-
Juwan Howard cleared to return as Michigan's head basketball coach, AD announces
-
Lions on brink of first playoff appearance since 2016 after blasting Broncos