Travis Kelce makes NFL history in front of Taylor Swift as he powers Chiefs to playoff win over Texans

A resurgent Travis Kelce etched his name into the NFL history books once more as the Kansas City Chiefs moved a step closer to a historic three-peat Saturday night.

With girlfriend Taylor Swift watching on at Arrowhead, Kelce rolled back the years to inspire the Chiefs to a 23-14 Divisional playoff victory over the Houston Texans, which booked their place in a seventh straight AFC Championship game.

The 35-year-old made a mockery of recent calls for him to retire after taking seven catches for 117 yards and a touchdown in one of his most successful outings of 2024.

And after reaching the 100-yard mark against Houston, Kelce set yet another all-time NFL record.

The legendary tight end has now recorded 100 or more receiving yards in nine postseason games over the course of his career, the most by any player in history.

He was previously tied in the all-time standings with former San Francisco 49ers receiver Jerry Rice on eight games.

Kelce already holds numerous NFL records; including most consecutive and most overall seasons with 1,000 yards by a tight end (7), most receiving yards by a tight end in a single season (1,416), most receptions by a tight end in their first 10 seasons (814), and most receptions (172) and receiving touchdowns (22) in the playoffs.

Back in December, he also became the quickest tight end in history to reach 12,000 career receiving yards after doing so in 172 games, surpassing the previous record held by Chiefs legend Tony Gonzalez (210 games).

Kelce looked back to his best as the Chiefs cruised past the Texans in their opening playoff game of the season.

His strong start to the playoffs comes after he put up some of the lowest regular-season numbers of his NFL career, leading to suggestions that it could be time for him to hang up his cleats.

But as Swift cheered him on from her private suite, where she was joined by WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark, Kelce showed why he is still such an integral member of the Kansas City offense.

‘I feel like if you’re gonna step out you’ve always got something to prove,’ he said in his postgame interview. ‘I wish it was just a flick of a switch, but it’s everyone in the building. Everyone figuring out how to give our body’s the best rest so we can feel like this. We came out firing on all cylinders.’

‘You know eight-seven was gonna show up whenever [there’s] a big time moment, and he did that,’ Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said about Kelce after the game.

‘I mean, everybody was asking, ‘Where’s Travis Kelce at?’ And I think he showed the world where he’s at.’

Midway through the second quarter, the Kansas City icon proved he still has plenty left in the tank after skipping past a Houston defender for a huge 49-yard gain – which sent Swift and Clark wild.

The singer and women’s basketball sensation were filmed hugging in celebration in their suite, and while it was a tense game at times in Kansas City, Kelce made sure it was one that ended in celebration for the home crowd.

Clark, the biggest star of the WNBA, is a Chiefs fan – and a huge Swiftie – and revealed earlier this year that the pop megastar had told her she was keen to watch the Chiefs play with her.

And that day came on Saturday, when she was pictured in the VIP suite sat in behind Swift as the NFL playoffs came to a cold and windy Kansas City.

An excited Swift was filmed pumping up a group of Chiefs fans as she marched into Arrowhead on Saturday.

As she walked through the stadium up to her luxury suite, the songstress stopped to talk to fans who had gathered to get a glimpse of her.

‘How’s it going? You guys are here early,’ she said, before clapping her hands together and adding: ‘I love it’.

DailyMail.com exclusively pictured Swift and her family leaving her New York City apartment early on Saturday to make the trip.

She was then filmed arriving at the stadium with her parents, Scott and Andrea, and brother Austin. They even beat Kelce to the stadium with the tight end arriving just after.