Frigid weather forecast for Kansas City playoff game adds insult to injury for Dolphins
The weather forecast for Kansas City on Saturday may be rubbing a bit of salt in the wound of a team that was one win away from hosting their own playoff game.
When the No. 3-seed Kansas City Chiefs (11-6) host the No. 6-seed Miami Dolphins (11-6) in the wild-card game, it will be in temperatures forecast at a high of 7 degrees and a low of negative 8 degrees.
The Dolphins, a team generally used to playing in warmer temperatures, lost their Week 18 game to the Buffalo Bills, giving the Bills the division title. The loss pushed Miami to the sixth seed and a road game in frigid Kansas City, while the AFC East champion Bills host their own wild-card clash.
Saturday's forecast in Miami calls for thunderstorms with a high of 81 degrees and a low of 66.
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What is the coldest Chiefs game ever?
On Dec. 18, 1983, it was one degree with a negative 15 degrees windchill when the Chiefs kicked off a game against the Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium, according to Pro Football Reference.
According to FOX 4 Kansas City, the coldest Chiefs playoff game on record going into Saturday was a 1996 Divisional Round clash with the Indianapolis Colts. It was 11 degrees at the start of the game with a windchill of negative 15. Points were at a premium that day, as Jim Harbaugh led the Colts to a 10-7 win.
What is the coldest Dolphins game ever?
According to Pro Football Reference, it was 10 degrees with a windchill of negative 12 when the Dolphins kicked off against the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 21, 2008. The Dolphins won that day, 38-31.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dolphins-Chiefs forecast has single digit temps, snow for game in KC
