Taylor Swift celebrated Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs’ berth into the NFL playoffs with a 26-7 win over the Miami Dolphins on Saturday night. Kelce, 34, caught seven balls for 71 yards in the Chiefs’ win.
Minutes before the end of the game, cameras focused on Swift, who was sitting between Donna Kelce and Brittany Mahomes, happily singing along with Chiefs fans. With this win, the Chiefs advance to next weekend’s district round of the playoffs.
Kelce and his Kansas City teammates can advance to the Super Bowl with a win next week and the AFC Championship Round the following week.
Super Bowl will be held on Sunday, February 11th in Las Vegas.
The Kansas City Star estimated he had a 70% chance of the Chiefs making it to the Super Bowl. The Chiefs won both championships in 2020 and 2023, and will be appearing in the championship game for the fourth time in the past five years.
Kelce led the Chiefs to their eighth straight AFC West title and ninth consecutive playoff appearance while romance with the 34-year-old Swift blossomed. With frequent cheers from Swift, Kelce finished the regular season with a team-leading 93 receptions, 984 yards, and five touchdowns. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes also seemed to trust Kelce the most, throwing to the tight end 121 times, more than any other receiver on the team. Kelce sat out last weekend’s game and then told his brother Jason Kelce on the latest episode of the New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce podcast that he didn’t attend the game just to set the 1,000-yard receiving record.
“My gut feeling was that it wasn’t right and I felt like we shouldn’t play the game that way (with numbers),” he said. Kelce said he didn’t want to “come across as selfish” and called Kelce a “humble, unassuming guy.” Kelce has gained at least 1,000 yards in each of the past seven seasons, and Mahomes, 28, said he intended to throw the ball to Kelce multiple times in the Chiefs’ final game of the season to get 1,000 yards.
It won more awards for eight consecutive seasons. The “Love Story” singer frequently attended Chiefs games throughout the season, sitting in a plush box next to Kelsey’s parents and other teammates’ families. A source close to the Kelsey family tells PEOPLE, “Donna loves Taylor and thinks she’s a very kind and down-to-earth person,” adding that Taylor was included in PEOPLE’s list. Kelsey’s mother, who was on the list, later told Wall Street. According to the Journal, her son is “happier than I’ve seen him in a long time.”