Colts fall to 0-2 as the Chiefs win 33-30 in overtime on a Harrison Butker field goal

The Indianapolis Colts lost 33-30 in overtime to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football at Arrowhead Stadium, and the way it ended is why "Colts" is one of the top Google searches in the US today. Harrison Butker made a 40-yard field goal with no time left in the extra period, a few minutes after Indianapolis chose to kick a tying field goal rather than go for a touchdown that would have won the game.

The loss drops the Colts to 0-2 after a 41-23 home defeat to Baltimore in Week 1. Kansas City is 2-0.

How overtime played out

Butker opened the scoring in overtime with a 31-yard field goal for a 30-27 Chiefs lead, according to the ESPN scoring summary. On the Colts' possession, Daniel Jones hit Laquon Treadwell deep. The play was first ruled a fumble recovered by Kansas City, but replay showed Treadwell was down by contact, the Associated Press recap reported, leaving Indianapolis first-and-10 at the Chiefs' 17.

From there it went backward. ESPN reported that two Jonathan Taylor runs lost a combined 3 yards and Jones was pushed out of bounds after a 5-yard scramble on third down. On fourth-and-8, coach Shane Steichen said he told Jones to run the call only if he liked the look. He did not, the Colts took a delay-of-game penalty, and Spencer Shrader tied it with a 38-yard field goal with 3:11 left.

That gave the ball back to Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs ran Kenneth Walker III three straight times to reach midfield, then Mahomes found Walker on a 22-yard pass that set up the winning kick, per the AP.

"We wanted it to be the last possession," Steichen said, according to ESPN. He also defended deferring after winning the overtime coin toss, saying he preferred to know what his team needed after Kansas City's drive.

The numbers

	Colts	Chiefs
Total yards	329	523
Passing yards	210	371
Rushing yards	119	152
First downs	24	29
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	33:00	37:00

Mahomes completed 32 of 47 passes for 382 yards and three touchdowns, to Travis Kelce, Xavier Worthy and Jalen Royals. Kelce caught nine passes for 101 yards and Walker ran 24 times for 117 yards. For Indianapolis, Jones went 22 of 31 for 210 yards with a touchdown to Tyler Warren and an interception, Taylor ran for 92 yards and two touchdowns, and Josh Downs caught seven passes for 72 yards. Shrader made all three of his field goals, from 42, 49 and 38 yards.

The Colts led 20-17 at halftime after Taylor's 24-yard touchdown run. Kansas City held the ball for all but 2:22 of the third quarter, the AP noted, and went ahead on the Royals touchdown and a Butker field goal before Taylor's second score tied it at 27 with 5:37 left in regulation.

What it means for Indianapolis

The defense is the problem. ESPN counted 1,029 yards allowed by the Colts in two games, and the unit was short-handed again: cornerback Charvarius Ward left with a groin injury and Sauce Gardner played through a rib injury, according to ESPN.

The bigger worry on offense is wide receiver Alec Pierce, who was carted off with a left heel injury in the first half. CBS Sports reported that Pierce could not put weight on his left leg, that he had offseason surgery on his left ankle, and that ESPN reported his X-rays were negative with more evaluation planned for Monday. Defensive end Michael Clemons also left with a toe injury, per the AP. We had not seen an official update on Pierce when this story was published.

Next up, the Colts host the Houston Texans on Sunday, September 27, then visit Washington on October 4 and Pittsburgh on October 11, according to ESPN's Colts schedule. Houston is also 0-2 after a 20-6 home loss to Cincinnati on Sunday, so one of the two AFC South teams will leave next Sunday at 0-3 unless the game ends in a tie.

Final scores from the rest of Week 2 are on our NFL scores page, and next week's games are on the NFL schedule. See also: Caleb Williams' hamstring injury in the Bears' loss to Minnesota.

Sources: ESPN box score, scoring summary, schedule and reporting; Associated Press recap; CBS Sports. Reported Monday, September 21, 2026.