Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes claimed a few pieces of franchise history during the team’s Week 15 win over the Houston Texans.
During the course of the game, Mahomes ran for his 11th career rushing touchdown. In doing so, Mahomes now has the most rushing touchdowns by a QB in franchise history in their career. It breaks the tie that he held with Alex Smith (10) for the most rushing touchdowns by a QB in franchise history. Keep in mind, this is only the fifth year that Mahomes has been a starter for the team. It’s also not the only record that Mahomes claimed from Smith on Sunday.
In addition to his rushing prowess, Mahomes had a dominant day throwing the ball. He completed 36-of-41 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns in Houston. That’s an 87.80% completion percentage — which is now the highest completion percentage (minimum of 20 attempts) by a Chiefs QB in a single game in franchise history.
Patrick Mahomes completed 36-of-41 passes against the #Texans on Sunday, good for a 87.80% completion percentage. That's the highest completion percentage in a single game in #Chiefs franchise history (min. 20 attempts) per team game notes.
— Charles Goldman (@goldmctNFL) December 18, 2022
Smith previously held the completion percentage record with 86.36% against the Oakland Raiders in October of 2016, when he completed 19-of-22 passes. Smith actually now owns No. 2 through No. 5 on the franchise leaderboards, but he never completed more than 25 passes in those games. It makes the record by Mahomes all the more impressive and one that will likely stand for a very long time.
