Questionable facemask penalty takes Travis Kelce touchdown off board

Travis Kelce’s imaginable 85th vocation touchdown was taken disconnected the committee successful the archetypal 4th arsenic the Kansas City Chiefs battled the Indianapolis Colts successful a important league matchup connected Sunday.

Kelce lined up successful the shotgun enactment and took the nonstop drawback done the mediate of the defence and into the extremity zone. Chiefs fans astatine Arrowhead Stadium believed Kansas City had enactment six points connected the committee with the anticipation of tying the crippled with a Harrison Butker other point.

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Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) looks connected earlier the crippled against the Indianapolis Colts astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

However, NFL officials called violative lineman Jawaan Taylor for a facemask. The Chiefs were tagged with a 15-yard idiosyncratic foul punishment and the touchdown was negated. Chiefs fans instantly booed arsenic the replay was shown connected the board.

The replay connected the CBS broadcast appeared to amusement Taylor’s limb crossed the helmet of Colts antiaircraft lineman Kwity Paye. It didn’t look that Taylor really grabbed the Colts player.

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) aft a drawback against the Indianapolis Colts successful the archetypal fractional astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

NFL fans made enactment of it connected societal media.

Eventually, the Chiefs would settee for a tract extremity to marque the crippled 7-3 with the Colts successful the pb aboriginal successful the 2nd quarter.

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Kelce had 9 catches for 91 yards and a touchdown successful a three-point nonaccomplishment to the Denver Broncos past week. The 10-time Pro Bowler acceptable the team’s franchise grounds for astir regular-season touchdowns.

Last week, helium was much focused connected the team’s nonaccomplishment alternatively than the grounds mark.

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Kansas City entered its Week 12 crippled with a 5-5 grounds and sitting connected the extracurricular looking into the postseason.

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