Travis Kelce makes stunning catch to score the Chiefs’ first touchdown in must-win clash against the Ravens, sending girlfriend Taylor Swift wild as she celebrates in VIP suite
Travis Kelce has helped the Kansas City Chiefs take a step closer to the Super Bowl as he made an unbelievable catch to score the team’s first touchdown of the AFC Championship game on Sunday.
The Chiefs play the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in what is the last playoff game of January before next month’s spectacle, and the tight end put the first points on the board for the reigning champions in front of his girlfriend Taylor Swift.
With just over seven minutes left on the clock in the first quarter, Kelce fought off coverage from Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton to haul in a 19-yard touchdown-pass. It only took 10 plays, 86 yards and 5:45 minutes in the first quarter for Kansas City to draw first blood.
And as Patrick Mahomes raced to the end zone to celebrate with Kelce, the cameras panned to the VIP suite where Swift was watching on with pure joy.
The popstar could be seen screaming, ‘Oh my god,’ as her posse of celebrity pals went wild around her.
OH MY GOODNESS TRAVIS KELCE pic.twitter.com/b8W7hs0ih4
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 28, 2024
Travis Kelce scored the first touchdown in the AFC Championship showdown on Sunday
The 34-year-old celebrated the Chiefs drawing first blood in front of his girlfriend, Taylor Swift
Swift, center right, screamed ‘Oh my god’ while cameras were on her as she celebrated wildly
The songstress, who has been to many of her NFL beau’s games this season, looked stunned with her mouth left wide open at first before rallying behind her boyfriend’s early impressive display.
Kelce is aiming to record his second multi-touchdown game of the season after being on the receiving end of two of them in the Chiefs’ AFC Divisional Round win against the Buffalo Bills. In that game, the 34-year-old logged was found five times for six targets, recording a total of 75 yards on top of his two touchdowns.
Kelce ended up with four receptions for 42 receiving yards and a touchdown by the end of the first quarter against the Ravens on Sunday.
Before kickoff, the eight-time Pro Bowler was seen throwing Justin Tucker’s helmet and telling the Ravens kicker to move as he was in the way of Mahomes’ pregame warm-up routine.
Kelce is looking to have consecutive multi-touchdown games for the first time of the season
Kelce also flashed a peace sign to Chiefs fans upon his arrival at M&T Bank Stadium, as he donned a similar all-black outfit to the one he wore when the team’s plane landed in Baltimore on Saturday.
Ahead of this weekend’s matchup, Kelce insisted that he and Taylor ‘can’t listen to the outside noise’ as their romance continues to blossom, although he admits to bringing this one himself.
‘I’d be silly to say I didn’t notice it go up,’ he said when asked about his rise in fame during Friday’s press conference.
‘I think the Super Bowl helped that and obviously how I live my life off the field, definitely helps out,’ he added with a sly smile. ‘But I brought this on myself and I do enjoy having fun with it all and making sure my focus is right here in this building.’
