The Chiefs secured the playoff spot in first place after defeating the Raiders

Patrick Mahomes passed for 306 yards and became Kansas City’s career leader in touchdown passes. The Chiefs secured a spot in the AFC playoffs today with a 19-17 victory over the visiting Las Vegas Raiders.

Kansas City (11-1) has played a number of close games this season and secured this win when Raiders center Jackson Powers-Johnson unexpectedly snapped the ball. It bounced off quarterback Aidan O’Connell’s right upper arm and the Chiefs’ Nick Bolton recovered it at the Kansas City 37-yard line with 11 seconds left.

Mahomes threw one scoring pass and became the franchise leader with 238, surpassing Hall of Famer Len Dawson (237). Fill-in kicker Matthew Wright hit a career-high four field goals for the Chiefs.

Brock Bowers and Tre Tucker caught touchdown passes for Las Vegas (2-10), which lost its eighth straight game. Bowers had 10 receptions for a career-best 140 yards.

O’Connell completed 23 of 35 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns for the Raiders. It was his first appearance since breaking his right (throwing) thumb in Week 7 against the Los Angeles Rams.

O’Connell was forced to leave after Gardner Minshew suffered a season-ending broken collarbone in last Sunday’s 29-19 loss to the Denver Broncos.

Wright hit a 32-yard field goal with 9:53 to play to give Kansas City a 19-17 lead.

The Raiders had a chance to take the lead, but Daniel Carlson failed on a 58-yard field goal attempt with 2:17 left. Carlson also missed attempts from 56 and 55 yards.

Carlson waited for one last chance before missing a play from the Kansas City 32.

The Raiders trailed by 13 before overwhelming the Chiefs with two touchdowns in 1:48.

Las Vegas got within six when O’Connell threw a 33-yard scoring pass to Bowers with 1:40 left in the third. The score was set by a 68-yard kickoff return by Ameer Abdullah.

Then on the first play of the fourth quarter, O’Donnell threw deep and connected with Tucker on a 58-yard touchdown to give the Raiders a 17-16 lead.

Mahomes surpassed the mark set by Dawson, who retired after the 1975 season, with a 6-yard scoring pass to Watson to give the Chiefs a 10-3 lead with 2:14 left in the first half.

Wright hit field goals of 42 and 35 yards in the third quarter to extend Kansas City’s lead to 16-3. Wright was brought in this week to take over place-kicking duties while Harrison Butker and last week’s hero Spencer Shrader were sidelined with injuries.