Stop if you heard this before: the Kansas City Chiefs are heading to the AFC Championship Game.

In a game full of controversy, adversity, and intensity, the Chiefs edged out the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs took an early 3-0 lead after a 32-yard field goal from Harrison Butker. It was the result of a disastrous special teams start for the Texans — giving up the 69-yard kickoff return and an unsportsmanlike penalty tacked on top of it, giving Kansas City the ball at the 13-yard line. To be fair, their defense had a massive stand to force the Chiefs to kick a field goal.

The Texans responded the very next drive, tying the game up at three apiece with a 30-yard field goal from kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn.

And then the controversy ensued.

Edge rusher Will Anderson Jr. committed a roughing the passer penalty on Patrick Mahomes, although replays showed there was no such roughing. However, Houston managed to regroup to post its second red-zone stop in as many series in the first quarter, forcing Kansas City into another field goal that made it 6-3.

Kansas City went into the half leading 13-6, and Houston entered the second half with the drive of the game.

Running back Joe Mixon capped a 15-play, 82-yard opening drive (that took 10:24 off the clock!) with a 13-yard run to cut Houston’s deficit to 13-12. A missed XP cost them the tie. The series featured three third-down conversions, and a wide variety of play calls.

With the Chiefs only up by a point, the Mahomes-Kelce duo showed why they’re the best.

A touchdown pass to Kelce put the Chiefs up 20-12.

According to FOX Sports Research, that touchdown marked Kelce’s 14th career playoff game with 80-plus receiving yards, extending his record for the most such games by a tight end in NFL history. Kelce is now up to 100-plus receiving yards, giving him his ninth 100-yard game in the playoffs, breaking a tie with Jerry Rice for the most in league history. It was also Kelce’s 20th career playoff touchdown reception, which is two shy of tying Rice for the league record.

Also, according to FOX Sports Research, Mahomes and Kelce have now connected for 18 touchdowns in their playoff careers, the most by any duo in NFL history.

The Chiefs added a field goal, and committed an intentional safety, and came away with the 23-14 victory over the Houston Texans, who have never won a Divisional Round game in their franchise history.

Meanwhile, Kansas City awaits the winner of Baltimore/Buffalo to see who they face in the AFC Championship Game… their seventh straight appearance.

Andy Reid now joins George Halas, Don Shula and Bill Belichick as the only coaches in NFL history with at least 300 wins.