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Frigid weather forecast for Kansas City playoff game adds insult to injury for Dolphins
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The weather forecast for Kansas City on Saturday may be rubbing a bit of salt in the wound of a team that was one win away from hosting their own playoff game .
When the No. 3-seed Kansas City Chiefs (11-6) host the No. 6-seed Miami Dolphins (11-6) in the wild-card game, it will be in temperatures forecast at a high of 7 degrees and a low of negative 8 degrees.
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The Dolphins, a team generally used to playing in warmer temperatures, lost their Week 18 game to the Buffalo Bills , giving the Bills the division title. The loss pushed Miami to the sixth seed and a road game in frigid Kansas City, while the AFC East champion Bills host their own wild-card clash.
Saturday's forecast in Miami calls for thunderstorms with a high of 81 degrees and a low of 66.
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What is the coldest Chiefs game ever?
On Dec. 18, 1983, it was one degree with a negative 15 degrees windchill when the Chiefs kicked off a game against the Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium, according to Pro Football Reference .
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According to FOX 4 Kansas City , the coldest Chiefs playoff game on record going into Saturday was a 1996 Divisional Round clash with the Indianapolis Colts . It was 11 degrees at the start of the game with a windchill of negative 15. Points were at a premium that day, as Jim Harbaugh led the Colts to a 10-7 win.
What is the coldest Dolphins game ever?
According to Pro Football Reference , it was 10 degrees with a windchill of negative 12 when the Dolphins kicked off against the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 21, 2008. The Dolphins won that day, 38-31.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dolphins-Chiefs forecast has single digit temps, snow for game in KC
