Kansas City Chiefs potentially hosting one of coldest NFL games - ESPN

The Kansas City Chiefs' road to consecutive Super Bowls begins Saturday against the Miami Dolphins in chilly fashion.

The forecast for Saturday night is projected to reach minus-5 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the Weather Channel, which would make it the coldest ever football game in Kansas City. If the game were held in Miami, temperatures would reach a low of 62 degrees with a 30% chance of rain.

There's never been a football game in Kansas City that has reached negative temperatures. The coldest it's ever been is 1 degree Fahrenheit with a wind chill of minus-19 during a Chiefs-Tennessee Titans game in 2016. The coldest postseason game in Kansas City happened in 1996 during an 11-degree matchup between the Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts.

If temperatures dip below 0 degrees, it will be just the sixth such instance in NFL postseason history. Here's a look at five of the coldest NFL playoff games.

Known as the «Ice Bowl,» the 1967 NFL Championship reigns supreme as the coldest postseason game. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 to win their 11th NFL championship game, three years before the AFL/NFL merger.

Down 17-14, Bart Starr led the Packers down the field for a winning touchdown with 16 seconds remaining. At the time of the score, temperatures had dwindled down to minus-18.

The then-San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals squared off in arguably the coldest game in NFL history — «The Freezer Bowl.» It was a drastic change for the Chargers, who were coming off a week where they defeated the Dolphins in 80-degree weather.

With a spot in Super Bowl XVI on the line, the Bengals dominated en route to a 27-7 victory. The Chargers struggled in the cold with four fumbles and were shut out in the