It was Hoth-level cold for the NFL in Kansas City and Chicago
As the polar vortex brought frigid conditions down into the middle of America, so, too, did it bring extremely cold temperatures to a pair of NFL games that had players and fans alike bundled up.
In Kansas City, Missouri, where the Chiefs were hosting the Tennessee Titans, the mercury dipped to a meager 1 degree Fahrenheit at kickoff with a -9-degree wind chill. That is reportedly a record for the coldest regular season Chiefs home game since records were kept.
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Meanwhile, in Chicago, temperatures weren't quite as cold as feared but the 11-degree kickoff temp (with a -4-degree wind chill) as the Bears played host to the Green Bay Packers was still pretty damn freezing.
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While there were some other cold weather games in the league on Sunday, including in Buffalo, New York and Denver, none of those games could match Kansas City and Chicago for pure chill value.
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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
