Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce pile into his Rolls Royce en route to their New Year’s Eve festivities after his Chiefs came back to beat the Bengals in front of the adoring pop star at Arrowhead

Travis Kelce's 2023 ended with a win and his 2024 begins with a new one: some quality time with girlfriend Taylor Swift.

The All-Pro tight end had just three catches, but his Kansas City Chiefs still came back to defeat the visiting Cincinnati Bengals 25-17 to capture their eighth straight AFC West crown.

The couple was then taken in a chauffeur-driven golf cart to the players' parking lot, where DailyMail.com cameras caught Kelce absconding with Swift in his Rolls Royce. While Swift wore a Chiefs varsity jacket emblazoned with her nickname “Tay-Ta,” Kelce was comfortably dressed in sweatpants and a knit hat that covered his shaved head.

And like the gentleman he is, Kelce would definitely open the door for his New Year's Eve date.

It is believed the two will sound off with family and friends at a private party in the Kansas City area in 2024. Kelce's mother, Donna, was spotted in Swift's luxury box earlier in the evening.

Late in the fourth inning, cameras caught Swift celebrating the impending victory with a young fan as Kansas City's Chris Jones sacked Bengals quarterback Jake Browning on Cincinnati's final drive.

Kelce was almost a non-factor for Patrick Mahomes & Co. and finished the game with just three catches for 16 yards on four targets. He remains just a few yards shy of his eighth straight 1,000-yard season.

But for the 10-6 Chiefs, the win was significant. Not only does Kansas City win its eighth straight AFC West crown, but it also comes after a miserable 3-8 streak that threatened their entire season. Of course, many have suggested that Swift was somehow responsible for distracting Kelce and the Chiefs from their task, but that wasn't the case on Sunday as Kansas City came back to beat the Bengals, who fell to 8-8.

Swift reacted joyfully to the victory past a young fan, raising her finger in the air and shouting in the boy's face.

And as some fans noted, Swift wore a Chiefs jacket with “Tay-Tay” embroidered on the pocket — a reference to Kelce's rumored nickname for the 34-year-old singer. Swifties went wild about this on social media, noting that they're happy he adopted the fanbase's nickname for her.

And as has become a familiar scene at Arrowhead, fans brought signs hoping to get her attention.

One savvy Chiefs supporter dubbed the romantic couple “TNT” and wrote, “They're Dynamite!”

Another young visitor wrote that she was “only here for Taylor.”

Harrison Butker was a career-best 6-of-6 on field goal attempts as Kansas City held the Bengals scoreless over their last seven possessions.

Patrick Mahomes had 245 yards passing and a touchdown for Kansas City (10-6), which also secured at least the No. 3 seed and one home game. Isiah Pacheco ran 18 times for 130 yards, while Rashee Rice had five catches for 127 yards.

The Bengals (8-8), fighting for their own playoff lives, led early by 10 but trailed 25-17 when Butker made the last of his field goals — a 46-yarder through gale-force winds — by 2 :59 left. the game.

With one last chance, Jake Browning hit Tyler Boyd to convert a long fourth down and move into Kansas City territory, but back-to-back sacks from George Karlaftis and Chris Jones gave the Chiefs eight on the day and ended the Bengals' hopes of a comeback. .

Browning finished with 197 yards passing and a touchdown. Joe Mixon ran 65 yards and got the TD reception.

Butker converted from 54, 43, 27, 24, 48 and 46 yards, accounting for the final 18 points of the game.

The Bengals and Chiefs are used to playing high-stakes games when the weather turns frigid, meeting in each of the past two AFC championship games for down-to-earth nail-biters. And they usually involve a lot of nonsense, whether it's about elected officials or — in the case of this past week — players like Ja'Marr Chase of the Bengals.

The hostility usually spills over onto the field as well. Midway through the second quarter, Chase and Chiefs cornerback L'Jarius Sneed got into a heated argument, and ultimately a team-wide scrum resulted in compensating personal fouls.

The Bengals jumped ahead 10-7 when an 8 1/2-minute drive resulted in a field goal and a 6 1/2-minute march ended in Mixon's touchdown catch. Cincinnati then got the ball back when Trey Hendrickson ran around rookie right tackle Wanya Morris on the right, stripped Mahomes from behind and Sam Hubbard was there to pounce on the loose ball.

Pass interference on Sneed in the end zone set up Browning's 1-yard TD run.

Butker's first field goal got the Chiefs within 17–10, and they had a chance to take the lead when Mahomes Marquez found Valdes-Scantling wide open on their next possession. But another botched pass — the NFL's 40th this season led by Kansas City — forced the Chiefs to settle for a field goal while trailing 17-13 at halftime.

As the Chiefs defense strengthened in the second half, their offense began to show signs of life.

They stopped the Bengals on fourth-and-1 at the Kansas City 6 and then drove 82 yards for Butker's third field goal. And after the Bengals had to punt, Mahomes hit Rashee Rice 67 yards to set up Butker's chip shot and give the Chiefs the lead for good.