Chiefs Fans Reportedly Dealing With Frostbite From NFL Playoff Game

When the Chiefs beat the Dolphins in sub-zero temperatures at Arrowhead Stadium in January — en route to a second straight Super Bowl victory — dozens of fans who attended the game reportedly came down with frostbite afterward.

Now, the medical director at the Grossman Burn Center at Research Medical Center in Kansas City says the vast majority of those frostbitten Chiefs fans are now being asked to schedule amputations.

Among those die-hard Chiefs…a man who took off his gloves for 5 minutes to set up a tent in the parking lot outside Arrowhead. HCA Midwest Health shared images of his injured hand, and it's very noisy.

Remember … the AFC Wild Card playoff game between the Chiefs and Dolphins was played at -4 degrees temperature … with a wind chill of -27 degrees at the start.

The game was the coldest in Chiefs franchise history … and the fourth-coldest game in NFL history … but the weather didn't stop the 70,000-seat stadium from being packed to the gills.

Doctors advise amputations for about 70% of patients who enter the Grossman Burn Center with frostbite … while the remaining 30% must spend weeks on hyperbaric oxygen tanks.