Alex Kemp will be the referee for the AFC championship game between the Patriots and Broncos. It's Kemp's first time working a conference championship game and his eighth playoff game overall. Here's Kemp's full crew: Kemp was hired as a side judge in 2014 and earned a promotion to referee in 2018.

The Broncos are 4-0 at home with referee Alex Kemp. The Patriots went 3-0 in Kemp games during the 2025 regular season.

FOXBOROUGH — Alex Kemp will serve as the referee for Sunday’s AFC Championship game between the Patriots and Broncos in Denver. According to NFLPenalties.com, Kemp and his crew called an average of 115.1 penalty yards per game in 2025, fourth-most in the NFL. (Kemp won’t be working with his normal crew in this one because it’s the postseason.)

Clay Martin will act as crew chief for the NFC Conference Championship game between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday.

The referee, who was said to be "conscious and speaking" Friday, also had a heart attack in 2016 while officiating a game.

Carl Cheffers games favor the home team, and the Broncos are 4-1 in their last five games with Cheffers as the ref.

CINCINNATI – A rookie referee will call the Cincinnati Bengals’ game Monday night against the Denver Broncos. Alex Moore has been an NFL official since 2022, but this is his first season as white-hat wearing head referee. Moore broke into the league as ...