Mahomes then tossed a 5-yard TD pass to a wide-open Kadarius Toney to give Kansas City its first lead, 28-27, early in the fourth quarter.Īfter the Chiefs tightened up their defense, forcing Philly to punt, Toney returned a line-drive kick 65 yards to the Eagles 5 for the longest punt return in Super Bowl history. Mahomes slipped - several players lost their footing on the natural grass surface - in the pocket yet somehow regained his balance and scrambled 14 yards to the Eagles 4, setting up Isiah Pacheco’s 1-yard TD run that cut the deficit to 24-21. “If we would’ve pulled him off, I would’ve had to fight him. “I knew it was pretty bad when he got up limping but I knew it wasn’t gonna be bad enough to where he was gonna pull himself off the field,” Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy said.
He limped off the field but showed no ill effects on Kansas City’s next possession. Mahomes, who suffered a high ankle sprain in the divisional round, hurt it again on a 3-yard scramble late in the second quarter. It took just three years to get another Lombardi.Ĭhiefs fans were outnumbered in the stadium, but did their part to silence the boisterous Philly fans with the tomahawk chop chant.ĭown 24-14 with a limping Mahomes, the Chiefs (17-3) followed up Rihanna’s electrifying halftime performance with a sensational offensive outburst. Mahomes led them back from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter against San Francisco in that one. The Chiefs won their second Super Bowl following the 2019 season, 50 years after the first one. “I just tried to focus on one kick and focusing on the process.” “It feels amazing just to see the confetti,” said Butker, who missed a 42-yarder in the first quarter. I was hoping they would let it slide,” Bradberry said.Īfter Mahomes took a knee twice, Butker nailed his kick, sending thousands of red-clad Chiefs fans into a frenzy.
But Jerick McKinnon slid at the 2, forcing the Eagles to use their last timeout. With the score tied at 35-35, the Eagles tried to let the Chiefs score a touchdown with under two minutes left so they could get the ball back after a defensive holding call on cornerback James Bradberry on third-and-8 gave Kansas City a first down. There’s a lot of pride in knowing that he’s had success in two different organizations, but this was the better one.” “We wanted to get this so bad for him,” Travis Kelce said. “It took everybody to win the game,” Mahomes shouted as red and yellow confetti littered the field.Ĭoach Andy Reid, who couldn’t win the big game in Philadelphia, beat his former team to earn his second ring with Mahomes and the Chiefs. But Mahomes turned it up in the second half after reaggravating a sprained right ankle. Mahomes and Jalen Hurts excelled in the first Super Bowl matchup featuring two Black starting QBs.
“In that first half, we were playing and doing some good stuff, but I felt like the guys were getting consumed by everything around us.” “I thought guys just embraced the moment,” Mahomes said about rallying from a 10-point halftime deficit. The Chiefs won their second NFL title in four years and two-time NFL MVP Mahomes earned his second Super Bowl MVP award. Playing on an injured ankle, Mahomes threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and scrambled 26 yards on the go-ahead drive before Harrison Butker kicked a 27-yard field goal with 8 seconds left to give the Chiefs a 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night. Patrick Mahomes was magical when the Kansas City Chiefs desperately needed him to pull off another Super Bowl comeback. NFL, Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl magic: Mahomes, Chiefs beat Eagles 38-35
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