Chiefs, 49ers Advance to Super Bowl

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes celebrates AFC Championship win.

The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will face each other in Super Bowl 54 in Miami on February 2 after convincing wins in their conference championship games on Sunday.
The Chiefs got off to a slow start but then took over the game and beat the Tennessee Titans, 35-24 as quarterback Patrick Mahomes passed for three touchdowns and rushed for another score to go with 294 passing yards to get Kansas City to their first Super Bowl in 50 years. It was Mahomes' 27-yard scoring run that gave the Chiefs their first lead at 21-17 just before halftime.
The Titans had gone out to a 17-7 lead in the second quarter when QB Ryan Tannehill completed the first of his two TD passes along with a four-yard scoring run by running back Derrick Henry, who after two record setting games in the playoffs, was limited to just 69 rushing yards on 19 carries.
Kansas City had two scoring passes from Mahomes to wide receiver Tyreek Hill along with the Mahomes TD run to get a 21-17 lead and they added to that with 14 points in the fourth quarter when RB Damien Williams scored on a three-yard run and Mahomes completed 60-yard TD pass to WR Sammie Watkins with 7:31 remaining. The Titans scored with 4:18 to play on a second Tannehill TD pass to finish the scoring.
Out in San Francisco, the 49ers rolled to an impressive win over the Green Bay Packers with a 37-20 decision as running back Raheem Mostert dominated the game with four rushing touchdowns and 220 rushing yards on 29 carries. 49ers kicker Robbie Gould added three field goals to account for the

49ers RB Raheem Mostert dominated the NFC Championship Game with four touchdowns.

rest of the points.
The 'Niners raced out to a 27-0 lead at the half as Mostert scored three times on runs of 36 yards, nine yards and 18 yards while the defense dominated as well. For the game, the Packers outgained the 49ers, 358-354 but they only had 62 rushing yards compared to 285 yards rushing for the 49ers. In fact, San Francisco QB Jimmy Garoppolo attempted only eight passes (for 77 yards) as his team had no turnovers while Green Bay turned it over three times (two interceptions and one fumble) and QB Aaron Rodgers was sacked three times.
In the second half, Green Bay scored to make it 27-7 for the 49ers when Rodgers connected with Aaron Jones on a nine-yard scoring pass, but the 'Niners came right back when Mostert scored his fourth touchdown on a 22-yard run to make it a 34-7 lead with 4:49 left to go in the third quarter.
Green Bay did get to within 34-20 with 8:13 left to play in the game, but the 49ers continued to control the ball and Gould nailed his third field goal from 42 yards out with 3:31 remaining to put the game away.