Kansas City Chiefs Win Super Bowl

 

Chiefs offensive stars Travis Kelce (left) and Patrick Mahomes celebrate the Super Bowl victory.

It was kind of an anticlimactic finish to what was one of the most exciting Super Bowls in recent memory, but the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 38-35 to win Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona as Harrison Butker made a 27-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining following a controversial holding penalty against the Eagles defense on a third down incomplete pass with 1:48 left to go in the fourth quarter that gave the Chiefs a first-and-goal. 

 

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who was named the Most Valuable Player for the game, had a key 26-yard run in the final drive to help set up the game winning kick. Mahomes passed for three touchdowns and 182 yards and also ran for 44 yards in the win while running back Isiah Pacheco had a scoring run (one yard) and 76 rushing yards. In addition, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce hauled in six receptions for 81 yards, including an 18-yard scoring catch that tied the game at 7-7 late in the first quarter.

The Eagles built a 24-14 halftime lead as QB Jalen Hurts, who scored three rushing touchdowns and also had a touchdown pass and 304 passing yards, scored twice on the ground and hooked up with wide receiver A.J. Brown for a 45-yard score. Kicker Jake Elliott made a 35-yard field goal as the first half ended. A big play for the Kansas City defense occurred with 9:39 left in the second quarter when Hurts fumbled the football and Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton scooped it up and ran 36 yards for the tying touchdown at 14-14. Hurts would score again on a four-yard run to make it 21-14 with 2:20 remaining in the half. 

The second half was all Kansas City as they outscored the Eagles, 24-11 with Pacheco scoring his touchdown to cut the deficit to 24-21. Elliott made another field goal for Philly (27-21 lead) with 1:45 left in the third quarter. Then in the final quarter, Kansas City scored two straight touchdowns to get a 35-27 lead as Mahomes threw a pair of scoring passes. Kadarius Toney set up the easy TD drive for K.C. with a Super Bowl record 65-yard punt return to the Eagles' five-yard line.

 But Philadelphia battled back and Hurts scored his third TD of the game on a two-yard run and also ran in for the two-point conversion to tie the game 35-35 with 5:15 remaining. From there, the Chiefs put together the game winning drive (13 plays, 66 yards) with the defensive holding call factoring in late on the incomplete pass that would have resulted in a fourth down and certain field goal try with nearly two minutes left to play. But regardless, the Chiefs got it done and battled back from a ten-point deficit against one of the league's best defenses, which included not allowing a sack to an Eagles team that 70 quarterback sacks in the regular season. 

 

 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS - SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS !