Chiefs Win Superbowl 57

By Lily Belcher

The Chiefs bested the Eagles running game with a game winning field goal to break the tie late in the fourth quarter. With the win, Patrick Mahomes earned his second Super Bowl ring and led the Chiefs to their third franchise title. The 27-year-old quarterback made 21 of 27 attempts for 182 yards.

The Eagles’ offense dominated the first half, despite an injured Mahomes doing his best to match Philadelphia’s three first half touchdowns. Staying in line with their game plan throughout the season, leaning on their running game and scoring early.

Kansas City answered on their own first possession with a touchdown, moving the ball down the field with a 20-yard pass and 24 yard run by star rookie Isiah Pacheco.

The Eagles opened the second half with a 63-yard drive into the Chiefs’ endzone and cut the Chiefs next drive short. With the ball on Philadelphia’s half of the field, quarterback Jalen Hurts dropped back and lost control of the ball, which was recovered and returned by Chiefs’ Nick Bolton to tie the game at 14.

Hurts started the next play with a 14-yard run up the middle and pushed the ball down the field with a handful of short plays. A 28-yard run from Hurts moved the ball into the Kansas City redzone, allowing Hurts to run in the ball a few plays later.

The Chiefs ended the first half trailing 14-24. Mahomes, who had been dealing with a high ankle sprain throughout the playoffs, was sacked on the Chief’s final possession of the half as the Eagles defense swept him down from the ankles. The quarterback was seemingly in pain on the sidelines before the second half, but the halftime break proved to be all the young quarterback needed.

Kansas City came back and opened the second half with a quick 75-yard touchdown, even taking a page out of Philadelphia’s play book with a 14-yard quarterback sneak to move the ball into the five-yard line. A short pass and quick run by Pacheco gave Kansas City their third touchdown of the day.

Philadelphia fell short of an answering touchdown, settling for a field goal to extend the Eagles’ lead to 27-21

Mahomes opened the fourth quarter with a touchdown, giving them their first lead of the game at 28-27. The Chiefs’ sideline was obviously more fired up, encouraging the change in momentum for Kansas City. Philadelphia punted and Kadarius Toney returned it for 65 yards, setting Kansas City up for another touchdown from Philadelphia’s 5-yard line.

Trailing 35-27, the Eagles completed a couple short plays followed by a 45-yard pass to DeVonta Smith, who went out of bounds on the Chiefs 2-yard line. Hurts broke the record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a Super Bowl game, running in his third touchdown of the game. A successful two-point conversion tied it up and gave the Chiefs the ball back in the final two minutes.

Kansas City moved the ball down to Philadelphia’s half before Mahomes scrambled up the middle to the Philadelphia redzone, grimacing through the 26-yard run. Mahomes attempted a touchdown pass on third down, but it missed JuJu Smith-Schuster. The incomplete pass would have forced a longer field goal, but Eagles’ James Bradberry got called for holding, giving the Chiefs a first down. With the extra downs, the Chiefs ran the clock down before committing to the game winning 27-yard field goal by Harrison Butker.