After 21 weeks of football, two teams were left to compete for the ultimate goal, a Super Bowl championship. With a three-peat on the line, the Eagles defense stepped up to smother the dominant Chiefs offense and take the Lombardi trophy home to Philly. Here are the highlights.
Eagles vs Chiefs
The first half was all Eagles. They got the scoring going on their second drive after Jalen Hurts hit Jahan Dotson for a 28-yard reception to the one-yard line. Right after that, Hurts got into the endzone from a “Tush Push.” With the ball back, Philly drove down the field, but Hurts was picked off at the 2-yard line by Bryan Cook.
After starting on their own 43-yard line, the Eagles had to settle for a field goal to go up 10-0. Three plays into the Chiefs' next drive, rookie cornerback, Cooper DeJean, picked off Patrick Mahomes and ran back 38 yards for a touchdown. Following a punt, the Eagles got the ball back very quickly when Zack Baun picked off Mahomes on the first play of their drive.
Philadelphia started their drive on the 14-yard line after the interception. Hurts then fired a pass to A.J. Brown for a 12-yard touchdown. The Eagles led 24-0 at the half.
Hurts started the second half with a 16-yard scramble to get to around midfield and a few plays later, he ran for another 14 yards. He then threw to a falling Barkley who juggled the ball but ultimately came down with it for a 22-yard catch. They couldn’t punch it in from the one-yard line, but Jake Elliott came through with a 29-yard field goal.
After a turnover on downs by the Chiefs, the Eagles were already on the Kansas City side of the field, and it didn’t take long to add to their points. On the first play, Hurts rocketed a pass more than 50 yards through the air right into Devonta Smith’s hands for a touchdown. Philly went up 34-0.
The Eagles got a few chunk plays on their next drive with Saquon and Hurts running, but they had to settle for a field goal again. On the Chiefs' first play of their next drive, Milton Williams strip-sacked Mahomes and recovered the fumble. From this fumble, the Eagles got yet another field goal, going up 40-6.
They recovered an onside kick at the end of the fourth quarter and Kenny Pickett kneeled out the rest of the clock. As the clock hit zero, the Philadelphia Eagles officially became two-time Super Bowl Champions led by Super Bowl MVP, Jalen Hurts.
Jalen Hurts takes in the moment after the Super Bowl victory. Photo Courtesy: philadelphiaeagles.com
The Chiefs were on the brink of history, with their eyes on the first three-peat in the NFL, but the Eagles' defense suffocated them throughout the game.
In the first half, Kansas City punted five times with the other two possessions ending in picks. With the shutout in the first two quarters, the Chiefs also didn’t cross midfield on any of their possessions. Patrick Mahomes finished the half with 6/14 passes and 33 yards.
The second half started like the first half with a punt and turnover on downs. Finally, with two and a half minutes left in the third quarter, Mahomes found the rookie, Xavier Worthy, for a 50-yard connection. Worthy then caught the touchdown as well and they failed the two-point conversion. The Chiefs faced a 37-6 deficit when they got the ball back in the fourth quarter.
Desperately needing points, the Chiefs got the opposite, when Mahomes was strip-sacked, and they lost possession of the ball. After multiple penalties on the next drive, Kansas City drove down the field and capped off the possession with a touchdown to DeAndre Hopkins.
On the first play of their next drive, Mahomes fired a 50-yard touchdown pass to Worthy, but at this point, it was too late for a comeback. The Chiefs would not touch the ball again and they fell to the Eagles in Super 59.
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