MIAMI B次元官网网址� Uncomfortable and under duress for much of the game, Patrick Mahomes suddenly recaptured his mojo and lifted Andy Reid and the Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory, the teamB次元官网网址檚 first NFL championship in a half-century.
All it took was falling behind by double digits in the post-season again. Then Mahomes, selected MVP, hit two long passes on touchdown drives for a 31-20 victory Sunday over the San Francisco 49ers.
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The vaunted 49ers defence wilted late, particularly on passes of 44 yards to Tyreek Hill and 38 to Sammy Watkins. The touchdowns came on short throws to Travis Kelce to cut the deficit to three and to Damien Williams for the lead. The first NFL title in Chiefs coach ReidB次元官网网址檚 two-decade career was clinched by WilliamsB次元官网网址� 38-yard TD run, sending red-clad Chiefs fan into chants of B次元官网网址淎ndy!B次元官网网址� Andy!B次元官网网址�
Reid, 61, won a Super Bowl ring with the 1996 Packers while in charge of tight ends. HeB次元官网网址檚 been seeking one as a head coach since being hired by Philadelphia in 1999. The Eagles lost in their only trip to the big game after the 2004 season.
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The Chiefs (15-4) trailed 24-0 and 17-7 in their previous playoff games. This time, the Chiefs nearly didnB次元官网网址檛 have the time for a comeback.
Kansas CityB次元官网网址檚 fans in the crowd of 62,417 at Hard Rock Stadium got little opportunity to chant and do the tomahawk chop as KC fell behind 20-10 with 17 1/2 minutes remaining.
Mahomes even threw his second interception of the night after that. But then came the kind of Mahomes magic that makes him special.
He found Hill, whose bobble led to the second San Francisco pick, for 44 yards on a third-and-15 B次元官网网址� the first long pass completed by Kansas City. A 20-yard pass interference call on Tarvarius Moore, who had that earlier pick, put the ball at the 1 and Kelce was wide open for the score.
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Andy Reid is a Super Bowl Champion.
The Chiefs defence confounded by the NinersB次元官网网址� misdirection much of the game got stingy and forced a three-and-out. Mahomes soon hit Watkins down the right sideline behind Richard Sherman for a 38-yard gain, leading to WilliamsB次元官网网址� first score.
San Francisco (15-4) had nothing left in the fourth quarter, and its coach, Kyle Shanahan saw yet another late-game meltdown by his team. Three years ago, as offensive co-ordinator in Atlanta, he was part of the FalconsB次元官网网址� collapse and loss in overtime to New England.
Kansas City, an original AFL franchise, won the final Super Bowl before the full merger, beating Minnesota in 1970. Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt even coined the phrase Super Bowl.
Now the Hunt family can add a Vince Lombardi Trophy to the Lamar Hunt Trophy earned with the AFC crown.
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