The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in OT in Super Bowl LVIII to become back-to-back Super Bowl champions and earn their third title in five seasons. The Chiefs previously bested the 49ers in 2020 and defeated the Philadelphia Eagles a year ago.
The Chiefs are the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowls since the New England Patriots did it nearly 20 years ago in 2004 and 2005. It was also only the second ever Super Bowl to go into overtime. It last happened 7 years ago when the Pats earned an improbable comeback victory against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LVI.
After a scoreless first quarter, the 49ers took a 10-0 lead in the second quarter on a Super Bowl record 55-yard field goal by Jake Moody and a trick touchdown pass by wide receiver Jauan Jennings to running back Christian McCaffrey. The Chiefs got on the board at the end of the second quarter on a field goal by Harrison Butker.
The Chiefs would cut the lead to 10-6 in the 3rd quarter when Butker eclipsed Moody's brief Super Bowl record with a 57-yard field goal. Kansas City took its first lead of the game when Chiefs quarterback Pat Mahomes threw a touchdown pass to wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling to make it 13-10.
The 49ers would regain the lead in the fourth quarter on a touchdown pass by quarterback Brock Purdy to Jennings. However, Moody's attempt to kick an extra point was blocked. The Chiefs would tie the game at 16-16 on Butker's third field goal of the game. Moody would answer with a field goal to give San Francisco a 19-16 lead but Butker would kick his fourth field goal of the game to tie the game at 19-19 and send it into OT.
San Francisco had possession of the ball for nearly half of OT, but it would only result in another field goal from Moody giving the 49ers a 22-19 lead. This gave Mahomes an opportunity to engineer a 14-play 75-yard drive resulting in a touchdown pass to Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman, Jr. to give the Chiefs a 25-22 victory to the delight of Taylor Swift, her entourage and all of Missouri.
Mahomes would earn his third Super Bowl MVP and become the first player to win back-to-back Super Bowl MVPs since Terry Bradshaw did so with the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XIII and XIV in 1979 and 1980.
On a personal note, I was rooting for the 49ers and it had nothing to do with Taylor Swift. The reason for this was because it has been nearly 30 years since they last won a Super Bowl title. I remember their last Super Bowl victory in 1995 because I watched it in London with the game starting at 11:30 p.m. Conversely, when the two teams faced each other four years ago I was pulling for the Chiefs because it had been 50 years since their last Super Bowl triumph. Now the Chiefs are in the midst of a dynasty.
Meanwhile, defeated former President Donald Trump and MAGA have yet again proven themselves silly, unserious people claiming the Super Bowl was rigged in the Chiefs favor so she could endorse President Biden. Today, Trump claimed that Swift would not endorse President Biden for a second time because he made her so much money. Um, I think she managed to do that on her own and without bankrupting several casinos. It is remarkable that Swift (along with her boyfriend Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce) managed to get MAGA voters to root for a San Francisco team.
Conspiracy theory or no conspiracy theory, pop star or no pop star, the Chiefs earned their championship.
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