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Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes celebrate winning their second Super Bowl together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Kansas City Chiefs became NFL champions for the second time in four years after fighting back to claim a thrilling 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Chiefs trailed for much of Super Bowl 57 in Phoenix and were 27-21 down heading into the final quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But despite limping after aggravating an ankle injury, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and veteran coach Andy Reid orchestrated a route back in front of 67,827. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mahomes, who was named the season’s <\/span>Most Valuable Player for a second time<\/span><\/a> last week, made touchdown passes to Kadarius Toney and Skyy Moore to put Kansas City in front for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Eagles levelled after a third rushing touchdown by Jalen Hurts, followed by a two-point conversion by the third-year quarterback.<\/span><\/p>\n

But a heroic 26-yard run by Mahomes made the ground for Harrison Butker to kick a game-winning field goal from 27 yards.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mahomes’ performance saw the 27-year-old become the first player since 1999 to win the season MVP, the Super Bowl and the Super Bowl MVP in the same season.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has led the Chiefs to at least the AFC Championship game in all five seasons as a starter and many argued that, for the Reid-Mahomes era to be considered a dynasty, they had to win another Super Bowl.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am not going to say a dynasty yet, we are not done,” warned Mahomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I told you nothing was going to keep me off the field. I want to thank my team-mates – we challenged each other and it took everybody.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Reid said of Mahomes: “He wants to be the greatest player ever and that’s the way he goes about his business. And he does it humbly, there’s no bragging.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The great quarterbacks make everybody around him better, including the head coach. So he’s done a heck of a job.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce added: “I’ve got Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, I have a great team, we had an unbelievable run.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We were uncharacteristic in the beginning [of the game] but everyone had that look in their eye that they would leave it all out there on the field and that is what we did.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Harrison Butker’s winning field goal came with just seconds left on the clock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Chiefs celebrate on the winners’ podium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A historic and rare Super Bowl<\/h3>\n

It was both a historic and rare Super Bowl as the NFL’s showcase event came to Arizona’s state capital for a fourth time.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the <\/span>first Super Bowl to feature two black quarterbacks<\/span><\/a> and the first to feature brothers on opposing teams, namely Travis Kelce and his older brother Jason, the Eagles centre.<\/span><\/p>\n

And it was rare because it featured the season’s best two teams and the best two players – Mahomes and Hurts.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the first time that the top seed in each Conference has reached the Super Bowl since 2018 – when the <\/span>Eagles beat the New England Patriots<\/span><\/a> 41-33 for their only previous Super Bowl win.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the highest-scoring Super Bowl since then but probably edged it for drama, with each team showing why they were so dominant during the regular season, both finishing with a 14-3 record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now Super Bowl 57 will be remembered for being much more than the <\/span>‘Kelce Bowl’,<\/span><\/a> with the two teams producing an epic in Arizona’s state capital.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Both Mahomes (above) and Hurts (below) put in performances worthy of winning the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hurts registered 70 rushing yards – a new Super Bowl record for a quarterback<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mahomes and Hurts trade blows in epic<\/h3>\n

It promised to be a shootout from the first quarter, as neither defence managed to stop their opposition doing the same as they have been doing all season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hurts already had the single-season record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback and three more on Sunday extended it to 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first capped the game’s opening drive, and the Chiefs replied with Mahomes finding Travis Kelce in the corner for the tight end’s career-best 16th touchdown of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, there were ominous signs for Kansas City in the second quarter, despite cancelling out Hurts’ 45-yard touchdown pass to AJ Brown as Nick Bolton returned fumble for a defensive touchdown.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Eagles starved the Chiefs of possession, Mahomes began limping heavily, Hurts punched in his second touchdown and Jake Elliott kicked a field goal to make it 24-14 at half-time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever coach Reid, 64, said to his players during Rihanna’s half-time show seemed to do the trick as Kansas City came out and put together a 10-play drive capped by a Isiah Pacheco score.<\/span><\/p>\n

And they thought they had snatched the lead moments later with another defensive touchdown by Bolton, only for the play to be reversed and Jake Elliott to make it 27-21 with a field goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

But two touchdowns in quick succession, both from well-designed passing plays from the Reid playbook that flummoxed the Philly defence, swung the game in Kansas City’s favour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hurts kept the Eagles in it but Mahomes’ scramble up the middle allowed the Chiefs to manage the clock before making the decisive score with just eight seconds left. <\/span><\/p>\n

The best Super Bowl stats<\/h3>\n
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  • Reid became the 15th coach to win multiple Super Bowls<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Mahomes became the 13th quarterback to win multiple Super Bowls<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Hurts became the first quarterback to rush for three touchdowns in a Super Bowl<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Hurts also set a Super Bowl record for rushing yards by a QB – 70<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Facing the team with the second most sacks in a single season in NFL history, the Chiefs’ offensive line didn’t allow Mahomes to be sacked once<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Derrick Nnadi of the Chiefs celebrates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Andy Reid has now won two Super Bowls as head coach of the Chiefs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Trent McDuffie and Bryan Cook of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n