![]() ![]() Reid won more games than any coach in team history during 14 seasons with the Eagles but the one knock against him was that he couldn't win the big one. ![]() She sat in a suite between NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Damar Hamlin.Įagles fans turned State Farm Stadium into a sea of green, chanting "E-A-G-L-E-S!" and singing the team's fight song after each score. Their mom, Donna Kelce, wore a half-red, half-green jersey with No. Edwards during the third quarter of Super Bowl LVII, Sunday, Feb. Matt Slocum/AP Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is tackled by Philadelphia Eagles linebacker T.J. The Chiefs' All-Pro tight end and Eagles All-Pro center Jason Kelce became the first set of brothers to play against each other in the Super Bowl. Mahomes connected with Travis Kelce on an 18-yard TD pass in the right corner to tie it at 7-7 in the first quarter. He finished off the drive with a 4-yard TD run to put Philadelphia ahead 21-14.Įlliott kicked a 35-yard field goal to send the Eagles into halftime leading 24-14. On fourth-and-5 from Chiefs 44, Hurts ran 28 yards. He took off for 14 yards on the first play after the fumble. Hurts had just eight turnovers this season, six picks and two fumbles. Nick Bolton picked it up and raced 36 yards for a score that made it 14-14. Brown, giving the Eagles a 14-7 lead with a 45-yard connection on the first play of the second quarter.īut Hurts then made a rare mistake on the next drive when he fumbled without being hit while scrambling away from pressure. Hurts, who missed two games late in the season with a shoulder injury, had no trouble throwing a perfect deep ball to A.J. ![]() The Eagles marched 75 yards down the field with Hurts scoring from the 1 for a 7-0 lead, and controlled the ball for almost 22 minutes in the first half.Ībbie Parr/AP Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts scores a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs during the first quarter of Super Bowl LVII, Sunday, Feb. Hurts set a Super Bowl record with 70 yards rushing and tied a record with three rushing scores. Just five years after winning the first Super Bowl in franchise history, the Eagles came close with a new coach - Nick Sirianni - and new quarterback - Hurts. Then, Mahomes became the first player to win the Super Bowl the same season he was MVP after nine straight players lost. He also became the youngest QB to start three Super Bowls. ![]() Mahomes, 27, became the third player to win his second NFL MVP award before age 28. He also ran in for the 2-point conversion to tie it at 35-35 with 5:15 to go.Īs "Fly! Eagles! Fly!" reverberated throughout the stadium, Mahomes and the Chiefs went back to work. Hurts hit DeVonta Smith for a 46-yard gain to the Chiefs and ran in for his third score of the game. On third down from the 4, Mahomes connected with Skyy Moore to extend their lead to 35-27. Matt Slocum/AP Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Kadarius Toney carries the ball on a punt return against the Philadelphia Eagles during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVII, Sunday, Feb. Then Toney returned a line-drive kick 65 yards to the Eagles 5 for the longest punt return in Super Bowl history. The Chiefs tightened up their defense, forcing Philly to punt. Mahomes tossed a 5-yard TD pass to a wide-open Kardarius Toney to give Kansas City its first lead, 28-27, early in the fourth quarter. Mahomes slipped - several players lost their footing on the natural grass surface - in the pocket yet somehow regained his balance and scrambled 14 yards to the Eagles 4, setting up Isiah Pacheco's 1-yard TD run that cut the deficit to 24-21.Īfter Jake Elliott's 33-yard field goal extended Philadelphia's lead to 27-21, the Chiefs struck again. He limped off the field but showed no ill effects on Kansas City's next possession. Mahomes, who suffered a high ankle sprain in the divisional round, hurt it again on a 3-yard scramble late in the second quarter. It took just three years to get another Lombardi.Ĭhiefs fans were outnumbered in the stadium, but they did their part to silence the boisterous Philly fans with the tomahawk chop chant.ĭown 24-14 with a limping Mahomes, the Chiefs followed up Rihanna's electrifying halftime performance with a sensational offensive outburst. The Chiefs won their second Super Bowl following the 2019 season, 50 years after the first one. Ashley Landis/AP Kansas City Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon stops short of the goal line on a run against the Philadelphia Eagles during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVII, Sunday, Feb. ![]()
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