By ROB MAADDI (AP Pro Football Writer)
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes shook off an ankle damage, turned again right into a magician and pulled out one other comeback on the largest stage to assist the Kansas City Chiefs win their second Super Bowl in 4 years.
Mahomes threw two landing passes within the fourth quarter and scrambled 26 yards on the go-ahead drive earlier than Harrison Butker kicked a 27-yard subject purpose with 8 seconds left to offer the Chiefs a 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night time.
Mahomes and Hurts excelled within the first Super Bowl matchup that includes two Black beginning QBs. But Mahomes, the two-time AP NFL MVP, turned it up within the second half after reaggravating a sprained proper ankle.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who couldn’t win the large sport in Philadelphia, beat his former crew to earn his second ring with Mahomes and the Chiefs.
With the rating tied at 35-35, the Eagles tried to let the Chiefs rating a landing with below two minutes left so they might get the ball again. But Jerick McKinnon slid on the 2, forcing the Eagles to make use of their final timeout.
After Mahomes took a knee two occasions, Butker nailed his kick, sending hundreds of red-clad Chiefs followers right into a frenzy.
The Chiefs gained their second Super Bowl following the 2019 season, 50 years after the primary one. It took simply three years to get one other Lombardi.
Chiefs followers have been outnumbered within the stadium, however they did their half to silence the boisterous Philly followers with the tomahawk chop chant.
Down 24-14 with a limping Mahomes, the Chiefs adopted up Rihanna’s electrifying halftime efficiency with a sensational offensive outburst.
Mahomes, who suffered a excessive ankle sprain within the divisional spherical, damage it once more on a 3-yard scramble late within the second quarter. He limped off the sphere however confirmed no in poor health results on Kansas City’s subsequent possession.
Mahomes slipped — a number of gamers misplaced their footing on the pure grass floor — within the pocket but someway regained his stability and scrambled 14 yards to the Eagles 4, establishing Isiah Pacheco’s 1-yard TD run that minimize the deficit to 24-21.
After Jake Elliott’s 33-yard subject purpose prolonged Philadelphia’s result in 27-21, the Chiefs struck once more.
Mahomes tossed a 5-yard TD move to a wide-open Kardarius Toney to offer Kansas City its first lead, 28-27, early within the fourth quarter.
The Chiefs tightened up their protection, forcing Philly to punt. Then Toney returned a line-drive kick 65 yards to the Eagles 5 for the longest punt return in Super Bowl historical past.
On third down from the 4, Mahomes linked with Skyy Moore to increase their result in 35-27. Moore additionally was extensive open on the play.
But the Eagles wouldn’t go away.
Hurts hit DeVonta Smith for a 46-yard acquire to the Chiefs and ran in for his third rating of the sport. He additionally ran in for the 2-point conversion to tie it at 35-35 with 5:15 to go.
As “Fly! Eagles! Fly!” reverberated all through the stadium, Mahomes and the Chiefs went again to work.
The 27-year-old Mahomes turned the third participant to win his second NFL MVP award earlier than age 28. He additionally turned the youngest QB to start out three Super Bowls. Then, Mahomes turned the primary participant to win the Super Bowl the identical season he was MVP after 9 straight gamers misplaced.
Just 5 years after profitable the primary Super Bowl in franchise historical past, the Eagles got here shut with a brand new coach — Nick Sirianni — and new quarterback — Hurts.
Hurts set a Super Bowl report with 70 yards dashing and tied a report with three dashing scores.
The Eagles marched 75 yards down the sphere with Hurts scoring from the 1 for a 7-0 lead, and managed the ball for nearly 22 minutes within the first half.
Hurts, who missed two video games late within the season with a shoulder damage, had no hassle throwing an ideal deep ball to A.J. Brown, giving the Eagles a 14-7 lead with a 45-yard connection on the primary play of the second quarter.
But Hurts then made a uncommon mistake on the following drive when he fumbled with out being hit whereas scrambling away from strain. Nick Bolton picked it up and raced 36 yards for a rating that made it 14-14. Hurts had simply eight turnovers this season, six picks and two fumbles.
Undeterred, Hurts saved working.
He took off for 14 yards on the primary play after the fumble. On fourth-and-5 from Chiefs 44, Hurts ran 28 yards. He completed off the drive with a 4-yard TD run to place Philadelphia forward 21-14.
Elliott kicked a 35-yard subject purpose to ship the Eagles into halftime main 24-14.
Mahomes linked with Travis Kelce on an 18-yard TD move in the correct nook to tie it at 7-7 within the first quarter. The Chiefs’ All-Pro tight finish and Eagles All-Pro heart Jason Kelce turned the primary set of brothers to play towards one another within the Super Bowl.
Their mother, Donna Kelce, wore a half-red, half-green jersey with No. 87 on the entrance for Travis and No. 62 on the again for Jason. She sat in a collection between NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Damar Hamlin.
Eagles followers turned State Farm Stadium right into a sea of inexperienced, chanting “E-A-G-L-E-S!” and singing the crew’s battle music after every rating. But they left dissatisfied.
Reid gained extra video games than any coach in crew historical past throughout 14 seasons with the Eagles however the one knock towards him was that he couldn’t win the large one. Reid lastly earned his ring with the Chiefs after they beat San Francisco within the Super Bowl following the 2019 season. They went again the following yr and misplaced to Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The first Super Bowl involving each No. 1 seeds because the Eagles beat the Patriots in February 2018 lived as much as its hype. It was the third-highest scoring Super Bowl and the Eagles scored probably the most factors by a dropping crew.
Plenty of celebrities have been the Eagles followers sporting, together with Bradley Cooper and Kevin Hart, who wore a Reggie White No. 92 jersey.
Paul McCartney and LeBron James additionally have been within the crowd of 67,827.
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