The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs 40-22 in Tremendous Bowl LIX to earn the franchise its second Lombardi Trophy. Beforehand, the Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33 to win Tremendous Bowl LII in 2018.
That is Philly’s second Tremendous Bowl win in its final three makes an attempt, bringing the franchise’s general report to 2-3 within the massive recreation. It additionally serves as revenge for Kansas Metropolis’s 38-35 victory in Tremendous Bowl LVII in 2023.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was named the MVP. He had three complete touchdowns and 293 complete yards within the recreation.
Philly’s protection was exceptional. The unit pressured three turnovers, recorded a pick-six, and sacked Patrick Mahomes six occasions.
Going through a 4th and a pair of at midfield on the opening drive of the sport, Jalen Hurts accomplished a cross to extensive receiver A.J. Brown, however Brown was penalized for offensive cross interference, so Philly ended up punting the ball away.
After a KC punt, Philadelphia’s second drive was prolonged due to a considerably questionable pointless roughness penalty on Chiefs defensive again Trent McDuffie. After a 27-yard cross to wideout Jahan Dotson, the Eagles executed a one-yard tush push to take a 7-0 lead. That marked Dotson’s first catch for the reason that first quarter of the Wild Card Spherical.
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Extensive receiver DeVonta Smith made an enormous play on a third and eight to maintain one other Philadelphia drive alive. Kansas Metropolis pressured a 3rd down cease, however an offside penalty nullified it, letting the Eagles finish the quarter in Chiefs territory forward 7-0. They wouldn’t capitalize although, as Jalen Hurts threw a decide simply performs later, his first INT since Week Ten.
The Chiefs punted once more after that. KC began the sport 0/3 on third down with three punts.
A 22-yard reception by A.J. Brown allowed the Eagles to kick a 48-yard area purpose, placing them up 10-0 with 8:38 to go within the first half.
It was a disastrous begin for Patrick Mahomes, who opened the sport 5 for ten with solely 24 passing yards. He additionally threw an interception to Eagles rookie cornerback Cooper DeJean. That was returned 38 yards for a landing to place Philly forward 17-0. DeJean is barely the second particular person in NFL historical past to attain a landing on his birthday in a title recreation.
Instantly after a Philadelphia punt, Mahomes was picked off for the second time to set the Eagles up at KC’s 14 yard line. Two performs later, A.J. Brown reached the tip zone on a 12-yard crossing path to go forward 24-0 on the break. Philly’s 24-point halftime lead was the second-largest in Tremendous Bowl historical past.
KC gave up sacks on back-to-back performs on its first possession of the second half, which led to the Chiefs’ sixth punt of the sport. After giving up 5 sacks of their earlier two video games, Kansas Metropolis had surrendered 5 sacks within the first 33 minutes of Tremendous Bowl LIX.
Within the third quarter, Jalen Hurts began making issues occur along with his legs. He picked up 30 yards on two runs to make all of it the best way all the way down to the KC 4 yard line. The Chiefs put collectively a goal-line stand, and an Eagles area purpose made it 27-0.
On their very own facet of the sector, Kansas Metropolis didn’t convert a fourth down try, permitting Philadelphia to regain possession of the ball on the Chiefs’ 46. One play later, the Eagles went forward 33-0 due to a 46-yard landing strike to DeVonta Smith.
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KC managed to lastly get on the board simply earlier than the tip of the third quarter on a 24-yard landing cross to rookie extensive receiver Xavier Worthy. They didn’t convert a two-point attempt in order that they had been solely in a position to reduce Philly’s result in 34-6.
One other 40-yard Eagles drive was capped off with a area purpose to increase the result in 37-6 with below ten minutes left within the recreation.
Patrick Mahomes’ third turnover of the Tremendous Bowl was a strip-sack-fumble within the fourth quarter, which was recovered by Philly. That was the sixth sack of Mahomes, a career-high for the three-time Tremendous Bowl MVP.
Philly would solely achieve six yards earlier than Jake Elliott hit his fourth area purpose of the sport to go forward 40-6. After lacking eight area objectives through the common season, Elliott made each area purpose he tried within the playoffs.
Kansas Metropolis scored two touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions to finish the scoring at 40-22.
With this win, the Eagles prevented the Chiefs from turning into the primary NFL franchise to win three straight Tremendous Bowls. This truly marks the second time that Philly has stopped one other staff from three-peating. Coincidentally, the Eagles’ 2018 win over the Patriots was sandwiched between two New England Tremendous Bowl Championships. Had Philadelphia misplaced Tremendous Bowl LII, the Patriots would’ve turn out to be the primary staff within the NFL to three-peat following their win over the Los Angeles Rams in Tremendous Bowl LIII.
Sadly for the Chiefs, they completed the marketing campaign with a 17-3 report. KC solely misplaced two video games this season that Patrick Mahomes began: the staff’s Week 11 matchup with the Buffalo Payments and Tremendous Bowl LIX.
