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LAS VEGAS -- Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are heading to Las Vegas with a accidental for a uncommon repetition portion facing the San Francisco 49ers successful a Super Bowl rematch from 4 years ago.
The Chiefs bushed Lamar Jackson and the No. 1-seeded Baltimore Ravens 17-10 successful the AFC title crippled Sunday to beforehand to the Super Bowl for the 4th clip successful 5 years. A fewer hours later, Brock Purdy rallied the No. 1-seeded 49ers to a 34-31 triumph implicit the Detroit Lions successful the NFC rubric game.
The Chiefs (14-6) are aiming to go the archetypal back-to-back champions since Tom Brady and the New England Patriots did it pursuing the 2003-04 seasons.
Purdy - who was inactive 2 years distant from being the past prime of the 2022 NFL draught the past clip the teams played successful the Super Bowl - volition effort to pb the 49ers (14-5) to a record-tying sixth rubric successful their eighth appearance.
The teams conscionable astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Feb. 12. The 49ers opened arsenic 2 1/2-point favorites, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Mahomes and the Chiefs overcame a 20-10 fourth-quarter shortage and bushed the 49ers 31-20 to springiness manager Andy Reid his archetypal Super Bowl triumph connected Feb. 2, 2020. Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers spoiled Kansas City's repetition bid the pursuing year.
The Chiefs volition go conscionable the 3rd squad to play successful 4 Super Bowls implicit a five-year span. Only the Pittsburgh Steelers successful the 1970s, the Dallas Cowboys successful the 1990s and the Patriots successful the 2000s and 2010s won 3 Super Bowls successful a five-year span.
Mahomes rallied the Chiefs for a 38-35 comeback triumph implicit the Philadelphia Eagles successful the Super Bowl past year. They bushed Miami 26-7 successful the wild-card circular and defeated the Bills 27-24 successful Buffalo past week successful Mahomes' archetypal vocation playoff crippled connected the roadworthy too Super Bowls.
The 49ers were dominated by the Eagles successful the NFC rubric crippled past twelvemonth successful a crippled that saw Purdy endure a important elbow wounded that required surgery. He returned for the play opener and helped them gain a first-round bye. Purdy led a 24-21 comeback triumph implicit Green Bay past week and brought the Niners backmost from a 17-point shortage against the Lions.
Only New England and Pittsburgh person much Super Bowl wins the San Francisco, which past won it pursuing the 1994 season.
Reid volition pb a squad successful the Super Bowl for the 5th time, moving into a necktie with Tom Landry for 3rd astir down Bill Belichick's 9 and Don Shula's six. Reid coached the Eagles erstwhile the Patriots bushed them to repetition 19 years ago.
Niners manager Kyle Shanahan returns to the Super Bowl aft losing to Reid successful his archetypal ace astatine it. Shanahan was Atlanta's violative coordinator erstwhile the Falcons blew a 28-3 pb against Brady and the Patriots successful Super Bowl 51.
Mahomes, a two-time NFL and Super Bowl MVP, volition commencement successful his 4th Super Bowl, tied with Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Peyton Manning, Roger Staubach and Jim Kelly for third-most down Brady's 10 and John Elway's five.
The biggest question is whether Taylor Swift volition marque it to Las Vegas to ticker her fellow successful the Super Bowl connected Feb. 11. Swift, who celebrated with Kelce connected the tract aft the triumph implicit the Ravens, is scheduled to execute successful Japan conscionable 24 hours earlier kickoff.
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