Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in a thriller 38-35

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The Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl Champions after beating the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII. Patrick Mahomes was named MVP.

GLENDALE, ARIZ — The Kansas City Chiefs had to come from behind to outlast the Philadelphia Eagles in a thrilling shoot-out and won 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII.

Patrick Mahomes and his soar ankle completed 21 of his 27 passes for 182 yards and three touchdowns and was named MVP.

Jalen Hurts set a Super Bowl record by scoring three rushing touchdowns, threw for 304 yards, and one touchdown while completing 27 of his 38 passes.


Philadelphia Eagles #1 Jalen Hurts (QB) is being chased by Kansas City Chiefs #99 Khalen Saunders (DT) in Super Bowl LVII.

Philadelphia scored in the first quarter Jalen Hurts with a 1-yard touchdown run to give the Eagles a 7-0 lead. Kansas City tied the game 7-7 with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Travis Kelce.

The Eagles led 14-7 in the second quarter when A.J. Brown caught a 45-yard touchdown pass from Hurts.


Philadelphia Eagles #11 A.J. Brown (WR) 45-yard touchdown catch in Super Bowl LVII.

The Chiefs' defense got their chance to score when Hurst fumbled the football, and Nick Bolton took it to the house for a 39-yard touchdown tying the game 14-14.

Philadelphia would lead 24-14 at halftime after Hurts scored on a 4-yard touchdown run, and Jake Elliott kicked a 35-yard field goal.


Kansas City Chiefs #10 Isiah Pacheco (RB) being tackled by a diving Philadelphia Eagles #23 C.J. Gardner-Johnson (S).in Super Bowl LVII.

Kansas City trailed 24-21 in the third quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run by Isiah Pacheco. Elliot would kick a 33-yard field goal to give the Eagles a 27-21 lead at the end of the third quarter.

The Chiefs would get their first lead of the game, 28-27, in the fourth quarter when Mahomes drove their offense downfield and threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Kadarius Toney.

Toney would set up the Chiefs' next touchdown when he broke free on a punt return for 65 yards, and moments later, Mahomes threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Skyy Moore, making the score 35-27 with 9:22 left in the game.

Kansas City Chiefs #15 Patrick Mahomes (QB) scrambling for big yardage while being chased by Philadelphia Eagles #7 Haason Reddick (LB) and #97 Javon Hargrave (DT) in Super Bowl LVII

Hurts would work his magic again, tying the game 35-35 with his 2-yard touchdown and scoring on the two-point conversion.

The Eagles' defense clamped down on the Chiefs' offense, forcing them into a third and long when the unthinkable happened.

Philadelphia's James Bradberry got caught grabbing Kansas City's Juju Smith- Schuster's jersey and was called for holding, giving the Chiefs an automatic first down. Moments later, Harrison Butker would kick a 27-yard field goal to lift the Chiefs over the Eagles 38-35.

 
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