Chiefs win the 2024 Super Bowl in overtime, 25–22 over 49ers. Here are some of the major game’s highlights.
In overtime of Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 to become the first back-to-back Super Bowl champion in twenty years. They did it after rallying from a 10-point deficit.
After a back-and-forth game, regulation ended with a tie between the two teams at 19. In overtime, the Niners led 22–19 thanks to a field goal from Jake Moody that was 27 yards out. However, as he has done so many times before, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs down the field and, with 13 seconds remaining in overtime, he connected with receiver Mecole Hardman on a three-yard touchdown pass to win the team their third Super Bowl in the previous five seasons and launch the franchise into a new era of football greatness.
The defense kept us in the game and the offense produced big plays when it mattered, according to quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who finished with 333 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception while winning his third Super Bowl MVP trophy.
With pop sensation Taylor Swift, his girlfriend, watching, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce accepted the Lombardi Trophy and stated, “The objective has always been to get three.” But without obtaining the two, we were unable to arrive here. and carrying the goal around with us all year.”
With nine catches for 93 yards, including a crucial seven-yard gain on the second-to-last play of overtime that set up Hardman’s winning score, Kelce had a slow start to the game but picked up steam in the second half and overtime.
The game-winning touchdown that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, center, threw during overtime of Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers, is celebrated with wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr. on February 11, 2024.AP / DAVID J. PHILLIP
Only twice in Super Bowl history has a game gone into overtime; the last instance occurred in Super Bowl LI in 2017, when the New England Patriots, led by Tom Brady, overcame a 28-3 deficit to overcome the Atlanta Falcons 34-28.
Mahomes was aware that the Chiefs were underdogs against the Niners going into the Super Bowl, just as they were against the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round and the Baltimore Ravens in the conference championship game.
“Just know that the Kansas City Chiefs are never underdogs,” Mahomes stated.
At Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on February 11, 2024, quarterback Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the club defeats the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.GETTY IMAGES / Michael Owens
In 2020, the Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes defeated the Niners 31–20 to win Kansas City’s first Super Bowl in fifty years. Super Bowl LVIII was a replay of that game. On Sunday, the two head coaches who had supervised the sidelines four years prior were back in charge. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid defeated Niners coach Kyle Shanahan, keeping his pristine 4-0 record.
The 49ers’ Super Bowl drought was likewise prolonged by the Chiefs to 30 years.
“The guys were great, defense played out of their mind,” stated Reid. “And then the ‘O’ just kept persevering, and pushing and pushing.”
Kicker Jake Moody’s 55-yard field goal early in the second quarter gave the Niners the early advantage, briefly setting the record for the longest field goal in Super Bowl history.
They used a double-pass trick play to extend their lead to 10-0. With less than five minutes remaining in the second half of play. The ball was returned by Niners quarterback Brock Purdy to wide receiver Jauan Jennings, who passed it to Christian McCaffrey, who ran 21 yards for the touchdown, across the field.
After Antwaan Randle El’s 2006 Super Bowl touchdown pass to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who defeated the Seattle Seahawks, in Super Bowl XL, Jennings became the first wide receiver to do so.
Before the half, Harrison Butker’s 28-yard field goal gave the Chiefs their first point of the game.
The main theme of the game was turnovers, with running backs fighting to hold onto the football and both teams committing heartbreaking errors.
On the first drive of the game, McCaffrey stumbled. Later in the second quarter, with the Chiefs still without a point and having set up a possible first-and-goal from the Niners’ nine-yard line, running back Isaiah Pacheco also lost the ball, and the Niners were able to recover.
Mahomes was frequently confused by the Niners defense. When he returned from halftime, Mahomes threw an interception to rookie safety Ji’Ayir Brown, breaking the third-longest pass streak in NFL history and his first pick in his previous 218 postseason tries.
Butker broke Moody’s record halfway through the third quarter, nailing a 57-yard field goal of his own to cut the Niners’ advantage to 10-6.
In the final minute of the third quarter, Ray-Ray McCloud of the Niners, a return man, was unable to recover a punt after it unintentionally struck one of his teammates’ legs. After the Chiefs recovered, Mahomes and Marquez Valdes-Scantling connected on a 16-yard touchdown pass, giving the Chiefs a 13-10 lead.
Early in the fourth quarter, Purdy and Jennings connected for a six-yard score as the Niners responded. However, Moody failed to make the extra point, giving the Niners a narrow 16–13 advantage.
With less than six minutes remaining, Butker’s 24-yard field goal tied the game at 16.
With less than two minutes remaining, Moody made up for his earlier miss by sinking a 53-yard field goal to give the Niners a 19-16 lead.
With three seconds remaining, Mahomes led the Chiefs down the field and set up the game’s tying field goal, a 29-yarder, to send it into overtime.
Super Bowl LVIII was streamed onParamount+ and broadcast on CBS, Nickelodeon, and Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The game on Sunday was also covered by our friends at CBS Sports.11:17 PM on FEBRUARY 11, 2024: Mahomes receives his third MVP award for the Super Bowl.
Pat Mahomes won his third MVP title in the Super Bowl on Sunday after leading the Kansas City Chiefs to an incredible 25-22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
According to CBS Sports, he became one of the few players in history to win the award three times, along with retiring quarterbacks Tom Brady and Joe Montana.
In Super Bowl LVIII overtime, Mecole Hardman of the Kansas City Chiefs was the recipient of a pass from Patrick Mahomes.
After a back-and-forth game, regulation ended with a tie between the two teams at 19. The Niners took a 22-19 lead when Jake Moody made a 27-yard field goal. To win the Chiefs their third Super Bowl in five years, Mahomes, however, led the team down the field and, with 13 seconds remaining in overtime, connected with Hardman for a one-yard touchdown pass.
