Sunday, Feb. 12: a date most sports-lovers would know of as the day the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles competed head-to-head in the 57th annual Super Bowl.
The momentous day of festivities was held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Before the day had even begun it was breaking records as the first Super Bowl in history to
feature two Black starting quarterbacks. The Chiefs were led by their head coach Andy Ried who is on his eleventh season with the team. The Eagles were led by their head coach Nick Sirianni who is now on his third season with the team. With a final score of 38-35, the Chiefs took home their second Super Bowl title in just four years. Shortly after the national anthem was sung, the Chiefs won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball to start the second half, which allowed for the Eagles to have the first offensive possession.
The first quarter ended in a deadlock with the Chiefs and the Eagles tied at a score of 7. Both teams scored those first seven points during their opening drives, which set the tone for the rest of the game. The fourth quarter of the game was a nail biter after the Eagles quarterback, Jalen Hurts, tied the game at 35 with just 5:15 left on the clock after he
scored both a touchdown and a two-point conversion. However, the Chiefs were able to secure a remarkable comeback in the last second of the game after Harrison Butker scored a game winning field goal with just 8 seconds left on the clock. This wild comeback came as a shock to many of their fans after Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs quarterback, appeared to sustain an injury to his right ankle late in the second quarter, which ended with them down by 10 points. The injury occurred during a third-down scramble when he was grabbed around both of his ankles by the Eagles linebacker T.J. Edwards. Mahomes was then seen limping off the field and sitting on the Chiefs bench. It appears that he had re-aggravated a prior injury that he had sustained. Jalen Hurts, who was able to tie a Super Bowl Rushing Touchdown Record with Denver Broncos’ Terrell Davis during Super Bowl XXXII. Along with this, Hurts threw for 304 yards and threw one touchdown. Chiefs player Kadarius Toney had a 65-yard punt return—the longest in Super Bowl history. Then there were the brothers Travis and Jason Kelce who were on opposing teams and were both competing to claim their second championship title. It was an emotional ending for
the Kelce family, a bittersweet moment capped off with a hug from their mother. Finally, Patrick Mahomes who became the 13th quarterback to win multiple Super Bowls and
was named as the league’s MVP.