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The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles have an extensive history in the championship game, and now they will face off in Super Bowl 59. The two teams also have a storied history against each other, as they played in the Super Bowl only two years ago.
In this article, we are going to dive into what the Chiefs and Eagles have done against each other and during all of their previous times playing for the Lombardi Trophy.
The Chiefs head into the 59th iteration of the Super Bowl looking to make history. They already became the first back-to-back defending champion ever to make the Super Bowl in a succeeding season, which means they obviously have a chance to become the first team to ever three-peat in the Super Bowl. Only the 1929-31 and 1965-67 Green Bay Packers have won three straight championships, but they did it before the Super Bowl era.
Overall, the Chiefs are 4-2 in the Super Bowl, and they are currently in the midst of a dynasty. This will be the Chiefs’ fifth Super Bowl appearance in six seasons. Most recently, they bested the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in Super Bowl LVIII.
The game was an instant classic, as it was only the second Super Bowl to ever go to overtime. Additionally, it made Kansas City one of only nine teams to go back-to-back as champions in the big game. The matchup is widely viewed as one of the best Super Bowl games ever.
Before that, the Chiefs beat the Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII. That game was yet another Super Bowl classic. The two teams combined for over 600 yards and seven touchdowns in one of the highest-scoring championship games ever. Harrison Butker kicked the game-winning field goal in this one.
It hasn’t always been perfect during the Super Bowl for the Chiefs during the Patrick Mahomes era, though. While Mahomes is often compared to the greatest NFL player of all time, Tom Brady, the longtime New England Patriots star actually beat Mahomes and company in Super Bowl LV when Brady was a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was a blowout loss (31-9) where Mahomes struggled to stay upright because of a struggling offensive line.
The year before that, though, the Mahomes era was kicked off with a win over the 49ers in Super Bowl LIV. The team secured the victory by a score of 31-20. Kansas City scored three touchdowns to ensure a comeback victory in this one. Prior to that, the Chiefs had one of the longest Super Bowl appearance droughts in the NFL.
Before Mahomes’ arrival, the Chiefs only Super Bowl appearances came in Super Bowl I (the first Super Bowl ever) and Super Bowl IV (the last Super Bowl before the NFL-AFL merger). The team lost the inaugural game 35-10 to the Packers, but they did win 23-7 against the Minnesota Vikings during their last year in the AFL.
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