Super bowl: patrick mahomes leads chiefs to thrilling overtime win

It was only the second overtime Super Bowl game in history, and the Chiefs won their second consecutive title — and third in five years The first half of Super Bowl LVIII proved so fruitless

for the defending-champion Kansas City Chiefs that it drove their star tight end Travis Kelce to throw a sideline tantrum (nearly knocking over coach Andy Reid in the process), and so

boring for the Allegiant Stadium crowd in Vegas that it brought his girlfriend Taylor Swift to chug a beer on the jumbotron. Swift was joined in her luxury suite (estimated cost: $2.5

million) by pals Ice Spice and Blake Lively as well as the Kelce family. The lone first-half touchdown came on a 21-yard pass to 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey from wide receiver

Jauan Jennings, and the score was just 10-3 by half’s end with the 49ers on top. But the second half was a different story. Mahomes got his team to a 13-10 lead on a 16-yard touchdown pass

to Marquez Valdes-Scantling only to have 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy fire back with a touchdown pass of his own to Jennings, giving his team a 16-13 lead thanks to a critical missed extra

point from rookie kicker Jake Moody. A field goal from the Chiefs’ Harrison Butker tied the game at 16-16 — and then the 24-year-old Moody redeemed himself by hitting a 53-yard field goal

with 1:53 left in regulation to give the 49ers a 19-16 lead. And then the Chiefs’ all-world quarterback Patrick Mahomes led his team down the field — aided by a 22-yard reception from Kelce

— resulting in a game-tying field goal with three seconds to go, sending the game into overtime at 19-19. It’s only the second time in Super Bowl history that a game has headed into

overtime. The last overtime came in 2017, when Tom Brady and the New England Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons 34-28. Brady and the Pats came all the way back from down 28-3, making it

the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history. The 49ers won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball in overtime. A critical holding call on third down by Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie

that _would_ have given the Chiefs the ball kept the 49ers’ drive alive, and Purdy and McCaffrey drove the team downfield for a Moody field goal from 27 yards out, giving the 49ers a 22-19

lead. EDITOR’S PICKS Since NFL overtime rules dictate that each team must possess the ball at least once — and if the score is tied after that, then the next score wins — the Chiefs still

had a chance to tie the game with a field goal or win it with a touchdown. A Mahomes scramble on 4th down kept the Chiefs’ drive alive, and _another_ Mahomes scramble on a broken third-down

play took them to the 13-yard-line. Kelce powered his way to a 1st and goal and then Mahomes found wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr. on a four-yard pass for the Super Bowl win for the Chiefs:

25-22. TRENDING STORIES It was the Chiefs’ second consecutive Super Bowl win — the first team to go back-to-back since the Patriots 20 years ago — and their third victory in the last five

years. Mahomes, naturally, was named Super Bowl MVP for the third time, tying him with Joe Montana for second all-time. Brady has the most Super Bowl MVPs in history with five. And Kelce was

embraced by Swift on the field for a post-game smooch. “They have their dynasty,” offered CBS announcer Jim Nantz.