Super Bowl 2024: Patrick Mahomes Rallies Kansas City Chiefs To Fourth Title

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Star quarterback Patrick Mahomes rallied the Kansas City Chiefs to their fourth Super Bowl title following a 25-22 win in overtime against San Francisco 49ers at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Monday (February 12) morning.

Mahomes threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman with 3 seconds left in overtime, to help Chiefs beat the 49ers, becoming the first repeat Super Bowl champs in 19 years and ninth overall. As per ESPN, this is the only second overtime in Super Bowl history.

With pop star Taylor Swift watching boyfriend Travis Kelce from a suite, the Chiefs captured their third title in five years and firmly established themselves as a dynasty.

The NFL's first Super Bowl in Las Vegas was a sloppy, mistake-filled affair that was mostly boring until the back-and-forth fourth quarter and OT. It was the second of 58 Super Bowls to be tied after regulation, and the first played under new overtime rules under which both teams got the ball.

The Chiefs trailed 22-19 after Jake Moody kicked a 27-yard field goal on the first possession of overtime, but Mahomes rallied the Chiefs, completing another impressive comeback in a rematch of a Super Bowl four years ago.

Mahomes ran 8 yards on fourth-and-1 to keep the Chiefs' chances alive and then scrambled 19 yards to set up the winning score. After he connected with a wide-open Hardman, the Chiefs ran on the field as red-and-yellow confetti fell onto the turf.

Mahomes and Andy Reid are now halfway to Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, who won six championships in 20 years together with the New England Patriots and were the most recent team to go back-to-back following the 2003-04 seasons.

The 28-year-old Mahomes becomes the fourth starting QB to win three Super Bowls - joining Brady, Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw and Troy Aikman - and second-youngest.

Mahomes was named as the Super Bowl MVP, throwing for 333 yards and 66 more. This was his third MVP title, having bagged the award in 2020 and 2023 previously. With this he drew level with Joe Montana and is only behind Brady, who has been voted Super Bowl MVP six times in his career.

(With inputs from agencies)