In the decisive match, the team defeated the Philadelphia Eagles club.
TASS, 13 February. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38:35 in the Super Bowl, the final game of the North American National Football League (NFL). The decisive game of the season in American football was held at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale (Arizona), it was attended by regarding 72 thousand spectators.
For the second time in his career, Super Bowl quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been named Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP). He first won this award in 2020, when the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49s (31:20) in the decider of the season. Mahomes was previously named MVP of the season.
The Chiefs have played in the Super Bowl for the fifth time and won the trophy for the third time (1970, 2020, 2023). The Eagles played in the final game of the season for the fourth time, the Philadelphia team won the only victory in 2018, with a score of 41:33, beating the New England Patriots. The record holders for victories are the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots, who each have six titles.
Andy Reed has been the head coach of the Kansas team since 2013, having previously held a similar position with the Eagles for 14 years. In the season ended, the Chiefs won the American Football Conference West Division for the seventh consecutive time and played in the Super Bowl for the third time in four years.
This year’s traditional halftime show was headlined by singer Rihanna. Country singer Chris Stapleton won the right to perform the US anthem before the match. The game was broadcast on national television by FOX. The maximum cost of a 30-second commercial during the broadcast of the Super Bowl reached $7 million.
The Super Bowl is one of the most compelling sporting events in the world, with one in three Americans watching it in the US alone. The Super Bowl first took place in 1966, when the NFL and the American Football League (AFL) agreed to merge to form two new league conferences. Since then, the Super Bowl has brought together the best teams in each of the conferences, the winning team receiving the Vince Lombardi Cup, named following the coach under whom the Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls (1966, 1967). The past Super Bowl was the 57th in history.
