The Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl champions after a 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in a thrilling Super Bowl LVII.
This contest was evenly matched. On paper, the Eagles and Chiefs were the two best teams in the NFL this season (seeded number one in their conferences). They had identical records (16-3) and both had each scored 546 points. Coming into the Super Bowl, Philadelphia was a slight 1.5 point favorite.
Mahomes is just the 11th player to win a Super Bowl and MVP in the same year (and he's the first to do it since 1999).
In his post-game comments about Mahomes, Chiefs Coach Andy Reid was succinct. "He's MVP," he said.
There were a number of firsts in this Super Bowl. It was the first time the title game had two Black starting quarterbacks. The game featured another first: two brothers squaring off against each other. For the first time, a Black woman coach was on the sideline and the pre-game military fly-over included all women pilots.
