LAS VEGAS – The NFL has a returning champion for the first time in 19 years. The Kansas City Chiefs, coming off a third Super Bowl victory in five seasons, cemented their status as the league's modern dynasty with a 25-22 overtime win against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

This one, the same as the last two for Kansas City and its superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes, came with an electrifying second-half comeback — and this time with some overtime heroics.

Jake Moody's 27-yard field goal on the first possession of overtime put the 49ers ahead 22-19, but the Chiefs responded with a 13-yard, 75-yard drive and won it on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Mahomes to Mecole Hardman .

It was just the latest must-have move for Kansas City, a team that has built a reputation behind Mahomes for being most dangerous when they hold the ball last. The Chiefs trailed 19-16 with less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter when they marched 75 yards in 11 plays and Harrison Butker kicked a 29-yard field goal. The key play on the drive came on a third-and-7 with 16 seconds left, when Mahomes hit Travis Kelce on a crosser for a 22-yard gain that set the Chiefs up for the easy kick.

It is the fourth Super Bowl victory for the Chiefs franchise and the third for the team under coach Andy Reid, who is tied for third all-time with Bill Walsh and Joe Gibbs. Only Bill Belichick (six) and Chuck Noll (four) have more.

“Number three is a big number in terms of dynasties,” Kelce said this week, adding that he wanted to win this Super Bowl more than the previous three he had played in. Winning three titles in a five-year span puts the Chiefs in a different conversation, one that features some of the greatest runs in league history.

Mahomes earned his third Super Bowl MVP going 34 of 46 passing for 333 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, resulting in a passer rating of 99.3. He joins Tom Brady (five) and Joe Montana (three) as the only players to win three Super Bowl MVP awards.

The championship also elevates Mahomes – a remarkable 15-3 in the playoffs in his six-year career – to elite company: He is now one of five quarterbacks in league history to win at least three Super Bowls, joining Brady ( seven), Montana (four), Terry Bradshaw (four) and Troy Aikman (three). Aikman and Mahomes, 28, are the only ones to win three before their 30th birthday. Over the past two postseasons, Mahomes is 7-0 with thirteen touchdowns and just one interception.

When CBS announcer Jim Nantz talked on the postgame stage about how the Chiefs were underdogs in the final three games of this postseason, Mahomes said, “Just know that the Kansas City Chiefs are never underdogs. Just know that.”

Kelce added: “We couldn't have gotten here without having that target on our backs all year. Now we had the chance to do it three times in a row.”

It's a devastating loss for the 49ers, especially for coach Kyle Shanahan, who adds another chapter of Super Bowl heartache to what would otherwise have been a stellar career. As Atlanta's offensive coordinator in 2017, Shanahan was on the wrong end of the largest lead in Super Bowl history, as the Patriots rallied from a 28-3 third-quarter deficit to stun the Falcons in the only other championship game that led to an extension. . Sunday's loss is Shanahan's second as a head coach in the Super Bowl; four years ago, the 49ers blew a 10-point fourth-quarter lead to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV and ultimately lost 31-20.

San Francisco's championship drought now stands at 29 seasons. After winning five Lombardi Trophies within a 13-year span from 1982 to 1995, the 49ers have since (after the 2012, 2019 and 2023 seasons) lost in all three of their trips to the Super Bowl.

Before this year's Chiefs, the last Super Bowl champion to successfully defend its title was the 2004 Patriots. What had become routine in the early decades of the Super Bowl era—there were eight repeat winners in the game's first 39 editions—became nonexistent, a byproduct of the league's increased parity and an indication of just how taxing the Super Bowl is. can.

The title caps a stunning late-season surge for Kansas City, which had its worst regular season since Mahomes became the starter in 2018. Plagued by an uncharacteristically inconsistent offense, including a league-worst 44 point turnover by receivers, the Chiefs were just 9-6 after losing to the Raiders at home on Christmas Day. It looked bad enough that Kansas City general manager Brett Veach wondered if his team would even make the postseason.

“You see it every year,” Veach said this week, “a team gets off to a good start and doesn't make the playoffs.”

But the Chiefs wouldn't lose again all year, finishing the regular season with a pair of wins before reeling off four straight wins in the playoffs. What started in frigid temperatures in Kansas City, a wild-card victory over the Dolphins in the fourth-coldest game in NFL history, continued with two gutsy road wins in Buffalo and Baltimore – the first real wins in the Mahomes' playoff career. culminated with Sunday's comeback in Las Vegas.

It's the most unlikely title of the Chiefs' current run, not only because of their regular-season struggles, but also because of the intense spotlight that has trailed the team for most of the year. Kelce's relationship with pop superstar Taylor Swift became a phenomenon of its own, and her performances during the regular season and the playoffs (she made all four during Kansas City's postseason run, including Sunday's Super Bowl after a Saturday show in Tokyo ) became one of the biggest stories in sports.

When asked what he's learned in recent months about celebrity crushes, Kelce smiled and said in the week leading up to the competition, “That being famous worldwide is a lot different than being famous in Kansas City.”

On Sunday, the 49ers controlled the first half by owning the trenches, especially when the Chiefs had the ball. San Francisco's punishing defensive line continually allowed Mahomes to scramble out of the pocket, sacking him twice and frequently forcing rushed throws. The Chiefs' offense, in turn, was never in sync, managing only a late field goal to cut San Francisco's 10-0 lead.

The Chiefs finished with just 16 yards in the first quarter – compared to 125 for San Francisco – and couldn't get Kelce involved. Kelce caught an early one-yard bubble screen, his only target through the first 30 minutes of the game.

After kicker Moody drilled the longest field goal in Super Bowl history — a 55-yarder in the first quarter — the 49ers scored the game's first touchdown with 4:23 left in the second quarter when Jauan Jennings widened the play came, on a throw from Purdy, hit McCaffrey for a 21-yard catch-and-run score. It was a brave and creative play call from Shanahan and the first touchdown pass of Jennings' three-year career.

San Francisco led 10-3 at halftime and caused frustration for Kansas City. CBS cameras recorded Kelce encountering Reid on the sideline during a tense altercation.

Their chances didn't look any more promising after the opening drive of the third quarter, when Mahomes threw his first interception of the last two postseasons.

But the game changed after a crucial mistake by the 49ers in the third quarter when returner Darrell Luter Jr. fumbled a punt on San Francisco's 35-yard line. The Chiefs' Jaylen Watson recovered and it took Mahomes one play to capitalize: He hit receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling moments later for a 16-yard touchdown.

Suddenly, after playing the entire game, the Chiefs were in front. History repeated itself.

Jennings caught the 49ers' second touchdown of the night with 11:22 left early in the fourth quarter, but after a blocked extra point the Chiefs were able to tie the game on an ensuing field goal that capped a 12-play, 69-yard game closed. drive before winning it in overtime.

Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said during the Lombardi Trophy presentation, “One of the most exciting Super Bowls I've ever seen.”

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LAS VEGAS — Patrick Mahomes was on the minds of the San Francisco 49ers even when they had the ball Sunday.

Facing third-and-4 from the Kansas City Chiefs' 9-yard line in overtime, Brock Purdy said he knew the 49ers couldn't settle for a field goal because it would give Mahomes a chance to counter with the kind of game winning play. drive for which he became famous.

“You just don't want to give him the opportunity to win the game with a touchdown,” Purdy said.

That's exactly what happened.

The 49ers' third-down play was good. It called for Jauan Jennings, at the time a strong contender for the game's MVP award, to start inside and then quickly move back to the nearest pylon. He did so, shaking his defender.

“It looked like Jauan killed it and won pretty well,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said afterward.

The problem is that no one was blocking Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones. He's both Kansas City's best defensive player and someone who tormented the 49ers in their last Super Bowl meeting with the Chiefs. Right tackle Colton McKivitz put a hand on Jones but moved out to block defensive end George Karlaftis.

That gave Jones a free run to Purdy, who had to rush his pass and ultimately threw too far for Jennings. The 49ers settled for a 27-yard Jake Moody field goal for a three-point lead. And that set the stage for what Purdy and the 49ers feared: a vintage Mahomes drive that lasted 13 plays, included a 19-yard Mahomes scramble and ended with a winning toss to a wide-open Mecole Hardman.

The score and resulting 25-22 victory gave Mahomes MVP honors and left the 49ers exhausted, devastated and, for the second time in four years, ruining what could have happened in a Super Bowl against the Chiefs.

“When you have a good offense like the Chiefs and what Mahomes can do, for us it's like, 'Okay, we've got to score touchdowns,'” ​​Purdy said. “And we had opportunities to do that, I think. We shot ourselves in the foot with penalties and operations and all that.”

For most of the game, the 49ers and Chiefs were virtual twins.

Both defenses were dominant early and took the opponent's best players out of the game. Defensive effort may have been an issue in the 49ers' first playoff games, but not on Sunday when players like Chase Young, Randy Gregory and Javon Kinlaw stepped up with big plays that frustrated the Chiefs and kept them within six points for nearly three quarters kept.

Mahomes' favorite target, Travis Kelce, had one catch for 1 yard at halftime. And Mahomes and Purdy had the exact same modest passing total at halftime – 123 yards.

However, the Chiefs defense was even better at crushing their opponent's star players. Receivers Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel were each held to three catches on Sunday, despite Samuel being targeted a game-high 11 times. Tight end George Kittle had a key catch on fourth down in the fourth quarter, but was held to 4 total yards. That fourth-and-3 throw in the fourth quarter was also influenced by Mahomes.

“That's probably not something we would normally do, but we thought it was the right thing to do in this situation,” Shanahan said.

The only real offensive weapons for the 49ers were Jennings, who had a passing and receiving touchdown, and Christian McCaffrey, who combined for 160 yards of offense.

Furthermore, the 49ers offense was never able to fully capitalize on Mahomes and Kelce's modest starts.

Early in the third quarter, Mahomes was flushed from the pocket, only to find Kelce covered by linebacker Fred Warner. Instead, he lofted a pass to receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, which was picked off by safety Ji'Ayir Brown at the Kansas City 44-yard line.

The 49ers had momentum, they had the crowd behind them and they had a perfect opportunity to extend their 10-3 lead. Instead, Purdy threw an incompletion on the first down, guard Aaron Banks committed a false start on the second down and the 49ers had to punt the ball.

“It was little things everywhere – all three phases,” fullback Kyle Juszczyk said. “We did things that were not typical of what we usually do as a team and I think that's ultimately what hit us, and it was too much to overcome.”

The 49ers also experienced higher turnover than the Chiefs.

They lost linebacker Dre Greenlaw in the second quarter when, running onto the field after a punt, he tore his Achilles tendon. Right guard Jon Feliciano was injured late in the third quarter, while Samuel (hamstring) and Kittle (shoulder) left the game for stretching exercises. During a crucial sequence late in the fourth quarter, the 49ers were without defensive starters Greenlaw, Brown and Deommodore Lenoir.

As the 49ers weakened, the connection between Mahomes and Kelce grew stronger. The tight end's 22-yard catch and run late in the fourth quarter — he beat Warner, who had been strong against him up to that point — set up the field goal that sent the game into overtime, and Kelce finished with 93 yards for. direct all recipients.

“That's probably the most disappointing thing about the loss,” Warner said. “Because we went into it and said he wasn't going to be the reason they hit us. And at the end we were doing a couple plays where he was running wide open down the middle of the field. That is disappointing.”

Shanahan cited analytics as the reason he let the 49ers receive the ball to start overtime. He thought the team that got the opening kickoff of the session might get a second possession.

“We wanted the ball third,” he said. “If both teams were evenly matched and scored, we wanted to be the ones who had a chance to win (the match).”

The 49ers never got that chance. Their opening drive of overtime was their longest of the game: 7:38. That was followed by the Chiefs' longest game: 7:19. The difference was that one ended in a field goal and the other in a touchdown.

After Mahomes' big scramble in the red zone, tailback Isiah Pacheco ran three yards and Mahomes hit Kelce for another seven yards. That put the ball on San Francisco's 3-yard line as the clock expired in the first overtime.

The final blow came on a shotgun blast on which no one covered Hardman, who started moving toward the formation but retreated to the outside. Both Warner and safety Logan Ryan rushed Mahomes on the play.

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“I'm not sure,” Warner said of what went wrong with the reporting. 'I have to see it. I'm not sure who would be with (Hardman).

The loss had many of the same themes as the one in Miami four years ago, including a blown lead and an inability to stop Jones and Mahomes in key moments.

However, the aftermath of this seemed worse. There was a funeral-like silence in the locker room afterwards. Shanahan gave only a brief postgame address to his team, McCaffrey gave a cut postgame interview, and even the normally extensive Kittle session lasted just four minutes.

“Not much has been said,” Purdy said. “It just hurts. We clearly have the team to do it, to win the whole thing and then come up short like that. … The way things have been going here the last few years, everyone wanted it so bad. So I think right now we're still trying to sort out our thoughts and stuff. But everyone in that locker room loves each other, I can tell you that.”

(Top photo of Brock Purdy being pressured by Chris Jones during overtime: Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

The Chiefs defeated the 49ers in overtime to win Super Bowl LVIII.

Is it too early to start looking ahead to Super Bowl LVIX in New Orleans? Never. The San Francisco 49ers are Super Bowl favorites at +500 on BetMGMdespite losing to the Kansas City Chiefs (+700 to repeat) in Super Bowl 58. The Baltimore Ravens (+850), Buffalo Bills (+1200) and Detroit Lions (+1200) have the next best odds.

Of course, the Chiefs are still one of the favorites to win the AFC. It is believed that general manager Brett Veach will do everything he can to find help for Patrick Mahomes after the offense's struggles for most of the regular season.

Along with the Chiefs, the Ravens, Bills and Bengals are the AFC favorites. The Jets now have worse odds (+3000) than they did at this time last season (+2500), and that was even before they acquired Aaron Rodgers from Green Bay, although rumors were already swirling that Rodgers wanted to leave Wisconsin for the USA wanted to go. the big apple.

Of the teams with new head coaches, the Los Angeles Chargers (+2500) have the best chances with new coach Jim Harbaugh. Los Angeles is over $45 million the salary cap for next season, according to OverTheCap.com.

If you're looking for teams that could make a splash in free agency, the Commanders, Titans, Patriots, Bengals and Colts currently have the most salary cap space.

Detroit (+1200) has completed its 180th turn from lovable losers to now a favorite in the NFC. Dallas and Philadelphia are still at the top of their respective conferences, but there will be changes for both teams this season. Dallas lost defensive coordinator Dan Quinn to Washington and Philadelphia hired Kellen Moore as its new offensive coordinator and Vic Fangio to lead the defense.

The Carolina Panthers, Tennessee Titans and New England Patriots all have the worst odds to win the Super Bowl. All three teams will have new coaches next year.

However, betting favorites this far is probably not a good betting strategy. Consider that the Chiefs had worse odds entering the playoffs this year (+1000) than after last year's Super Bowl win (+600).

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To help understand where these teams are headed this offseason, especially around expectations, we reached out to our beat writers to gauge how they view the teams heading into the offseason.

Detroit Lions +1200

The Lions have the fifth-best Super Bowl odds in 2024, and that feels about right. In their first postseason run together, with the fifth-youngest roster in the NFL, the Lions reached the NFC Championship game and held a 24–7 lead. Had they made the necessary moves to win the game, they would have been in Las Vegas hoping to hoist the Lombardi. Instead, they will use a disappointing loss as motivation and work to get there next season. Detroit's best talent – ​​Penei Sewell, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Aidan Hutchinson, Sam LaPorta, Jahmyr Gibbs, etc. – should only get better with age. QB Jared Goff has now taken two teams to NFC Championship games and has had another strong season. Offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is back for another year and once again turns down head coaching opportunities. And the Lions will look to improve a secondary that needs an influx of talent. Detroit's schedule and division look tougher on paper, but given everything the Lions have done for them, they are well-positioned for another deep postseason run. —Colton Pouncy, Lions writer

New York jets +3000

The Jets, like every team on this list, have the ability to swing wildly in either direction. That's the Aaron Rodgers factor. The Jets have a lot of holes to fill on offense (offensive line, wide receiver) and issues to overcome (offensive coordinator), but ultimately how far the Jets go (or not) largely depends on which version of Rodgers they get. He'll be 41 this season and coming off Achilles tendon surgery, so it's fair to be skeptical the Jets will make noise — but they still have one of the best NFL defenses, which will remain largely intact, and return two stars in the offense in Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall. —Zack Rosenblatt, Jets writer

Green Bay Packers +2500

I'm surprised the odds are so long for the Packers considering how they finished the 2023 season. After starting 3-6, they made the playoffs, dismantled the Cowboys in the wild-card round and gave the 49ers a battle in the Divisional Round. In his first season as the full-time starting quarterback, Jordan Love showed why he can be the man for Green Bay, and most of its supporting cast, for the next decade on an offense that thrived in the second half of the season. , will return in 2024. The big questions are in the other two phases. Can the Packers straighten out their kicking game (pun intended), and can new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley maximize the talent on his side of the ball in a way that Joe Barry couldn't? If Green Bay can do both, there's no reason why the Packers can't compete to take home the Lombardi Trophy. —Matt Schneidman, Packers writer

For the Dolphins to be considered serious Super Bowl contenders, they need to beat teams of the same level or better on a semi-consistent basis. That didn't happen in 2023, with just one win against a team that finished with a winning record: Dallas Cowboys in Week 16. The 2024 schedule will also be tougher, playing the AFC South, NFC West and the Packers outside Miami. AFC East opponents.

As of now, Tua Tagovailoa will be entering the final year of his rookie contract in 2024. Will Miami take care of its quarterback before Week 1? Plus, you have to wonder if the defense can come together after numerous injuries, especially at edge rusher, that took their toll in late 2023. Then you have to wonder if the Dolphins are the best or even second-best team in the AFC East, with the Bills as the reigning champions and Aaron Rodgers set to take more than a handful of snaps at QB, just like the injury-plagued season last year. —Larry Holder, NFL senior writer

You know the Texans will be one of the sexiest bets heading into the 2024 season – two of the best young players at premium positions in quarterback CJ Stroud and edge rusher Will Anderson. Add in budding star coach DeMeco Ryans and an improving roster, and Houston has what it takes to take the next step.

Now the Texans won't have to deal with a bottom-barrel schedule this season after winning the AFC South. So they're making the Chiefs, Ravens and Bills, along with the AFC East and NFC North, join their AFC South roster – throwing a healthy NFL Draft compadre, Anthony Richardson, back for the Colts. But the Texans seemed to hold their own against everyone during the 2023 regular season before falling flat against the Ravens in the AFC divisional round. I expect the Texans to improve in 2024 and Stroud to only get better after one of the strongest rookie QB campaigns in recent memory. When that happens, you never know… —Holder

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy He feels like he abandoned his coach and teammates after their 2024 Super Bowl LVIII loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

“It starts with [my] coach, that's who I hurt, and all the other guys, our whole team,” Purdy, 24, said during a post-match press conference on Sunday, February 11. been easy. For it to go like this, where it's close at the end and it's hard, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it.

After the game, Purdy was seen sullenly heading to the sideline as a 49ers coach pulled him into a hug after a heartbreaking loss. The 49ers held a lead for most of the game, but the Chiefs pulled out the victory, scoring a last-minute touchdown from Mecole Hardman Jr. in the final minutes of extra time. The Chiefs won 25-22.

Ahead of the Super Bowl, Purdy shared that he had changed his nickname “Mr. Irrelevant” – a nickname given to the last pick in the NFL draft – as he prepared for the big game.

'Do I think it's time to choose a new nickname? I'm okay with 'Mr. Irrelevant.' It’s all good,” Purdy said while speaking to reporters on Monday, Feb. 5, according to NFL officials X account.

Purdy got his chance with the 49ers last year as a quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo And Trey Lance injuries sustained.

“I mean, the bottom line is that life isn't about you. That is what I believe,” he said on Monday. “When you're part of something bigger than yourself, you get caught up in getting all the glory and fame and status, and I feel like that's a superficial life and that can fade away pretty quickly.”

Brock Purdy did a phenomenal job in his first Super Bowl game. Always keep your head up there next year. #StillAFan #49ers #BrockPurdy pic.twitter.com/PnYRj7xoDS

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He went on to say that he is “very honored and grateful” to play in the Super Bowl and that he wants to win a championship for “this organization.”

“But most of all, I try to serve and love my guys on this team, and the entire organization and everyone in my life. That's how I see it,” Purdy added.

While Purdy reached a milestone in his career, he also reached another milestone with his relationship with his fiancée Jenna Brandt. The duo — who met while attending Iowa State University, where Purdy played football and Brandt was a setter on the volleyball team — announced their engagement in July 2023 after a year of dating.

“WE CAN DO LIFE TOGETHER… FOREVER!” Brandt wrote via Instagram alongside several photos from their beachside engagement. “Brock Purdy – I love everything about you and your heart for Jesus more than words can say.”

For his part, Purdy posted a separate Instagram post with a sweet caption.

“My Jenna girl forever. I can't wait to be your husband and grow together in Christ. To an eternity, darling. I love you JB!” he wrote at the time.

By Matt Demarco for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 11:43 PM EST, February 11, 2024 | Updated: 00:54 EST, February 12, 2024

The biggest Super Bowl in history came to life in the second quarter in Las Vegas, with Travis Kelce appearing to battle his coach Andy Reid after the Chiefs got off to a stuttering start against the San Francisco 49ers.

After the first quarter ended without either team scoring, San Francisco took the lead early in the second quarter when Jake Moody made Super Bowl history by converting the longest punt in its history at 55 yards. It would also have looked good from a longer term perspective.

And then things started going wrong for the Chiefs, even if things weren't really going well up until that point.

Mahomes picked off Mecole Hardman with a 52-yard bomb, but on the next play, wide receiver Isiah Pacheco made an uncharacteristic fumble. He apologized to every member of his teammate on the bench at Allegiant Stadium.

But as the Chiefs left the field, Kelce seemed to have an argument with the coach he speaks so often about how much he respects.

Reid almost seemed to lose his balance for a moment when Kelce bumped into him, Taylor Swift's boyfriend practically holding his arm to keep him upright as he screamed.

It was a repeat of the Christmas scenes that were so shocking when the Chiefs meekly surrendered in a home loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.

Then on the next offense, Mahomes loses 10 yards due to intentional grounding at a time when they needed the quarterback to step up.

In the first quarter, both teams had stuttered as they tried to switch gears.

49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, so often imperious with the ball under his arm, fumbled for the first time since Week 7, a streak of more than three and a half months that ended early in the biggest stretch of them all.

These were extremely unusual errors for both him and Pacheco, who lost the ball in the second inning.

But the Chiefs had no early success of their own to shout about and Chiefs quarterback Mahomes was sacked when Chase Young broke through the Chiefs O-Line.

The action started shortly before 7:00 PM EST (4:00 PM local time) at Allegiant Stadium, after country music icon Reba McEntire sang the national anthem. Swift had returned from Japan for the match after playing four consecutive nights on her Eras Tour in Tokyo

She'll be lumped into a suite — which boyfriend Travis reportedly paid $1 million for — with the rest of the Kelce family, her own mom and dad, and friends Ice Spice and Blake Lively.

She was seen giving Kelce's older brother Jason a hug as they were reunited and he then introduced himself to American rapper Ice Spice – scenes that NFL fans never thought possible when the season started in September.

The Chiefs won the pregame coin toss and deferred, leaving the 49ers with the ball in the battle for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

For Travis and the Chiefs, the game finally getting underway draws a line under two weeks of intense build-up, with the tight end in particular receiving a new wave of attention thanks to his girlfriend.

A win for Kansas City would see the team join a unique club of consecutive Super Bowl winners, but history is also at stake for San Francisco.

If they win tonight, they will join the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers for a record six Super Bowl titles.

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By Adam S. Levy for Dailymail.com and Amy Lamare for Dailymail.Com

Published: 7:16 PM EST, February 11, 2024 | Updated: 7:41 PM EST, February 11, 2024

Taylor Swift has arrived at Allegiant Stadium two hours before the Super Bowl, after completing her epic sprint from Tokyo to the Super Bowl.

Dressed in all black with a red jacket draped over her shoulder, the pop superstar completed a wild 24-hour drive from her Eras Tour show in Japan, all the way to Las Vegas.

She arrived at the stadium with her mother Andrea Swift, Blake Lively, Ice Spice and her good friend and stylist Ashley Avignone.

Also in tow were her mother Andrea and father Scott, the latter dressed head-to-toe in Chiefs gear despite his history as a Philadelphia Eagles fan.

CBS cameras captured her arrival at the stadium just minutes after she landed at Harry Reid Airport.

Soon after, she was reunited with Jason and Kylie Kelce, before they all watched Travis and the Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl.

The pop megastar was photographed stepping off her plane in Sin City shortly before 1pm – after a flight from LA that took less than 40 minutes.

The 34-year-old was then taken into a convoy of blacked-out SUVs en route to Allegiant Stadium, where Super Bowl LVIII will be held.

Her father Scott sat in the front seat of the car and had a three-car police escort as she weaved through the busy city to the football stadium.

Swift's arrival concludes an odyssey that began in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday night, with the singer rushing to the airport at about 9:30 p.m. local time.

She then boarded a jet – call sign 'The Football Era' – which flew her for seven hours to Los Angeles, where she was photographed disembarking at LAX.

After a night at her palatial Beverly Hills home, Swift was back on the road, boarding her own plane in Burbank just before noon local time.

Across town in Vegas — almost at the exact same time Taylor landed — Travis was spotted arriving at the stadium for the game.

The Kansas City Chiefs star wore an all-black, sparkly outfit fit for an occasion as big as this as he and his teammates entered Allegiant Stadium.

On Saturday night we saw Jason and Kylie Kelce celebrating a big win at The Cosmopolitan Hotel casino on Saturday night.

Travis' mother, Donna, is also in attendance at Super Bowl LVIII and was captured by DailyMail.com on Sunday morning soaking up the pregame atmosphere.

Kelce is aiming for his third Super Bowl win in five years tonight, and the desire to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy again is clearly as strong as ever.

According to NFL reporter Albert Breer, the Chiefs tight end left his teammates in tears with a rousing speech at the Kansas City team hotel the night before the game.

He addressed the team along with head coach Andy Reid, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and defensive tackle Chris Jones.

But it was Travis' speech that made the biggest impact, moving Chiefs stars to tears this weekend as they faced a third Super Bowl in five years.

One coach even says, “Not even close.” The best lecture/speech I have ever heard.'