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Philadelphia Eagles defeat Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59 blowout
By Andrew Olson
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The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions.
Philadelphia thumped back-to-back defending champion Kansas City 40-22 on Sunday night in New Orleans. It was all Eagles from the start.
Former Alabama and Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts broke the scoring ice with a “tush push” touchdown in the 1st quarter. It was the start of a big night for Hurts, the game’s MVP, who threw for 221 yards and 2 touchdowns to AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith.
Philadelphia took control of the game with a 17-point 2nd quarter. Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes was intercepted on back-to-back passes, which the Eagles turned into 14 points. The 1st interception was a pick-6 for Cooper DeJean, the first interception of the rookie’s career. The next INT helped set up the 14-yard TD pass to Brown.
It was a 24-0 game at the half. Instead of a Kansas City comeback, Philadelphia continued to add on. Up 27-0, Hurts launched a play-action bomb to Smith for a 46-yard touchdown pass. The catch made Smith the first player drafted from Alabama to score a TD in the Super Bowl. With a successful extra point, the Eagles made it 34-0.
Kansas City managed touchdowns in the 3rd and 4th quarters, but it was too little, too late. Mahomes was sacked 6 times for 31 yards taken off the team passing total.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
