Eagles Keep Chiefs From Super Bowl Three-Peat

UPDATE Feb 9, 2025 9:21 PM CST

The Philadelphia Eagles dominated early and didn't stop, ultimately stopping a three-peat by the Kansas City Chiefs and beating them 40-22 at Super Bowl LIX Sunday. Until the last two minutes of the game, it looked like it might end up one of the top 10 biggest Super Bowl blowouts ever (listed by Sporting News here), but the Chiefs did manage to up the score enough in the final moments to avoid that fate. More Super Bowl coverage:

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Feb 9, 2025 7:19 PM CST

The Philadelphia Eagles were up 24-0 over the Kansas City Chiefs as the second quarter of Super Bowl LIX ended Sunday, going to halftime. In the history of the big game, there have been 13 shutouts during the first half, and NBC News reports that in all those cases, the team that was ahead did end up winning. The score is the biggest margin for any first-half Super Bowl shutouts, and just one point away from the biggest-ever first-half lead in any Super Bowl, which, per BetMGM, was 25 points when the then-Redskins led the Broncos 35-10 in 1988. The biggest comeback in Super Bowl history happened in 2017, when the Patriots came back from a 25-point deficit to beat the Falcons.