The Philadelphia Eagles used a dominant first half to steam roll to a 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59.

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Philadelphia Eagles win Super Bowl 59, dominate Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22

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Chris Francis Sports Reporter

By Chris Francis (Sports Reporter)

The Philadelphia Eagles rode a dominant first half to their second Super Bowl championship, beating the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22. They win their second title in the last seven years.
The Eagles end the Chiefs’ quest to make history by winning three straight titles.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player with 221 yards passing and three total touchdowns.

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The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions for the second time in seven years, rolling to a 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59. The Eagles used a dominant first-half performance to take a 24-0 lead and cruised from there.

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The Eagles avenge their 2023 Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs and end Kansas City’s quest for a history-making third straight title. Shockingly, the matchup between two heavyweights that Las Vegas oddsmakers had pegged as a 1-point contest, was close to being decided at halftime.

“We didn’t really ever care what anyone thought about how we won or their opinions, all we wanted to do was win,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni told Fox Sports. “These guys did not want to let each other down and yesterday in the meeting they talked about not wanting this special thing to be over and they said the only way it’s not over is if we have a parade and a ring ceremony.”

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The Eagles’ defense, ranked number one in the league during the regular season, made superstar Patrick Mahomes look pedestrian on Sunday, Feb. 9. The three-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player came into the game with a 17-3 record in the postseason. The Eagles never let him get going, harassing him nearly every time he dropped back to pass. During that dominant first half, they allowed the Chiefs just 23 total yards on 20 plays.

Two massive mistakes in the second quarter turned the game into a rout. With seven minutes left in the half, Eagles rookie cornerback Cooper DeJean made the play of the game, returning a Mahomes interception 38 yards for a touchdown to make it 17-0.

Desperate to make something happen, Mahomes threw his second interception with 1:49 left in the half. Eagles linebacker Zach Baun made the diving catch to give Philadelphia the ball on the Chiefs 14-yard line. Two plays later, AJ Brown scored on a 12-yard pass from quarterback Jalen Hurts to give the Eagles a nearly insurmountable 24-0 advantage.

Mahomes threw those interceptions on back-to-back passes. Before that, he had gone ten straight games without throwing one. In addition to the two interceptions, Mahomes was sacked a season-high six times.

On the flip side, Hurts was in complete control. He earned the MVP trophy with 221 yards passing, 72 yards rushing and three total touchdowns. He wrapped up an impressive performance with a beautifully arcing 46-yard bomb down the middle to DeVonta Smith, who caught it in the end zone for a 34-0 lead.

“I’ve been able to use every experience and learn from it. The good the bad, all of it, using it as fuel to pursue my own greatness and I couldn’t do any of these things without the guys around me,” Hurts told Fox Sports after the win.

The Eagles got on the scoreboard first, setting the tone midway through the opening quarter, using their famous “brotherly shove” quarterback sneak to score from one yard out. Hurts took it in to cap a 7-play drive that went 69 yards. The touchdown was set up on the previous play, a 28-yard pass to Jahan Dotson.

The Chiefs had no answers for the Eagles in any phase of the game Sunday night and the celebration for those green-clad fans in New Orleans and Philadelphia promises to be just as impressive.

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[CHRIS FRANCIS]

The Super Bowl party is likely still going Monday morning for Eagles fans in New Orleans and Philadelphia. The party began soon after Super Bowl 59 kicked off as the Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs. Philly led from start to finish, winning their second title in seven years in stunning fashion, 40-22.

They jumped on the two-time defending champs right from the start with an overpowering defense and set the tone with the first score, using the patented “Brotherly Shove” quarterback sneak to take the early lead.

[NICK SIRIANNI]

“I think at the end of the day you saw this team embrace adversity throughout the entire year, now it’s hard to say that when you won 16 of your last 17 games but there was adversity constantly. And I think we did a good job of embracing that, the ups and downs of the season.”

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From there, two shocking interceptions thrown by three-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes had the Chiefs reeling. Eagles rookie Cooper DeJean returned one for a touchdown – on his 22nd birthday no less – and AJ Brown scored two plays after the second pick to give Philly a 24-0 halftime lead. As the saying goes, “Defense wins Championships.”

[PATRICK MAHOMES]

“There’s no way around it they played great from start to finish, they got after it. The defensive line played really well, the DB’s played well to compliment them and linebackers as well. Like I said I can’t turn the ball over early in the game when its not going our way. I have to learn from that and be better, the next opportunity I hopefully get.”

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The final stat line on that dominant D? Three total turnovers forced, they sacked Mahomes a season high 6 times, scored a touchdown and held mighty Kansas City to just 23 yards in the first half.

The other quarterback was nearly flawless. Jalen Hurts threw for 221 yards, ran for 72 more and had three total touchdowns to earn the Most Valuable Player award. Several times in the run-up to Sunday’s game he said he was motivated by the loss to the Chiefs in Super Bowl 57.

[JALEN HURTS]

“I think we had a focused group out there. Offense was able to score points. Take advantage of opportunities just enough to put points on the board and defense, they played their *ss off, just how they played all year. I truly believe offense wins games and defense wins championships.”

[CHRIS FRANCIS]

The Chiefs tacked on a few late touchdowns to make the 40-22 final a bit more respectable, but after leading 34-0 there was no doubt the Eagles were clearly the better team on this Super Bowl Sunday and really during the entire playoffs.

They outscored their 4 postseason opponents by a combined 145-77. Domination indeed. Now all that’s left is a parade in downtown Philadelphia which is well deserved and should be quite the show in its own right.

For Straight Arrow News, I’m Chris Francis.

Philadelphia Eagles win Super Bowl 59, dominate Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22

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