NEW ORLEANS — Three-peat? More like three-and-out.
The Eagles stomped the Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl 2025 on Sunday night at the Superdome, denying Kansas City its chance at history with three straight championships.
Instead it was “Fly Eagles Fly” all night as they beat up and battered Patrick Mahomes and Co. in front of a heavily pro-Eagles crowd.
This was no contest. It looked like the varsity versus the JV, with Kansas City unable to slow down a ferocious Eagles pass rush and Mahomes looking mortal.
The Eagles dominated from the start and held a 24-0 lead at halftime after forcing two Mahomes interceptions, including one pick-six, and sacking the quarterback three times. They sacked him six times in the game.
It was total domination by the Eagles defense as they held the Chiefs to one first down, 23 total yards and three rushing yards in the first half.
The Chiefs had seven possessions in the first half — five of them were three-and-outs and another ended after one play when Mahomes threw his second interception.
Mahomes seemed uncomfortable after some early pressure from the Eagles. Mahomes had three turnovers on the night, including a fumble in the fourth quarter.
Tight end Travis Kelce did not have a catch until the third quarter.
With the defense dominating, the Eagles offense put together two strong scoring drives in the first half and capitalized off of Mahomes’ second pick for another score.
Jalen Hurts had one interception in the first half, but made plays when the Eagles needed them, both with his arm and his legs.
Hurts finished the game 17-for-22 for 221 yards with two touchdown passes and an interception as well as 72 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
The Eagles’ domination continued into the second half.
The Chiefs got the ball first but Mahomes was sacked two more times and had to punt.
The Eagles then went on a methodical 11-play drive that ended with a field goal to make it 27-0 and end any thoughts of a Chiefs comeback.
The rout continued with a 46-yard touchdown pass from Hurts to Devonta Smith to stretch the lead to 34-0.
Kansas City finally got on the scoreboard with 34 seconds left in the third quarter on a Mahomes 24-yard touchdown pass to rookie Xavier Worthy for the first of his two touchdown receptions, cutting the deficit to 34-6.
Elliott kicked two more field goals for the Eagles to make it 40-6.
For the Eagles, this was their second Super Bowl title, and they avenged their loss two years ago to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.
General manager Howie Roseman deserves credit for an outstanding offseason, highlighted by the signing of former Giants star Saquon Barkley.
Coach Nick Sirianni adjusted after a late-season collapse in 2023, and he has a Super Bowl title in his fourth season as Eagles coach.
The Chiefs will enter the offseason with questions about the future of Kelce, who could retire, and needs along the offensive line and in the secondary.
They got pushed around by the Eagles in this game, and their skill for pulling games out in the fourth quarter was useless when down by four scores in this one.
The officials took a starring role early in the game. On the first drive of the game, the Eagles appeared to complete a fourth-and-2 pass to A.J. Brown, but Brown was flagged for offensive pass interference.
The replay showed Brown did hit Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie in the face, but it was questionable whether it affected his coverage. The penalty forced the Eagles to punt.
Things flipped on Philadelphia’s second drive. McDuffie was called for unnecessary roughness on a third-and-5 incompletion by Hurts.
The pass was intended for tight end Dallas Goedert and McDuffie hit him in the head, although it was another questionable call. The flag gave the Eagles a new set of downs at the Kansas City 28.
It appeared Hurts had connected with Jahan Dotson for a 28-yard touchdown, but replay showed Dotson was down at the 1.
That just set up the inevitable from the Eagles, and Hurts scored from the 1 on a Tush Push to make it 7-0 with 6:15 left in the opening quarter.
The Chiefs gave the Eagles another first down at the end of the first quarter when defensive end Charles Omenihu lined up offsides, negating a third-down sack by Kansas City.
The penalty ended up not costing the Chiefs, though, as Hurts was intercepted at the Kansas City 2-yard line by Chiefs safety Bryan Cook a few plays later.
The Chiefs went three-and-out after the turnover and ended up punting it back to the Eagles, who stretched their lead to 10-0 on a 48-yard field goal from Elliott with 8:38 left in the second quarter.
The Eagles defense was dominant and had the Chiefs offense completely out of sync. On one drive in the second quarter, the Eagles sacked Mahomes twice to set up third-and-16.
That is when Mahomes tried to hit DeAndre Hopkins, but did not see Philadelphia safety Cooper DeJean lurking.
The rookie from Iowa intercepted the pass, the first interception of his career, and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown and a 17-0 Eagles lead.
Things went from bad to worse for the Chiefs after getting a defensive stop late in the first half. Kansas City got the ball back at their own 6 and on the first play, Mahomes threw his second interception, this one to Eagles linebacker Zack Baun, giving the Eagles the ball at the Chiefs 14.
Two plays later, Hurts threw a touchdown pass to Brown and the Philadelphia lead ballooned to 24-0 with 1:35 left in the half.