Super Bowl LIX
Super Bowl LIX was an American football championship game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2024 season. In a rematch of Super Bowl LVII, the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Kansas City Chiefs 40–22, securing their first Super Bowl championship since Super Bowl LII seven years earlier, and second overall.
The Chiefs finished the regular season with a 15–2 record, tied for league best, and entered the game with ambitions of achieving the first-ever Super Bowl three-peat, having won Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 and Super Bowl LVII in 2023. The Eagles posted a 14–3 record with the aid of an improved offense and the league’s top-ranked defense, making their fifth Super Bowl appearance.
Although Super Bowl LIX was expected to be a close contest, the Eagles dominated the game. The Chiefs did not score until the waning moments of the third quarter and gained only 23 yards in the first half, the second-lowest first-half yardage in Super Bowl history. Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes turned the ball over three times, including a 38-yard pick-six by Cooper DeJean, who became only the second rookie in Super Bowl history to return an interception for a touchdown.[7] The Eagles took advantage of the Chiefs’ offensive struggles and their powerful defensive performance to build an insurmountable 34-point lead by the time of the Chiefs’ first score. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who scored three touchdowns (2 passing, 1 rushing), completed 17 of 22 passes for 221 yards, and set the Super Bowl record for quarterback rushing yards with 72, was named Super Bowl MVP.
The game was played on February 9, 2025, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.[8] The eleventh Super Bowl played in New Orleans, it was the eighth in the Superdome and the first since Super Bowl XLVII in 2013.[9] The game was televised in the United States by Fox and streamed on Tubi.[10] The broadcast was watched by 127.7 million viewers in the United States, with an average of 14.5 million viewers coming from streaming platforms.