Mahomes Named Super Bowl MVP After 31-20 Win Over 49ers

MIAMI – Patrick Mahomes II has developed a well-earned reputation this postseason for engineering late come-from-behind drives in the biggest moments.

On Sunday, on the biggest stage, he did it one more time.

The former Texas Tech gunslinger brought his Kansas City Chiefs back from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter Sunday en route to winning Super Bowl MVP honors after a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

Kansas City secured only its second Super Bowl title in franchise history and its first since 1970 thanks in part to Mahomes, who helped the Chiefs outscore the 49ers, 21-0, over the final quarter. Mahomes threw two touchdowns during that span, including the go-ahead strike to Damien Williams from five-yard out to pull ahead 24-20 with 2:44 remaining.

Williams caught a short pass from Mahomes in the flat and then reached out just inside the near pylon to give the Chiefs a 24-20 lead with 2:44 remaining in the game. The Chiefs' defense responded by preventing a fourth-down attempt by the 49ers near midfield on the ensuing drive, setting up a 38-yard touchdown scamper from Williams to seal it.

Mahomes previously found Travis Kelce on a one-yard rollout to make it a one-score game with 6:13 remaining in the game. The Chiefs entered the fourth quarter facing a 20-10 deficit after the 49ers rolled off 17-unanswered points following an early 10-3 deficit.

Mahomes finished with 286 yards through the air and accounted for three touchdowns on his way to becoming the youngest player in history to be named the NFL MVP and also win a Super Bowl. Mahomes, who at only 24 years of age, also rushed for a one-yard touchdown for Kansas City's first touchdown with 31 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.

The Chiefs had not previously won, let alone appeared, in a Super Bowl since 1970 when the late E.J. Holub was in his final year of his exceptional professional career. Holub, a member of both the Texas Tech Ring of Honor and the Chiefs' Hall of Fame, started at center in that game after previously starring at linebacker in Super Bowl I versus fellow Donny Anderson's Green Bay Packers.

Mahomes' rise to the biggest stage marks the fifth time in the past six seasons a Red Raider has won a Super Bowl title, the bulk of which were the result of Danny Amendola (2015, 2017) and LaAdrian Waddle's (2017, 2019) tenures with the Patriots. Louis Vasquez earned his lone Super Bowl ring when his Denver Broncos won Super Bowl 50 to close the 2016 campaign.

This was the 11th-consecutive season a Red Raider had been represented in the Super Bowl. Two other letterwinners were on the losing side for the 49ers as Texas Tech great Wes Welker is the organization's wide receivers coach, while Kris Kocurek serves as San Francisco's defensive line coach.

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Mahomes Named Super Bowl MVP After 31-20 Win Over 49ers

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