The Kansas City Chiefs' defence forced the 49ers into a pair of punts in the fourth quarter, giving Patrick Mahomes a chance to rally the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title in 50 years.
MIAMI -- The Kansas City Chiefs were staring at a double-digit deficit for the third time in three post-season games.
"I knew we weren't in the ideal situation," Mahomes said, "but I believed in my defence to get stops and they did." Jimmy Garoppolo threw three straight incompletions, then the 49ers quarterback was sacked by Frank Clark, the $105.5 million off-season acquisition. That gave the Chiefs the ball back, Williams got loose for a long touchdown run and Kendall Fuller picked off a desperation heave to put an exclamation point on the comeback.
"I think those people are so happy, and obviously, we're so grateful we were the group to kind of bring it back to those people," Mathieu said. "Those people have been supporting us all year long. It's kind of cool to end as a champion." They took the New England Patriots to overtime before losing the coin toss, and their defence failed to get Tom Brady and his bunch off the field. The Chiefs lost without giving Mahomes and the NFL's best offence an opportunity with the ball.
The Chiefs held Garoppolo to 219 yards passing with a touchdown and two interceptions. It held one of the NFL's best ground attacks to 141 yards rushing. And it finally quit biting on trick plays and end-arounds that caused them fits the entire first half, playing the kind of defence down the stretch that Kansas City has sought for years.
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