Chiefs beat 49ers in thrilling Super Bowl LVIII

Tears, kisses and confetti: Super Bowl victory celebrations create indelible images.

Here’s what it looked like as the Kansas City Chiefs relished their second consecutive Super Bowl victory in Las Vegas on Sunday night:

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs celebrate after scoring the game-winning touchdown in overtime to defeat the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl.

Kansas City Chiefs guard Trey Smith cries in the end zone after winning the Super Bowl.

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, center, celebrates.

Mahomes is reflected in the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Taylor Swift kisses Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Wanya Morris celebrates on the field.

Confetti rains down inside Allegiant Stadium after the Chiefs won.

Head coach Andy Reid is splashed by players after the game.

Mahomes celebrates just after defeating the 49ers.

Travis Kelce lifts the Lombardi Trophy.

President Joe Biden congratulated the Kansas City Chiefs for their Super Bowl win Sunday night.

He said he was ready to welcome the Chiefs back to the White House.

Vice President Harris, a 49ers fan, also congratulated the team on Threads.

“From this Niners fan to Chiefs Kingdom: Congratulations on your Super Bowl victory. This Kansas City Chiefs team is a force. Your skill and determination this season were an inspiration to us all. I’ll see you at the White House,” she said.

Taylor Swift kisses Travis Kelce after the Chiefs won the Super Bowl.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce celebrated his team’s Super Bowl win with girlfriend Taylor Swift on the field after the game.

While on stage during the Vince Lombardi Trophy presentation, Kelce was amped, touting the Chiefs’ hard work and well-earned win. He said the team is going to party tonight, and chanted, “Viva Las Vegas,” (where today’s game was played) at a volume that probably rendered the microphone unnecessary.

He then went on to hug Swift in a sweet moment on the field.

It’s a fitting end to a season of Football (Taylor’s Version).

What started as a tense game of grinding offenses and tight defense exploded into a thriller finish Sunday night in Las Vegas.

The Kansas City Chiefs emerged victorious, defeating the San Francisco 49ers on the back of all-world quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

These are more of the best photos from just the second Super Bowl to ever go to overtime:

San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa chases Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes during the second half of the Super Bowl.

Taylor Swift reacts during the second half.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce celebrates a touchdown.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings celebrates after scoring a touchdown.

Jauan Jennings celebrates with his teammates.

San Francisco 49ers safety Ji'Ayir Brown intercepts a pass from Patrick Mahomes.

Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers throws a pass during the fourth quarter.

Kansas City Chiefs fan reacts to a play during the game.

Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs kicks a 24-yard field goal to tie the game in the final minutes.

San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa (97) chases Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

When the game was on the line, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes called his own number, making two huge plays with his legs before slinging a touchdown pass for an overtime victory.

The effort earned him his third Super Bowl MVP award.

How it happened: With a fourth down in overtime in his own half of the field — knowing if they failed to convert, the Chiefs would lose the Super Bowl — Mahomes ran for the needed yardage and kept the drive going.

On the next set of downs, he made a clutch throw on the run to convert on third down.

And then there was his biggest play yet: A huge scramble up the middle for 19 yards to the San Francisco 13-yard line. The man with the golden arm was getting it done on the ground, willing his team to victory the way he had so many times this season.

He finished it off with a short pass to receiver Mecole Hardman for a touchdown and a back-to-back Super Bowl championship.

Despite struggling earlier in the game, a big-game player delivered on the biggest stage.

Beyoncé knows how to break the internet.

She attempted to do that again on Sunday when she teased the release of new music in a Verizon ad that debuted during the Super Bowl.

Moments later on her official website, the Grammy-winner and Texas native posted a clip of a new song that sounds like a departure from her most recent dance-centric album “Renaissance,” with a guitar strumming along to a tune about the card game Texas hold ‘em.

“Act II” and the date March 29 was listed on her site.

The ad spot, titled “Can’t B Broken,” featured “Veep” actor Tony Hale challenging Beyoncé to break the cellular service company’s 5G capabilities, and she accepted the challenge in glorious fashion.

“It’s Verizon 5G, the network’s crazy powerful,” Hale said, adding, “Bet you can’t break that!”

Confidently, Beyoncé retorts, “Bet you I can.”

Beyoncé proceeds to go to great lengths to prove Hale wrong.

She is seen causing a scene at a lemonade stand in a nod to her hit 2016 album “Lemonade,” introducing a robotic version of herself called “Beyoncé-AI” and even a Beyoncé Barbie, aptly named “Barb-Bey.”

With no luck, she continues her attempts by announcing that she’s “running for Beyoncé of the United States” and attempts to become “the first woman to launch the first rocket for the first performance in space” as she takes off in a space shuttle and performs a routine in zero gravity.

At the very end, the star is heard saying, “OK, they ready. Drop the new music.”

With that kind of an exit, if anybody can break Verizon … It’s Beyoncé.

Patrick Mahomes celebrates after winning the Super Bowl.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes is ready to deem his Kansas City Chiefs a dynasty after they won back-to-back Super Bowl championships.

It’s the Chiefs’ third Super Bowl championship in five years, and they’ve played deep into the postseason in each of Mahomes’ six years as a starter. It’s hard to argue with a resume like that.

Star tight end Travis Kelce agreed: “The goal has always been to get three (championships), but we couldn’t get here without getting to two, and having that target on our back all year,” he said on the CBS broadcast. “And I love these guys right here. The men that we just won this thing with — family forever, baby.”

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs celebrate winning the Super Bowl.

The Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday became back-to-back NFL champions, accomplishing something that had not been done in 19 years.

The New England Patriots last accomplished the feat in 2003-04 and 2004-05.

No team has ever won three straight Super Bowls. The Chiefs will have a chance next year.

Mecole Hardman Jr. of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates with Patrick Mahomes after scoring the game-winning touchdown in overtime.

The Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII after producing a stunning overtime touchdown drive to beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes masterminded an excellent 14-play, 75-yard touchdown drive in overtime following the 49ers’ field goal to go ahead, culminating in a three-yard pass to receiver Mecole Hardman to clinch the victory.

The win cements the Chiefs’ legacy as the NFL’s next great dynasty, becoming the first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years and winning its third ring under head coach Andy Reid and with Mahomes as quarterback.

Patrick Mahomes runs for a first down in overtime.

When the game was on the line, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes called his own number.

With a fourth down in overtime in his own half of the field — knowing if they failed to convert, they’d lose the Super Bowl — Mahomes ran for the needed yardage and kept the drive going.

A big-game player delivered on the biggest stage.

On the next set of downs, he made a clutch throw to convert on third down, and the Chiefs are in business.

There have been 58 Super Bowls, and what we’re all seeing tonight is a piece of history.

It’s just the second time the NFL’s biggest game has gone to overtime – both of which have come in the last 10 years.

The only time it has happened previously was in 2017, in Super Bowl LI, when the New England Patriots stormed back from a 28-3 deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons.

Christian McCaffrey, right, runs the ball in overtime.

Running back Christian McCaffrey may be bloodied, bruised and battered – but he’s made several key plays for the 49ers and appears to have brought them to the brink of Super Bowl glory.

McCaffrey, who could be seen gasping for air after several hard-charging runs in overtime, has totaled up 160 yards – 80 receiving and 80 rushing. Though the San Francisco overtime drive stalled and resulted in a field goal, McCaffrey has undoubtedly been the most dynamic player on the field for the 49ers tonight.

Should the 49ers pull this one out, it’ll be hard to choose between McCaffrey and Jauan Jennings – who threw a pass to the running back for a touchdown and caught one of his own – for the game’s MVP.

San Francisco 49ers kicker Jake Moody kicks a field goal in overtime.

The 49ers are back in front again, in just the second overtime in Super Bowl history.

After benefitting from an earlier penalty, San Francisco embarked on a dominant drive down the field, looking for all the world like it would score a go-ahead touchdown in overtime.

But just at the right moment, the Chiefs defense stood up — in particular, defensive tackle Chris Jones — forcing a field goal from Jake Moody to give the 49ers a 22-19 advantage.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs will have an opportunity now to possess the ball and try to either tie or get a game-winning touchdown.

Kansas City cornerback Trent McDuffie just handed the San Francisco 49ers a lifeline.

The Niners looked set to punt after Brock Purdy threw an incomplete pass on 3rd and 13, but the Chiefs cornerback was flagged for holding on San Francisco wide receiver Jauan Jennings.

The 49ers took the fresh set of downs and systematically drove down the field, putting themselves in position to take the lead on the first possession of overtime.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce yells after a play during the second half.

For all the hype surrounding one of the game’s best tight ends of all time, Travis Kelce had a quiet game until the fourth quarter.

Through most of the first three quarters, Kelce had only caught two balls on two targets. By the end of the game, he’d gone for a big catch with fewer than 20 seconds remaining to put the Chiefs inside the San Francisco 20-yard line, and capped off a stellar run toward the end of regulation.

Through four quarters, Kelce has eight catches for 86 yards, helping spark the Chiefs offense in the second half. Four of those catches came in the fourth quarter, as a drab affair roared to life in dramatic fashion.

And yes, Taylor Swift seems to be as nervous as the rest of us watching, based on the latest shots from the CBS broadcast.

Referee Bill Vinovich performs the coin toss before overtime.

Sixty minutes of regulation was not enough to separate the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Super Bowl LVIII — we’re going to overt, for just the second time in Super Bowl history.me.

According to NFL rules for the playoffs, both teams are guaranteed an opportunity to possess the ball at least once, even if the team receiving the kickoff scores a touchdown. The game can only end sooner if the team that kicks off the period forces a safety on the receiving team’s initial possession (unlikely, but possible).

The teams will play a 15-minute period. Once both teams have had an opportunity to possess the ball, whichever team takes the lead next will win the game.

Didn’t this used to work differently? Yes. Previously, the team that received the opening kickoff in overtime would win the game if they scored a touchdown on their first possession.

The rule was changed after a game in the 2022 postseason when the Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 42-36 by winning the coin toss and scoring a touchdown with the first possession, ending the game with the Bills never getting an opportunity to reply.

The ending of the AFC divisional round matchup shined a light on the rule, with some fans declaring it the worst in sports.

The NFL’s overtime rules now are more similar to college football’s, which many had argued were fairer than the NFL’s previous rules.

Other rules to keep in mind:

After almost 60 minutes of action, Super Bowl LVIII is going to overtime.

Harrison Butker’s 29-yard field goal with three seconds remaining tied the scores at 19-19.

It came at the end of a lightning quick drive from Mahomes and the Chiefs, with Travis Kelce having the key play of the drive, catching a 22-yard pass and rumbling down the sideline.

Cameras immediately cut to Taylor Swift in the crowd, who looked like she couldn’t believe what she was watching.

San Francisco 49ers kicker Jake Moody kicks a field goal in the second half.

The 49ers took a late fourth quarter lead thanks to the leg of Jake Moody, who recovered from his earlier missed extra point.

The rookie kicker — who earlier in the game set the record for the longest field goal in a Super Bowl, only for it to be broken shortly afterward — belted through a 53-yarder to give his team a three-point lead at 19-16 with just under two minutes remainder.

What a huge moment for the young man from Michigan.

Over to you, Patrick Mahomes.

CNN’s team inside the stadium kept track of the celebrities spotted on the massive Allegiant Stadium video boards during commercial breaks.

They included:

And then, there’s the infamous: During a break in the action, two fans ran from the south end zone and made it to about the 25-yard line before being tackled by security, according to CNN crews in the stadium.

The incident wasn’t shown on TV, as is standard practice. Those fans won’t be coming to another game at Allegiant Stadium any time soon.

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay stops San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy during the second half.

The 49ers quarterback was once “Mr. Irrelevant” – the player chosen last in the 2022 NFL Draft – in Las Vegas.

A little less than two years later, all eyes are on him as he brings the 49ers to the brink of a Super Bowl championship.

Purdy, just 24 years old, is trying to lead his team down the field to break a tied Super Bowl with less than two minutes to go. It’s a level of intense pressure that no one could have imagined him facing when the draft was held in this very city in 2022.

There’s just two minutes left in this game. A key third down play is coming up after the two-minute warning.