WASHINGTON — The Chiefs were trying to make history Sunday as the only NFL team to ever win three consecutive Super Bowls. They almost made history another way, as the only team to ever be shut out of the Super Bowl.
Patrick Mahomes was sacked several times by the Eagles’ defense, and it took until the two-minute warning of the third quarter for the Chiefs to even make a drive into Eagles territory.
By the time they scored a touchdown near the end of the third quarter, most Kansas City fans were just happy to see a number other than zero on the board.
Has there ever been a Super Bowl shutout?
To date, there has never been a shutout in the Super Bowl, where one team is simply unable to score a single point.
The Chiefs managed to avoid breaking that record with a touchdown pass in the closing seconds of the third quarter.
Only two teams have ever scored just three total points in a Super Bowl.
In the sixth-ever Super Bowl, in 1972 — coincidentally also held in New Orleans — the Dallas Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins 24-3. And in 2019, the New England Patriots trounced the Los Angeles Rams 13-3.
What was the biggest blowout in Super Bowl History?
The award for largest blowout, where a team had the largest margin of victory in the Super Bowl, came when San Francisco beat Denver 55-10 in Super Bowl XXIV, steamrolling them by 45 points.
In Super Bowl 20, the Chicago Bears beat the New England Patriots by 36 points, 46-10.
In 1993, the Cowboys defeated the Bills by 35 points, 52-17.
In 2014, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos also by 35 points, 43-8.
What’s the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history?
The biggest comeback in Super Bowl history was New England coming from 25 down to beat Atlanta 34-28 eight years ago. At one point in the third quarter, the Patriots trailed 28-3, before coming back to win.
Tom Brady, who was the quarterback for that record-setting comeback, referenced that major performance while broadcasting Sunday’s game.
Even this season there’s been only one successful comeback from a 17-point deficit in the NFL. And it was in Week 1. Chicago trailed Tennessee 17-0, before the Bears won 24-17.
