
The game started evenly with both teams not able to score a single point in the first quarter.

The 49ers then raised the tempo and scored 10 points in the second quarter while the defending champions Chiefs managed three.

In the second half, the Chiefs rallied and scored 10 points while their defence stopped the 49ers at none. The box score read 13-10 in favor of the Chiefs with last 15 minutes to go.

Come fourth quarter, the 49ers scored nine points while the Chiefs could manage only 3 until the last minute when they tied the score at 19-19 with the help of a field goal to end the regulation time.

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes was clinical with is 75-yard drive for a touchdown in the overtime to lead Kansas City to back-to-back Super Bowl titles. The Chiefs eventually won 25-22.

This was the Chiefs second consecutive Super Bowl victory - the first such instance in the National Football League (NFL) since the New England Patriots did it in 2004 and 2005.