Unbelievable Turnarounds: The Super Bowl Comebacks That Defied All Odds
Over half of the game’s points were scored across the fourth quarter and just the second overtime game in Super Bowl history to the Patriots-Falcons seven years earlier. After the Chiefs fell behind 22-19 on an OT field goal, quarterback Patrick Mahomes guided their offense on a 13-play, 75-yard drive, capped by a 3-yard touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman. Only three seconds remained in the OT – the Super Bowl’s longest game.
T-2. 10 Points: Kansas City Chiefs 31, San Francisco 49ers 20 in Super Bowl LIV (Feb. 2, 2020)
Only three teams have rallied back from 10-point holes in the fourth quarter of a Super Bowl. The aforementioned 2016 Patriots, the 2014 Patriots (more on them later) and the 2019 Chiefs. Andy Reid, Mahomes and Co. trailed Kyle Shanahan (who was the offensive coordinator of that 2016 Falcons team), Jimmy Garoppolo and the 49ers 20-10 before the 24-year-old Mahomes led the Chiefs to 21 straight points in the final 6:13 for a 31-20 victory at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
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