The Kansas City Chiefs have won Super Bowl 58, their fourth consecutive NFL championship, after overcoming the San Francisco 49ers in a rematch from four years prior.
This was only the second time in Super Bowl history that overtime was used in a game. The primary distinction between the 49ers and Chiefs game on Sunday night and Super Bowl 51—the first overtime game—between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons was the modifications made to the overtime regulations since then.
Even if the winning team won the coin toss to receive the ball, the first team to score a touchdown would win the game back then. According to the current overtime regulations, even if the team that wins the overtime kickoff has to kickoff to the opposing team, giving them an opportunity to score, if they score a touchdown.
There was one striking and significant parallel between the two Super Bowls, despite the different rules: Kyle Shanahan.There were just three seconds remaining in the regulation period when the Chiefs tied the score at 19-19. The 49ers chose to receive after winning the coin toss for overtime.
Eventually, on their lone possession, the 49ers had to settle for a field goal to make it 22-19 after another Jake Moody effort was successful.On their lone overtime possession, the Chiefs performed better.
Mahomes led Kansas City to victory in Super Bowl 58, their second straight title and third overall in five years, after driving the team 75 yards in 13 plays and finding Mecole Hardman for a three-yard touchdown pass. Although it established the dynasty, the 49ers were once more denied a title.
However, compared to the previous meeting between these two teams in Super Bowl 54, where the outcome remained the same, it was far harder to hold many 49ers accountable this time around because, all things considered, San Francisco performed about as well as could be expected.
However, we still need to analyze this as much as we can to determine who is mostly to blame for the 49ers’ overtime loss to the Chiefs in Super Bowl 58.