Kansas City Chiefs rally to beat San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl

Kansas City Chiefs rally to beat San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl, franchise's first championship in 50 years.

Patrick Mahomes needed just waning minutes of Super Bowl 54 to end a whole lot of frustration.

A championship 50 years in making for Kansas City Chiefs.

A two-decade wait for an NFL title for coach Andy Reid.

All it took was falling behind by double digits in postseason, again. n Mahomes found his mojo. 24-year-old quarterback who was selected Super Bowl MVP, led Chiefs to 21 straight points in final 6:13 for a 31-20 victory Sunday over San Francisco 49ers.

Patrick Mahomes needed just waning minutes of Super Bowl 54 to end a whole lot of frustration.

A championship 50 years in making for Kansas City Chiefs.

A two-decade wait for an NFL title for coach Andy Reid.

All it took was falling behind by double digits in postseason, again. n Mahomes found his mojo. 24-year-old quarterback who was selected Super Bowl MVP, led Chiefs to 21 straight points in final 6:13 for a 31-20 victory Sunday over San Francisco 49ers.

“We never lost faith,” Mahomes said. “That’s biggest thing. Everybody on this team, one had ir head down. We believed in each or. That’s what we preached all year long.”

Chiefs (15-4) trailed 24-0 and 17-7 in ir previous playoff games, both in first half. In big game, y nearly didn’t have time for a comeback.

Kansas City’s fans in crowd of 62,417 at Hard Rock Stadium got little opportunity to chant and do tomahawk chop as KC fell behind 20-10 in third quarter. Mahomes even threw his second interception of night after y fell behind.

But vaunted 49ers defense wilted late and Mahomes brought magic that makes him special.

He completed passes of 44 yards to Tyreek Hill and 38 to Sammy Watkins. touchdowns came on short throws to Travis Kelce to cut deficit to three and to Damien Williams for lead. first NFL title in Chiefs coach Reid’s two-decade career was clinched by Williams’ 38-yard TD run, sending red-clad Chiefs fans into chants of “Andy!” Andy!”

Reid, 61, won a Super Bowl ring with 1996 Packers while in charge of tight ends. He’s been seeking one as a head coach since being hired by Philadelphia in 1999. Eagles lost in ir only trip to big game under Reid after 2004 season.

“This is what it’s all about,” Reid said as confetti fell and Chiefs celebrated climax of NFL’s 100th season. “What a great team, great coaches. Appreciate every bit of it.”

Mahomes found Hill, whose bobble led to second San Francisco pick, for 44 yards on a third-and-15 — first long pass completed by Kansas City. A 20-yard pass interference call on Tarvarius Moore, who had that earlier pick, put ball at 1 and Kelce was wide open for score.