Whereas many hoped the 2 groups’ offensive stars would placed on a present within the vibrant mild metropolis, defences dominated, which contributed to an error-strewn contest that includes 4 turnovers.
The primary got here on simply the sport’s fifth play after San Francisco operating again Christian McCaffrey coughed up simply his third fumble of the season, though the 49ers nonetheless opened the scoring with a subject objective at the beginning of the second quarter.
With Mahomes and 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy struggling to get their offence going, San Francisco dialled up a trick play and huge receiver Jauan Jennings, who final threw a aggressive go in highschool, discovered McCaffrey for a landing.
The Chiefs bought on the board with a subject objective proper earlier than half-time they usually edged in entrance via a subject objective and a Marquez Valdes-Scantling landing late within the third quarter.
The 49ers hit straight again and it seemed as if Shanahan would banish the demons of his two earlier Tremendous Bowls after deciding to go for it on fourth down, with Purdy changing.
Two performs later he discovered Jennings, making him simply the second participant to each throw a landing go and catch one in the identical Tremendous Bowl – after Nick Foles within the Eagles’ win over the Patriots in 2017.
However Jake Moody’s kick for the additional level was blocked, which proved essential because it left the rating at 16-13. The Chiefs may then tie it up with a subject objective, as they did on the following drive and once more with Harrison Butker’s fourth subject objective that despatched the sport to additional time after Moody’s third had made it 19-16 with two minutes of regulation time remaining.