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Earlier this year, on a cold January evening at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, the Chiefs fought valiantly to try and prevent the Patriots from reaching their third consecutive Super Bowl. And this AFC Championship slugfest wouldn’t be decided until overtime. The Patriots led 14-0 at halftime and 17-7 after three quarters, and then both offenses exploded: a pair of touchdown passes from Patrick Mahomes to Damien Williams suddenly pulled the Chiefs ahead, 21-17. In the final few minutes, the teams traded leads three more times. Thanks, in part, to a Dee Ford neutral zone infraction that nullified a Kansas City interception that would have sealed the game, 41-year-old Tom Brady drove New England 65 yards in just over a minute, the final play a 4-yard TD run from Rex Burkhead with 39 seconds left. But the Chiefs showed no quit: Mahomes completed two passes totaling 48 yards to set up a Harrison Butker field goal to force OT. In overtime, Brady drove the Patriots 75 yards on the opening possession – a drive that included three successful conversions on 3rd and 10 – that concluded with a Burkhead touchdown run and a 37-31 New England win. The Patriots then beat the Rams in the Super Bowl, the sixth title of the Brady-Belichick era. ― NFL 100
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