Andy Reid and the Chiefs are avoiding three-peat talk. But reality is, history could be 60 minutes away

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Andy Reid and the Chiefs are avoiding three-peat talk. But reality is, history could be 60 minutes away

Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid, right, hugs Philadelphia Eagles' Brandon Graham during Super Bowl 59 Opening Night, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in New Orleans, ahead of the NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday. | Godofredo A. Vásquez

Brandon Judd · Deseret News

Tue, Feb 4, 2025 ·

5 min read

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NEW ORLEANS — The bright lights were on, the video cameras were rolling and there were media members galore, all packed into the Caesars Superdome Monday night.

It set the scene for a night — and week — full of football hype during the annual Super Bowl Opening Night.

That also kicked off the media circus ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl LIX, but truthfully the discussion of a three-peat for the Kansas City Chiefs has been going on long before the Monday night event.

It's been a popular talking point among NFL circles since the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers to end last season to win their second straight title.

Now, Kansas City will have its chance to make history when it faces the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX (Sunday, 4:30 p.m. MST, Fox), a rematch from two years ago.

A victory would give the Chiefs three straight Super Bowl championships, something that's never happened in the rich history of the game.

Don't expect Chiefs coach Andy Reid to harp on the history that could come to pass on the New Orleans Saints ' home field on Sunday.

"I don't plan on mentioning it, but I'm also not naive enough to know that they haven't heard it," Reid told The Rich Eisen Show last week. "I mean, I've heard it a ton up to this point, and I'm sure I'll hear more of the next this next week, once we get down to New Orleans. So we all know that's out there, but we're really what matters is how you take care of business."

How many times have NFL teams won back-to-back Super Bowls?

Counting the Chiefs' current two-game run, there have been nine times when an NFL team has won back-to-back Super Bowl championships. The Pittsburgh Steelers are the only team to have done it twice.

It's an exclusive list:

Green Bay Packers — Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II
Miami Dolphins — Super Bowl VII and Super Bowl VIII
Pittsburgh Steelers — Super Bowl IX and X, and Super Bowl XIII and XIV
San Francisco 49ers — Super XXIII and Super Bowl XXIV
Dallas Cowboys — Super Bowl XXVII and Super Bowl XXVIII
Denver Broncos — Super Bowl XXXII and Super Bowl XXXIII
New England Patriots — Super Bowl XXXVIII and Super Bowl XXXIX
Kansas City Chiefs — Super Bowl LVII and Super Bowl LVIII

Why Super Bowl LIX could be historic … and already is

As previously mentioned, Kansas City would become the first NFL franchise with three straight Super Bowl championships with a victory Sunday.

It wouldn't be the first time an NFL franchise had won three or more titles in a row, though.

The Green Bay Packers won three straight NFL crowns from 1965 to 1967, though the first happened the year before the Super Bowl started. The Packers won the first two Super Bowls.

Before that, the Cleveland Browns won five straight championships from 1946 to 1950, the first four coming in the All-America Football Conference before the 1950 crown happened in the NFL.

Super Bowl LIX has already made history in one sense — it is the first time that an NFL team has returned to the Super Bowl after winning two straight.

It's not the first time a franchise has played three or more straight times in the Super Bowl — the Buffalo Bills went to four straight in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but the Bills lost all four.

At the end of the 2010s, the New England Patriots played in three straight Super Bowls and won two, though the victories did not come in consecutive seasons.

For guys like Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce , who's been there for every Super Bowl during this Kansas City run, he understands the challenge ahead that Philadelphia will present.

"This is going to be our greatest test yet. They play well together," he said.

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) pose with the trophy during Super Bowl 59 Opening Night, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in New Orleans, ahead of the NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday. | Brynn Anderson

What the quarterbacks are saying ahead of Super Bowl LIX

While talk of a three-peat is understandable — considering Kansas City not only has won two straight Super Bowls but will be making its fifth appearance in the NFL's title game in the past six seasons — the Chiefs are focused on the moment, and what it will take to beat the Eagles.

So, too, is Philadelphia.

When the two teams met in Super Bowl LVII two years ago, the Eagles took a 10-point lead into halftime. The Chiefs rallied, though, as Patrick Mahomes threw two fourth-down touchdown passes in Kansas City's 38-35 victory.

Again, Sunday's game will be a powerhouse QB matchup between Mahomes and the Eagles' Jalen Hurts .

Both stressed the importance of working and finishing — two principles that have carried Kansas City and Philadelphia to New Orleans this season.

"You've got to be able to finish. It's going to take great focus," Hurts said of the Eagles' second chance at the Chiefs in a Super Bowl.

Mahomes credited Andy Reid, the former BYU player and grad assistant who already has three Super Bowl wins as a head coach, for setting the culture that has the Chiefs back in the Super Bowl.

"It starts with Coach Reid, the culture that he's built," Mahomes said. "It's a day-by-day process. It's awesome to be in the Super Bowl, but we've got to put in the work first."

When asked about a three-peat, and the legacy that could create, Mahomes again stressed the team element that goes into even being in the discussion.

"More than anything I think about the legacy of this football team and how special this team is," Mahomes said.

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid participates during Super Bowl Opening Night, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in New Orleans, ahead of the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday. | Matt York, Associated Press

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