Nobody could have argued with the Kansas City Chiefs’ credentials as an NFL dynasty, with five trips to the Super Bowl in six years and a league-best 90 regular-season victories since Patrick Mahomes took over as their quarterback in 2018. And on Sunday in New Orleans, as the Chiefs stepped onto the field as 1.5-point favorites, they had history in their sights, seeking the first Super Bowl three-peat ever.

Then their latest coronation ran into a guillotine.

With a dominant showing on both sides of the ball, the Philadelphia Eagles usurped the crown, trouncing the Chiefs, 40-22, to claim the franchise’s second Super Bowl title, and first since the 2017 season.

Even entering Sunday, the Chiefs had appeared at a talent deficit against the Eagles, stacked with offensive playmakers including running back Saquon Barkley and wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith and disruptive defensive tackle Jalen Carter. Yet no one was willing to count out Mahomes, who led a miraculous Super Bowl comeback just last year and always seems to come out on top in a close game. In fact, Kansas City had won 17 straight in regular-season and postseason games decided by a single possession—four longer than the next-longest streak in NFL history—with all of them coming since December 2023.

Philadelphia made sure that would not be an issue.

This article will be updated.