Exactly 364 days after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII to claim their third title and second in four years, the San Francisco 49ers were hoping to avoid becoming the Chiefs’ third Super Bowl victim in the Patrick Mahomes era.
Unfortunately for Niners faithful, they met the same fate — in this case a heartbreaking 25-22 loss in overtime of a game that was, in large swaths, dominated by San Francisco. With the clock expiring and in desperate need of a stop, a lightning-quick blitz on a third down by second-year phenom Trent McDuffie got the Chiefs the ball back and allowed Mahomes to drive down the field, tying the game and sending it into overtime.