MIAMI, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 02: Laurent Duvernay-Tardif #76 of the Kansas City Chiefs raises the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
The 2013 NFL season saw the Kansas City Chiefs, who were just 2-14 in 2012, improve under new head coach Andy Reid to the tune of an 11-5 record and a playoff birth. Despite an epic Wild Card game loss, it was impossible not to view the year as a success.