(Sports Spectrum) After winning Super Bowl IV in January 1970, it took the Kansas City Chiefs 50 years to return to the big game. After winning Super Bowl LIV last year, it took the Chiefs just a year to get right back.
With a dominating 38-24 victory Sunday night over Buffalo in the AFC championship game, the Chiefs are headed to Tampa to take on the NFC-champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7. It will mark the first time in NFL history that a team will compete in a Super Bowl on its home field, but the defending-champion Chiefs are the favorites.
It’s exactly where the Chiefs and many others expected them to be, especially after going 14-2 in the regular season — the best record in the NFL this season and the best regular season in franchise history. The Chiefs offense ranked No. 1 in total yards per game (415.8), passing yards per game (303.4), and quarterback Patrick Mahomes finished second in total passing yards (4,740).