On Feb. 9, 2025, Super Bowl LIX (59) was played at the Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. For the second time out of the last three Super Bowls (the other one being Super Bowl 57, 2023), the AFC’s Kansas City Chiefs and the NFC’s Philadelphia Eagles battled it out in one final game that decided who would be the champion of the 2024-2025 NFL season!
About a week before the big game, in an interview with Mr. Hayes, Millikan’s Assistant Principal, he said,“I would love to see the Eagles win. My heart is telling me the Eagles, but my brain is telling me the Chiefs.”
He was asked if Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce would be able to team up and dominate the game. “If you create your game plan carefully, you can take Travis Kelce out of the mix, especially [the Eagles] size, then I think they can do that.”
Super Bowl LIX: Mr. Hayes’s thoughts about the Super Bowl were perfect. The Eagles dominated in EVERY aspect of the game, winning by a whopping score of 40-22.
Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts easily won the game’s MVP award, completing 17/22 passes for 221 yards, two touchdown passes and only one interception, while rushing for 72 yards and one rushing TD as well. Saquon Barkely did not have his best game of the season, with only 77 rushing yards on 25 rushes.
On the receiving side, DeVonta Smith led the way with four catches for 69 yards and one touchdown. Defensively, the Eagles sacked Patrick Mahomes six times and had two interceptions, with one resulting in a pick-six by rookie, Cooper DeJean.
For the Chiefs, it was a game to forget. Although they did score all 22 points in the second half, they were blanked in the first half, with only 23 total yards the entire first half. Patrick Mahomes really struggled, throwing two interceptions, but did throw three touchdown passes..
Travis Kelce was contained well by the Eagle’s defense, just like Mr. Hayes had said, only having four catches for 39 yards and zero touchdowns. Rookie Wide Receiver Xavier Worthy was by far the best performer on the Chiefs, having eight catches for 167 yards with two touchdowns.
One thing from this Super Bowl that will be talked about forever is the Halftime Show, performed by Kendrick Lamar with a guest appearance from SZA. Lamar, who has been feuding with Canadian artist Drake since last year, performed his hit diss-track, “Not Like Us” and gave a devious stare into the camera when he said Drake’s name. Among many other allusions and symbols Lamar and his team implemented during the performance off camera, an ensemble dancer for Kendrick pulled out and waved a flag that read the words “Sudan” and “Gaza”, a reference to the wars going on between the countries.
Super Bowl 59 was a fun game, with the Eagles spoiling the Chief’s attempt to three-peat Super Bowls.
