A champion has emerged from the meeting between two of the NFL’s best teams.
On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs to win Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
The game pitted two of the league’s best quarterbacks against each other: the Buccaneers’Tom Brady— who made his 10th appearance in the championship game at 43 years old — and the Chiefs’Patrick Mahomes, who led Kansas City to a Super Bowl win last year.
But what was expected to be a high-scoring game turned out to be a lopsided affair, with the Buccaneers' defense holding Mahomes at bay all game, allowing Brady to rack up the score early on.
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Then, before the end of the first half, Brady connected withAntonio Brownfor another touchdown, bringing the Bucs' lead to 21-6.
This was the story for the rest of the game, with Tampa Bay eventually winning 31-9.
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Before Brady and the Bucs stepped onto the field, they had already made history as the first team to ever host a Super Bowl in their home stadium.
Tampa Bay then met Aaron Rodgers and the Packers in Green Bay, beating them 31-26 to win the NFC Championship. Rodgers was recently namedPro Football Writers of America’s Most Valuable Playerfor 2020.
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A meeting between Brady and Mahomes may have been inevitable — each of the last two Super Bowls have featured one of the pair.
Mahomes led the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in 50 years when they beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in 2020, and Brady and the Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in 2019.
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Canadian singerThe Weekndheadlined the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show during the game.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL capped attendance at Raymond James Stadium at 25,000 attendees. The change was to allow fans enough space to socially distance themselves from each other in “seating pods,” according to theNew York Times.
Of those allowed inside, 7,500 were vaccinated healthcare workers who were gifted free tickets from the league.
source: people.com
