Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs to face off in Super Bowl LV

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game on Sunday, 31-26, to advance to Super Bowl 55. Later Sunday night, defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC championship with a 38-24 victory over the Buffalo Bills, securing a berth in a second straight Super Bowl.

Super Bowl 55 is scheduled to be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Making it the first time in Super Bowl History that one of the competing teams will play in their home stadium.

The last time an NFL championship contending team played in their home stadium was in 1966, when the Packers beat the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field, a season before the start of the season. era of the Super Bowl.

Twice in Super Bowl history, California teams have played in the same city as their home field, but in a different location. The Los Angeles Rams, who at the time called the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum home, played at the Rose Bowl in Super Bowl 14. The San Francisco 49ers played at Stanford Stadium in Super Bowl 19, but their games at home were played at Candlestick Park.

Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady, who played with the New England Patriots for 20 seasons, led Tampa Bay to their first Super Bowl appearance since winning it in 2003. Until this season, it was Tampa Bay’s only Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. Brady will be in his 10th Super Bowl, having already won six, two high marks for any player in NFL history.

The Buccaneers got off to a good start on Sunday, taking a 21-10 halftime lead. The offense stuttered in the second half, however, thanks in part to 3 interceptions thrown by Brady. But with just over 2 minutes remaining in the game and facing a 4th from their opponent’s 8-yard line, the Packers chose to throw a basket rather than go to the touchdown, which would have put them two. conversion points away from an attach. They never got the ball back, as Bucs’ offense got two more first downs on the next possession.

“It’s been a great trip so far,” Brady said after Sunday’s game. “We got the job done. The guys just kissed, really, when [head coach Bruce Arians] arrived here last year. There were a lot of good things going on, a lot of great young players. I just made a decision. I loved coming to work with this group of guys every day. ”

Brady will face Patrick Mahomes, who won the Super Bowl MVP title after leading the Chiefs to a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 54. The next game will be the biggest age gap between the opposing quarterbacks of the Super. Bowl, because Mahomes is 18 years, 1 month and 4 days younger than Brady.

The Chiefs faced a 9-0 deficit early in the AFC championship after a muffled punt gave Buffalo the ball at the 3-yard line. The Bills, already up 3, scored a touchdown on the first play of the drive, but missed the extra point. After that, the Chiefs’ offense came to life, scoring 21 points in the second quarter as their defense kept the Bills to just three points. The Bills wouldn’t score another touchdown until the 4:08 mark of the fourth quarter.

After an unsuccessful 2-point conversion, Buffalo fell back 17. They managed to recover a kick in play, but the next possession was just another field goal, reducing the lead to 14. with just over three minutes to go. . The Chiefs then set up an eight-game practice, including three on their knees, to beat the clock and secure the win.

Super Bowl 55 is scheduled to be played on Sunday, February 7 and will air on CBS.

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