The Kansas City Chiefs went in to Super Bowl LIX with hopes of completing a three-peat, a feat never before seen in the NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles crushed their dreams of making history in a dominant performance.
The Eagles' pass rush made Patrick Mahomes' life miserable, stifling the Chiefs offense while Jalen Hurts and company piled on the points. For awhile there, it looked like Kansas City was in danger of becoming the first team to be shut out in a Super Bowl. Three garbage time touchdowns made sure that wouldn't be the case.
So where does Philadelphia's domination rank among all-time Super Bowl beat downs?
The idea of a thrilling Super Bowl is a more recent construct as many title games prior to 2000 weren't particularly close. Let's take a look back at the 10 biggest blowouts in Super Bowl history.
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Biggest blowouts in Super Bowl history
Super Bowl | Winning Team | Losing Team | Final Score | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
XXIV | San Francisco 49ers | Denver Broncos | 55-10 | 45 Points |
XX | Chicago Bears | New England Patriots | 46-10 | 36 Points |
XXVII | Dallas Cowboys | Buffalo Bills | 52-17 | 35 Points |
XLVIII | Seattle Seahawks | Denver Broncos | 43-8 | 35 Points |
XXII | Washington Redskins | Denver Broncos | 42-10 | 32 Points |
XVIII | Los Angeles Raiders | Washington Red Skins | 38-9 | 29 Points |
XXXV | Baltimore Ravens | New York Giants | 34-7 | 27 Points |
XXXVII | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Oakland Raiders | 48-21 | 27 Points |
I | Green Bay Packers | Kansas City Chiefs | 35-10 | 25 Points |
XXIX | San Francisco 49ers | San Diego Chargers | 49-26 | 23 Points |
The Chiefs suffered a painful Super Bowl defeat, but many teams have dealt with even bigger beatdowns. It was on the way to being the worst Super Bowl loss in franchise history, surpassing Super Bowl I, until Xavier Worthy's late touchdown grab.
Thus, an 18-point loss puts Kansas City on the wrong side of the 16th-worst Super Bowl blowout.
It certainly hasn't been fun to be a Broncos fan in the Super Bowl as they have been on the losing end of three of the top five blowouts in Super Bowl history. The largest blowout came in Super Bowl XXIV when Denver was decimated by the San Francisco 49ers 55-10, a whopping 45 point margin that hasn't come close to being surpassed in the years since.
Another notorious blowout came four years earlier in Super Bowl XX as the 1985 Chicago Bears defense earned their place in the history books with an incredible 46-10 decimation of the New England Patriots. Most casual fans remember that Super Bowl as the one where the Fridge, William Perry, pounded in a one-yard touchdown to essentially ice the game.
There were a pair of blowouts with 35 point margins, including Dallas' domination of Buffalo in Super Bowl XXVII while the Broncos got destroyed by the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium. That Seahawks-Broncos contest is the most uncompetitive Super Bowl in recent memory and fans are hoping that we don't get a repeat of that contest on Sunday in Las Vegas.