The Cincinnati Bengals reach the Super Bowl for the first time since the 1988 season after shocking the Kansas City chiefs at Arrowhead. Watch Super Bowl LVI live from 10:00 pm on Sky Sports NFL on Sunday, February 13 starting at 11:30 pm at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
Evan McPherson scored the game-winning 31-yard field goal in overtime as the Cincinnati Bengals advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 1988 season after stunning the Kansas City Chiefs 27–24 in the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead.
The Bengals were trailing 21–3 in the first half after a blistering start to the Chiefs and were out of the game until 6.04 left, when McPherson split the 52-yard poles to put the score up 24–21.
Harrison Butker then took the game out of bounds with a 44-yard field goal after time expired, but the Chiefs were denied a third straight trip to the Super Bowl.
Patrick Mahomes was near-perfect in the first half, in which he threw 18 of 21 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns to Tyreke Hill, Travis Kelsey and Mekola Hardman as the Chiefs appeared to be on track for a Super Bowl showdown at SoFi . Stadium.
However, Samage Perin ignited an unlikely comeback in the final two minutes of the second quarter when he went through the Chiefs’ bodies for a big block from rookie offensive tackle Jackson Karman to land 41 yards to make it 21-10.
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The Bengals defense then made a critical stoppage to deny Hill a second and second goal yard line in the last game of the half.
McPherson’s 31-yard field goal cut the lead to eight after the break before B.J. Hill intercepted the ball from Mahomes on the ensuing drive, after which Burrow passed for a two-yard touchdown to J’Marr Chase and a two-point pass to Trent Taylor. 21-21.
It looked like the momentum might return to the Chiefs’ favor when Barrow was intercepted by L’Jarius Snead in the first minute of the fourth quarter, but Kansas City could only manage a quick three-and-out.
Burrow tried twice to convert crucial thirds and long shots, on the first of which he narrowly avoided Chris Jones’ sack twice to score McPherson’s go-ahead field goal.
