NEW ORLEANS — Three-peat? More like three-and-out. 

The Eagles stomped the Chiefs, 40-22, in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday night at the Superdome, denying Kansas City its chance at history with three straight championships. 

Instead, it was “Fly Eagles Fly” all night as Philly beat up Patrick Mahomes and Co. in front of a pro-Eagles crowd that made this feel more like South Philly than the Deep South. 

This was no contest. It looked like the varsity versus the JV with Kansas City unable to slow down a ferocious Eagles pass rush and Mahomes looking mortal. 

For the Eagles, this was The Big Easy. 

The Eagles dominated from the start and the final score was not indicative of how lopsided this one was thanks to two garbage-time touchdowns by the Chiefs. 

“This is the ultimate team game,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said. “You can’t be great without the greatness of others. Great performance by everybody — offense, defense, special teams. We didn’t really ever care what anyone thought about how we won, or their opinions. All we want to do is win.” 

It was 24-0 at halftime after the Eagles forced two Mahomes interceptions, including one pick-six by Eagles rookie Cooper DeJean. Philadelphia and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio kept Mahomes under pressure all night, sacking him three times in the first half and six times overall. 

“I take ownership of this loss more than any other loss in my career,” Mahomes said. 

It was total domination by the Eagles defense as they held the Chiefs to one first down, 23 total yards and three rushing yards in the first half. The Chiefs had seven possessions in the first half and five of them were three-and-outs, and another ended after one play when Mahomes threw his second interception. 

Mahomes seemed uncomfortable after some early pressure from the Eagles. Mahomes had three turnovers on the night, including a fumble in the fourth quarter. 

“He’s human,” Chiefs wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins said of the Chiefs quarterback. 

Tight end Travis Kelce did not have a catch until the third quarter. 

“We haven’t played that bad all year,” said Kelce, who finished with four catches for 39 yards. 

With the defense dominating, the Eagles offense put together two strong scoring drives in the first half and capitalized off Mahomes’ second pick by linebacker Zack Baun for another score. 

Jalen Hurts had one interception in the first half but made plays when the Eagles needed them both with his arm and his legs. Hurts finished the game 17 of 22 for 221 yards with two touchdown passes and an interception as well as 72 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown. He was named Super Bowl MVP. 

“The offense was able to score points and take advantage of opportunities just enough to put points on the board and the defense played their ass off,” Hurts said. “They played like they played all year. I truly believe that offense wins games and defense wins championships.” 

The Eagles’ domination continued into the second half. The Chiefs got the ball first but Mahomes was sacked two more times to force a punt. The Eagles then went on a methodical 11-play drive that ended with a field goal to make it 27-0 and end any thoughts of a Chiefs comeback. 

The rout continued with a 46-yard touchdown pass from Hurts to DeVonta Smith to stretch the lead to 34-0. 

“We didn’t start how we wanted to,” Mahomes said. “The turnovers hurt and I take the full blame for that.” 

Kansas City finally got on the scoreboard with 34 seconds left in the third quarter on a Mahomes 24-yard touchdown pass to rookie Xavier Worthy, cutting the deficit to 34-6. Elliott kicked two more field goals for the Eagles to make it 40-6. 

This is the Eagles’ second Super Bowl title, avenging a loss two years ago to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. General manager Howie Roseman deserves credit for an outstanding offseason, highlighted by the signing of former Giants star Saquon Barkley. Sirianni adjusted after a late-season collapse in 2023 and he has a Super Bowl title in his fourth season as Eagles coach. 

Barkley was not dominant in this one, rushing for 57 yards and adding another 40 receiving yards, but he gets a Super Bowl ring less than a year after leaving the Giants, who drafted him No. 2 overall in 2018. 

The Chiefs will enter the offseason with questions about the future of Kelce, who could retire, and needs along the offensive line and in the secondary. They got pushed around by the Eagles in this game and their skill for pulling games out in the fourth quarter was useless when down by four scores in this one. 

The Eagles took control early and never let go. Hurts scored from the 1 on a Tush Push on Philly’s second possession for a 7-0 lead. Jake Elliott made it 10-0 in the second quarter on a 48-yard field goal. 

The Eagles defense was dominant and had the Chiefs offense completely out of sync. DeJean’s pick-six of Mahomes made it 17-0 and a second Mahomes interception led to another score and a 24-0 halftime lead. Philly cruised from there. 

The Eagles put to bed the sting of losing to the Chiefs two years ago and going 1-5 down the stretch in 2023. 

This was the end to a season that was filled with some odd Eagles controversies, like Sirianni fighting with fans on the sideline or Brandon Graham talking about a rift between Hurts and A.J. Brown, and Brown being criticized for reading a book on the sideline. 

All of it led to Sunday night’s celebration with green and white confetti filling the Superdome air and the Eagles hoisting the Lombardi Trophy for a second time.