Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski team up for two TDs to overtake Joe Montana and Jerry Rice for the highest scores with two in playoff history (14) and Super Bowl history (five); Patrick Mahomes suffers a first loss of more than 14 points in his 54 career starts in the NFL
By David Currie
Last updated: 08/02/21 4:29 am
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Selection of the Kansas City Chief against Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV.
A selection of Kansas City leaders against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl LV.
Tom Brady scored the seventh Super Bowl ring, expanding his record, as his Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs defending champion 31-9 in Super Bowl LV on home ground at Raymond James Stadium.
Brady and Rob Gronkowski moved back the years when the New England Patriots pair tied for two farmers in the first half, seeing them overtake Joe Montana and Jerry Rice for the highest scores by two in playoff history (14 ) and Super Bowl history (five).
- Buccaneers passing: Tom Brady, 21/29, 201 yards, 3 TDs
- Rush Head: Leonard Fournette, 16 carries, 89 yards, 1 TD
- Head receiving: Rob Gronkowski, six catches, 67 yards, 2 TDs
0:35 Tom Brady found Rob Gronkowski for the second round of the game.
And Gronk, be careful with that prize …
– New England Patriots (@Patriots) February 8, 2021
Brady took an almost perfect football tackle with a third strike for Antonio Brown to see the Bucs up 21-6, while Leonard Fournette became the fourth player at Tampa Bay not on their roster 12 months ago to find the endzone when it broke free. for a 27-yard TD in the third quarter.
Brady, who finished 21 of 29 throws for 201 and three touchdowns, was named Super Bowl MVP for the fifth time in his stormy career, and Tampa Bay also lifted their second Vince Lombardi Cup after winning for the 2002 season.
2:43 Tom Brady won the Super Bowl MVP after the Buccaneers went to victory over the Chiefs.
Tom Brady joins Peyton Manning as the only quarterbacks to win Super Bowl titles with multiple rights.
Kansas City bounced back from a 21-10 deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl last year but, this time, slowed 31-9 into the playoffs. last time, there was no fight going to be – despite the better. , undeveloped efforts from Patrick Mahomes, who was a hindrance.
- Passing Chief: Patrick Mahomes, 26/49, 270 yards, 2 INT
- Rush Head: Clyde Edwards-Helaire, nine carries, 64 yards
- Head receiving: Travis Kelce, 10 catches, 133 yards
Mahomes was tortured throughout a relentless Bucs pass runner who went off the Chiefs offensive line due to injury, while Tampa’s young defenders held up the end of the bargain.
1:56 Check out some of Tampa Bay’s best defensive tackles from their big win over Kansas City in Super Bow LV.
Mahomes only finished 53 percent of his passes – 26 of 49 for 270 yards – throwing two catches in the second half as he became increasingly hopeless. The loss is the first with Mahomes with two scores in his 54 career start in the NFL.
Scoring summary
| FIRST COMPANY | |
|---|---|
| Bucs 0-3 clan chiefs | Harrison Butker’s 49-yard field goal |
| Bucs 7-3 Leaders | Tom TD eight-yard TD goes to Rob Gronkowski (extra point) |
| THE SECOND | |
| Bucs 14-3 Leaders | Tom Brady 17-yard TD goes to Rob Gronkowski (extra point) |
| Bucs 14-6 Chief | Harrison Butker’s 34-yard field goal |
| Bucs 21-6 Leaders | Tom Brady’s one-yard TD pass to Antonio Brown (extra point) |
| DATE | |
| Bucs 21-9 Chief | Harrison Butker’s 52-yard field goal |
| Bucs 28-9 Leaders | Leonard Fournette ran 27-yard TD (extra point) |
| Bucs 31-9 Leaders | Ryan Succop’s 52-yard field goal |
There were bad signs from the very beginning for Kansas City as they won the toss – eventually extending the lost streak of those to do so to seven-straight Super Bowls. They were slow to start on offense, but so were the Bucs, with both teams trading in punts on the first three rows ’, until Harrison Butker’s field goal got the Chiefs up by three.
0:41 Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski came together for the first round of the game.
Brady, who used to start the Super Bowls slowly, after combining three points in the first quarter over his previous nine appearances, found the endzone and his old friend Gronk by throwing eight -slat.
Tampa Bay benefited from two short pounds from Tommy Townsend who helped the team add to their win. They were stopped first at the goal line when they went for it on the fourth-and-only but then, with the Chiefs on the back, Brady Gronk found the back again for a 17-yard score. after starting their next drive in the KC field.
1:01 Tom Brady found Antonio Brown for Tampa Bay’s third round in the first half.
The Chiefs managed to add another site goal to their score with one minute left in the first half, but that was too much time for the Tampa team who were suddenly red driving down the field for a boat. -sother touch, though with the help of an increasingly unruly Kansas City team that was consistently called for penalties.
The second half was just a parade for the Buccaneers, with the Kansas City fight never happening, or the Brady-Mahomes shooting we all hoped for.
0:45 Leonard Fournette extended Tampa Bay’s lead with a 27-yard touchdown in the third quarter.
Mahomes, clearly still troubled by the turf toe injury that had plagued him in the Regional Tour over the Cleveland Browns – and receiving increasingly heavy blows from the defense – tried to suddenly trying to make some special plays, including one heavy-weight heave in the early four quarters where it was mostly mid-air, flat to the ground.
Unfortunately, the unbeaten throw fell and Kansas City tried to be the first team to win a Super Bowls backhand since the 2003-04 New England Patriots joined him.
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