The excitement has been steadily growing, but it’s finally Super Bowl Sunday and we’re ready for the big game. Super Bowl LVII is destined to be a good one, as it will feature two of the NFL’s most explosive teams, promising a potential shootout for the Lombardi Trophy. Now, what better way to prepare for the 57th Super Bowl than by soaking up 57 important things to know for the big game? We’ve got you covered right here, with all the basics — and a little more:
1. Super Bowl LVII will pit the Chiefs against the Eagles, marking the first time the teams have faced off in a championship game.
2. This is the Chiefs’ third Super Bowl appearance in four seasons. They last appeared in 2020 and last won in 2019.
3. This is the Eagles’ second Super Bowl appearance in six seasons. They last appeared — and won — in 2017.
4. Both the Eagles and Chiefs faced quarterback Tom Brady in their last Super Bowl appearances. Philly upset Brady and the Patriots, 41-33, to win in 2017. Kansas City, meanwhile, fell to Brady and the underdog Buccaneers, 31-9, in 2020.
5. Before winning their most recent titles, both the Eagles and Chiefs endured 30-plus year championship droughts. Philly’s 2017 victory, its first-ever Super Bowl title, came 57 years after its 1960 NFL championship. And Kansas City’s 2019 victory came 50 years after the team’s 1969 Super Bowl win, its first and only other Lombardi Trophy run.
6. The Eagles are making their third Super Bowl appearance in as many decades, with their third different head coach and quarterback pairing: They previously advanced to Super Bowl XXXIX in 2004 with Andy Reid (HC) and Donovan McNabb (QB), then won Super Bowl LII in 2017 with Doug Pederson (HC) and Nick Foles (QB). Now, they enter Super Bowl LVII to cap 2022 with Nick Sirianni (HC) and Jalen Hurts (QB).
7. Sirianni is in just his second season as Eagles head coach, following in the footsteps of Pederson, who also advanced to the Super Bowl in his second year on the job.
8. Andy Reid, the Chiefs’ coach since 2013, famously spent his first 14 years as an NFL head coach with the Eagles. He still ranks as the winningest coach in team history, going 130-93-1, with nine playoff appearances and five NFC Championship berths, from 1999-2012.
9. Like his longtime Eagles QB Donovan McNabb, Reid was a bittersweet icon during his Philly tenure:…
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