STATS & FACTS
Things worth knowing for Super Bowl Sunday.
SCHEDULE
DIVISIONAL ROUND SATURDAY, JAN. 21 Kansas City 27, Jacksonville 20 Philadelphia 38, N.Y. Giants 7 SUNDAY, JAN. 22 Cincinnati 27, Buffalo 10 Cleveland San Francisco Browns 19, Dallas 12 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND SUNDAY, JAN. 29 Philadelphia 31, San Francisco 7 Kansas City 23, Cincinnati 20
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
Kanas City vs. Philadeflphia, 6:30 p.m. Kansas City Chiefs
GAME-DAY NOTES
THE EAGLES
Cleveland Browns and Chiefs were the league’s only 14-game winners, Philadelphia Eagles marking just the sixth time since the 1970 Kansas merger City that Chiefs the squads with sole possession of the two best records in the regular season meet for the championship. Washington Redskins The previous time it happened: SB XLVIII after the 2013 season when Seattle Philadelphia beat Denver, Eagles 43-8. CHIEFS COACH
Andy Reid joins Dan Reeves as the only coaches to face a franchise Washington in the Redskins Super Bowl that they previously took to the big game. Reid coached the Eagles to their second Super Bowl following the 2004 season.
THE CHIEFS combo of QB Patrick Mahomes and TE Travis Kelce have hooked up for 13 postseasson touchdowns, just two shy of the postseason record held by Tom Brady & Rob Gronkowski. TRAVIS KELCE is also chasing another legend. He has 127 postseason receptions for 1,467 yards and 15 TDs. The only player with better numbers: Jerry Rice.
THERE ARE those who can’t wait for halftime Sunday. Star Rihanna, owner of 14 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits, hasn’t done a live show in seven years – or about as long as it’s been since the Steelers won a playoff game. THE RECORD audience for a Super Bowl is 114.1 million fans (2015, Patriots-Seahawks) – the most watched TV show of all time, per the Nielsen company. Based on NFL viewing data from this season and the matchup, analysts expect SB LVII will top that.