LAS VEGAS — Super Bowl 58 has kicked off off in Las Vegas, with the San Francisco 49ers taking on the Kansas City Chiefs in one of the biggest sporting events of the year.
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10:50 p.m. Eastern.
The GOAT. The dynasty.
Don’t count out Patrick Mahomes, who won his third Super Bowl title with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Mecole Harman in overtime. He is chasing Tom Brady’s seven championships, the current greatest of all time. Mahomes is in the conversation as well.
This the Chiefs’ second Super Bowl championship in a row and third in five seasons.
49ers get OT field goal, one stop away from winning Super Bowl
The Chiefs had chances to get the 49ers off the field in overtime, but a dropped interception and a defensive holding penalty on third down extended their drive.
The Niners, though, blew their own opportunity by having to settle for a field goal in the red zone.
10:20 p.m.
The first use of the NFL’s new overtime rule comes in the Super Bowl.
No longer can the team that gets the ball first win it immediately with a touchdown. Both teams must posses the ball.
Butker makes late field goal, forces OT
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker forced overtime with a 29-yard field goal with 3 seconds left to make the score 19-19.
It’s familiar territory for Kyle Shanahan.
The 49ers coach was part of the only other OT game in Super Bowl history when he was the Falcons’ offensive coordinator seven years ago. That was the 28-3 blown lead to the Patriots.
Moody makes amends with go-ahead kick
Jake Moody became the first kicker to make two 50-plus field goals in a Super Bowl –- and this one might be enough to give the 49ers the Super Bowl.
His 53-yarder with 1:53 left gave San Francisco a 19-16 lead. Moody made up for a missed extra point.
But Patrick Mahomes will get the ball. He’s shown what he can do in 13 seconds. Mahomes will have a lot more time now.
Chiefs stall in red zone, settle for tying field goal in 4th
Big stop for the 49ers.
They kept the Chiefs out of the end zone even though they had first-and-goal at the 4, forcing a tying field goal with 5:46 left.
Both teams have missed opportunities, so in that way, it’s kind of evened out.
Now Brock Purdy can shed the quarterback-manager label or Patrick Mahomes will add to his extraordinary legacy.
9:45 p.m. Eastern
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan went for it.
All Niners fans probably couldn’t believe it when he eschewed a field goal on fourth-and-3 early in the fourth quarter and converted it. San Francisco scored a touchdown to take a 16-13 lead.
16-13?
The extra point was blocked, keeping the Chiefs within three. Could be huge.
San Francisco’s Jauan Jennings joined Nick Foles as the only players to throw a touchdown pass and catch one in a Super Bowl. Foles did it six years ago for the Eagles against the Patriots.
9:30 p.m. Eastern
One play after the 49ers had a punt bounce off one of their players and get recovered by Kansas City, Patrick Mahomes lofted a 16-yard pass to Marquez Valdes-Scantling in the end zone to give the Chiefs a 13-10 lead in the Super Bowl.
Valdes-Scantling was almost universally loathed by Chiefs fans for much of the season. He dropped several passes at crucial moments, including one that may have cost them a game. And considering he was the highest-paid wide receiver on a group that struggled all season, he became an easy target for failing to live up to his contract.
But he had a big catch against Baltimore to help put away the AFC title game, and now has an even bigger one in the Super Bowl.
San Francisco regretting missed chances
The 49ers had their chances to put away the Chiefs.
They might soon really regret it.
A punt bounced off the Niners’ Darrell Luter’s leg, and Kansas City’s Jaylen Watson recovered at San Francisco’s 16.
One play later, the Chiefs took their first lead of the game.
You can’t hand any team, but especially a Super Bowl champion, those kinds of breaks.
KC’s defense locks down in third quarter
Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are the headliners, but the Chiefs are in the Super Bowl largely because of their defense.
And did it show up in the third quarter.
They forced three 49ers three-and-outs, holding San Francisco to 3 yards.
Quarterback Brock Purdy is 4 for 12 for 17 yards since the start of the second quarter. Those game-management criticisms aren’t going away.
One bit of good news for SF: Deebo Samuel is back after limping earlier with a hamstring issue.
Chiefs make record 57-yard field goal, trail 49ers 10-6
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made a 57-yard field goal with 5:01 left in the third quarter, breaking a Super Bowl record from… two quarters ago.
Jake Moody’s 55-yarder to open the scoring had been the longest in Super Bowl history, topping a 54-yarder by Buffalo’s Steve Christie.
The kick came moments after a shirtless fan ran onto the field during a third-and-11.
9:20 p.m. Eastern
49ers receiver Deebo Samuel limped off the field early in the third quarter of the Super Bowl.
San Francisco said it was a left hamstring injury and his return is questionable.
The Niners’ do-everything receiver went down on a third-down pass on San Francisco’s second drive of the third quarter. Trainers came out to attend to him before walking off under his own power. He went briefly to the injury tent.
The 49ers have struggled this season when Samuel has been hurt. They lost three straight games in October when he hurt his shoulder and struggled for most of a divisional round win against Green Bay after he hurt his other shoulder on the opening drive.
9:10 p.m. Eastern
Well, there was Usher. And Alicia Keys.
But not so much to see after halftime.
The Super Bowl is the NFL’s premier event, but the 49ers and Chiefs are playing like it’s the second game of the preseason. Penalties, punts and turnovers. Not exactly what the league wanted for the first big game in Las Vegas.
At least there were the multiple cutaways on the stadium screens to Taylor Swift.
8:15 p.m.
The Chiefs are on the board with a 28-yard field goal from Harrison Butker with 20 seconds left before halftime.
The 49ers have done a nice job on Travis Kelce so far — even in the red zone, where he and the Chiefs are often so effective.
Kelce only has one catch for 1 yard on the day. On that last third down from the San Francisco 9, he lined up in the slot and was covered by safety Ji’Ayir Brown. Kelce appeared to swing an arm in frustration when Patrick Mahomes was taken down before being able to throw.
8:00 p.m.
The San Francisco 49ers got tricky for the first touchdown of the Super Bowl.
Coach Kyle Shanahan dialed up a rare trick play that led to a TD pass from receiver Jauan Jennings to running back Christian McCaffrey.
Brock Purdy started the play with a lateral to the left side to Jennings, who immediately threw it back to the other side to McCaffrey, who had a convoy of blockers and ran in for a 21-yard TD to put San Francisco up 10-0.
McCaffrey has tied an NFL record with his seventh straight playoff game with at least 50 yards from scrimmage and a TD.
San Francisco has moved to a 7 1/2-point favorite on FanDuel’s live line after the spread was a good bit closer at the start of the game.
Taylor Swift chugs a drink, draws big applause
There has been plenty of Taylor Swift on the big screens of Allegiant Stadium, and during the last timeout, cameras caught her in a race to chug what appeared to be a beer in her suite.
Swift was the first to finish, and she triumphantly slammed the cup down as the video cut away to other fans. But not before an appreciative roar rippled through the stadium.
If only the Chiefs were able to move the ball as successfully as she downed her drink. Their offense has gone nowhere in the first half of their Super Bowl showdown with the 49ers.
‘Bennifer’ is back for Super Bowl ad
“Bennifer” has teamed up with Dunkin for a second Super Bowl in a row.
In an ad for the Massachusetts-based chain, Ben Affleck enlists Matt Damon, Tom Brady and more to visit Jennifer Lopez at work and give a “DunKings” performance full of Boston pride. Rappers Jack Harlow and Fat Joe also make an appearance in the celebrity-filled commercial.
7:45 p.m.
49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was carted to the locker room midway through the second quarter after injuring his left Achilles tendon in a bizarre moment.
He began to sprint onto the field for the start of a defensive possession when he stumbled, fell and needed medical attention.
Greenlaw already had made an impact in this game with three tackles when he went out.
Travis Kelce bumped into coach Andy Reid and yelled at him after teammate Isiah Pacheco’s red-zone fumble in the second quarter. Frustration is clearly building for KC, which still trails 3-0.
For all the talk of stars Patrick Mahomes, Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey and Travis Kelce, it’s defenses that have had the edge early in the Super Bowl. The teams have combined for one score on the first six drives.
Kansas City looked to be on the verge of a breakthrough when Mahomes connected on a 53-yard pass to Mecole Hardman to get the Chiefs to the 9. But Isiah Pacheco lost a fumble on the next play with Javon Hargrave recovering.
Kansas City had gained only 16 yards in the first quarter and now has gone nine straight possessions in the postseason without a point, dating to the AFC title game.
San Francisco has had its own issues with McCaffrey losing a fumble on the opening drive and Trent Williams committing two penalties to stall the second possession.
7:22 p.m.
Jake Moody made a Super Bowl-record 55-yard field goal just 12 seconds into the second quarter to put the San Francisco 49ers on top 3-0.
Buffalo’s Steve Christie held the record with a 54-yarder against Dallas in Super Bowl 28.
This could be a confidence booster for Moody, who missed field goals in the past two playoff games.
49ers getting in their own way
The 49ers are their own worst enemies midway through the first quarter. Christian McCaffrey fumbled on their first drive, and then San Francisco lost yardage on three consecutive plays — two penalties and a run by Deebo Samuel.
Then as the 49ers were about to punt, they were penalized another 5 yards because of a false start.
That kept the game scoreless even though the Niners have outgained the Kansas City Chiefs 84-6 in yardage.
6:58 p.m.
49ers’ strong opening drive spoiled by McCaffrey fumble
San Francisco opened the game with an impressive drive but wasted the opportunity to score when Christian McCaffrey fumbled at Kansas City’s 27-yard line.
Leo Chenal knocked the ball out of McCaffrey’s hands, and fellow Chief George Karlaftis recovered.
The Chiefs had a turnover ratio of minus-11 in the regular season, among the NFL’s worst.
This is the fourth time since 2000 that the game’s opening drive ended in a turnover.
The Chiefs didn’t do anything with the turnover, going three-and-out. That ended a streak of eight straight playoff games in which Kansas City scored on its opening possession, an NFL record.
6:50 p.m.
Chiefs win the toss
A huge roar went up when Kansas City won the toss. Either Chiefs fans felt that was unusually crucial in this game — or a lot of people had bet on heads.
KC deferred its choice to the second half, meaning the 49ers get the ball first.
Before the game:
Reba sails through national anthem
Reba McEntire made quick but majestic work of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
The “Queen of Country” sang the national anthem moments before kickoff, backed by a recorded track of a country band with a horn section. Flag-bearing service members stood behind her, a huge U.S. flag covered most of the field, and military jets flew over Allegiant Stadium as she sang.
She got through the song in about 1 minute 40 seconds. That’s a good 10 seconds longer than the over-under from oddsmakers, but still the quickest version of the anthem at the Super Bowl since Kelly Clarkson sang it 12 years ago.
Post Malone offers twang-y take on “America the Beautiful”
Grammy-nominated musician Post Malone sang “America the Beautiful,” bringing his unique vocal tone — most frequently paired with his idiosyncratic approach to pop-rock-rap — to the Super Bowl.
Wearing a bolo tie and playing acoustic guitar, Malone’s take on the song was twang-y, his Texas roots taking a front seat. Mid-song, cameras cut to Taylor Swift and Blake Lively holding each other and enjoying the performance. Earlier this week, Malone’s breakout hit, “Sunflower,” with Swae Lee — released for the “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” soundtrack — was named the first-ever double-diamond single in Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) history.
Andra Day lifts voice with gospel choir
Andra Day gave a stirring, gospel-flavored rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a song that has become known as the Black national Anthem, before kickoff.
Day, wearing a gray suit, was backed by a choreographed choir. Day told the AP during the week that she planned to calm her nerves with pregame prayers.
Hers was the first of three anthemic performances. After the teams take the field, Post Malone will perform “America the Beautiful” and Reba McEntire will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
A historic day
The game is set to be a rematch of the Super Bowl four years ago in Miami. In the 2020 match, the Chiefs took home the game 31-20.
Gates to Allegiant Stadium opened just after 11 a.m. local time, unleashing a flood of fans in red.
Among those entering the stadium: the queen of country.
Reba McEntire walked into Allegiant Stadium for the Super Bowl about 3 1/2 hours before kickoff Sunday. She was wearing a puffy, gray faux fur coat and holding hands with her partner, Rex Linn.
McEntire is due to perform the national anthem before kickoff. She will have a lot to live up to after Chris Stapleton’s performance last year in Arizona received high praise.
Taylor Swift finished her epic trek from the Tokyo Dome to Allegiant Stadium for the Super Bowl. Blake Lively, Ice Spice and a few others joined as the pop star, wearing a black dress with a red jacket slung over her shoulder, entered the stadium.
What time is kickoff?
Super Bowl LVIII (which stands for Super Bowl 58) kicks off Feb. 11 at approximately 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time (5:30 p.m. Central Time, 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time and 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time)
Who is likely to win?
Betting markets are split on the likely winner of Super Bowl LVIII, with professional betters favoring the 49ers and casual gamblers heavily in favor of the Chiefs.
Who is performing the halftime show?
R&B icon Usher will headline the Apple Music Halftime Show this year, performing for more than 100 million viewers during one of the most-watched television events of the year.
The halftime show itself is one of the biggest musical events in the world, with about 1 out of every 3 Americans tuning in.
Usher will be performing in celebration of the 30th anniversary of his debut, self-titled album in 1994. “Usher” put the singer on the charts with hits like “You Make Me Wanna…” and “Pop Ya Collar.”
How much do players get for winning the Super Bowl?
Players on the winning team in Super Bowl 58 will get $164,000 each. Players on the losing team will get $89,000. That’s $7,000 more than last year’s Super Bowl bonus.
In the first Super Bowl back in 1967, players on the winning team received $15,000 and the losing team got $7,500. Technically the winning prize has increased 993% but that doesn’t account for inflation.
That $15,000 prize in 1967 would have the same buying power as nearly $140,000 today, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator.