The upstart Bengals, led through second-year quarterback Joe Burrow, defeated the Kansas Town Chiefs 27-24 in additional time on Sunday afternoon, finishing the Chiefs’ probability to play within the Tremendous Bowl for a 3rd immediately 12 months.
The Bengals will play the winner of this night’s NFC championship recreation on Sunday, February 13, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
The Chiefs took an early lead within the first quarter, and gave the impression on their method to a rout of the Bengals, at one level main 21-3 towards the tip of the second one quarter.
Kansas Town quarterback Patrick Mahomes used to be in high-quality shape, and the crew’s offense performed a virtually very best first part, cheered on through a raucous house crowd at GEHA Box at Arrowhead Stadium.
However the Chiefs would cross directly to blow a 21-3 lead. The Bengals scored a landing within the waning mins of the primary part, making the rating 21-10, and made a powerful defensive prevent because the part ended.
The Bengals opened the 3rd quarter with two robust defensive stops in opposition to Mahomes and the high-powered Chiefs offense, adopted through a box objective to make the rating 21-13. Then, after a Chiefs turnover, the Bengals tied the sport with a landing and a two-point conversion because the 3rd quarter got here to an finish.
Alternatively, the Chiefs got here again on the finish of legislation, tying the sport on a Harrison Butker box objective, putting in the 3rd AFC name recreation in NFL historical past to enter additional time.
The Chiefs received the coin toss in additional time, however Mahomes used to be intercepted on his crew’s first ownership. That arrange a Bengals’ box objective to win the sport.
The Bengals have by no means received a Tremendous Bowl, and it is going to be head trainer Zac Taylor’s first time as head trainer of a Tremendous Bowl crew. Taylor used to be the quarterbacks’ trainer for the Los Angeles Rams after they gave the impression in Tremendous Bowl LIII.
