The Tampa Bay Buccaneers advanced to the Super Bowl 55 by defeating the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game on Sunday, 31 to 26. Later Sunday night, the reigning Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs advanced to the second straight Super Bowl with a 38-24 victory over Buffalo Bills at the AFC Championship.
Playing Super Bowl 55 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, makes this the first time. Super Bowl history That one of the rival teams will play in their home stadium.
The last time a team competed for the NFL Championship at their home stadium was in 1966, when the Packers defeated the Cleveland Browns at Lambou Field a season before the start of the Super Bowl era.
Twice in the history of the Super Bowl, California teams have played in the same city as their home field, but at a different venue. The Los Angeles Rams, then called the home of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, played in the Rose Bowl in Super Bowl 14. The San Francisco 49ers played in the Super Bowl 19 at Stanford Stadium, but their home games were played at Candlestick Park.
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Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady, who played with the New England Patriots for 20 seasons, led Tampa Bay to his first Super Bowl appearance since winning in 2003. Until this season, Tampa Bay had the only Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. Brady will appear in his 10th Super Bowl, having already scored six points for any player in NFL history.
The Buccaneers got off to a hot start on Sunday with a 21-10 lead at halftime. The offense flooded into the second part, however, thanks to the parts thrown by the bread. But with just 2 minutes left in the game and facing 4th from their opponent’s 8-yard line, the Packers chose to kick the field goal rather than touchdown, which kept them away from a two-point change. Tie. He never got the ball back, as the Bucks’ offense got two more downs down on the front possession.
“This has been a great journey so far,” Bray said after Sunday’s game. “We quit work. The guys just accept everything, really, when [head coach Bruce Arians] Found here last year. There were a lot of great things that were happening, a lot of great young players. I just made a decision. I love coming to work every day with this group of boys. ”
Brady will face Patrick Mahoms, who led the Chiefs to the Super Bowl MVP after a 31-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 54. The upcoming matchup will have the largest age gap between Super Quarterbacks. Bowl history, as Mahoms is 18 years, 1 month and 4 days younger than Brady.
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The chiefs at the FC Championship faced a deficit early in the 9-0 when Buffalo was bowled on a 3-yard line by a muffled punt. Bills, already above 3, scored a touchdown on the first game of the drive, but missed that extra point. After that, the Chiefs ’offense came alive, scoring 21 points in the second quarter while Bill kept just three points in his defense. Bill won’t make another touchdown until the 4:08 mark of the fourth quarter.
After a failed 2-point conversion, Buffalo found himself down by 17. They managed to recover the onside kick, but the bottom possession remained only compared to the second field goal, cutting the lead to 14 with more than three minutes left in the game. . The Chiefs then put on an eight-play drive, including three knee-downs to keep the clock running and secure the victory.
The Super Bowl 55 is set to play on Sunday, February 7 and will air on CBS.
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