1/29/24 - Chiefs & 49ers To Play In Super Bowl

The Chiefs beat the Ravens (17-10) & 49ers beat the Lions (34-31) to qualify for the Feb. 11 Super Bowl

The matchup for the 2024 Super Bowl is set, with the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs taking on the San Francisco 49ers. 

 Super Bowl LVIII will be broadcast live from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, on CBS and Nickelodeon and streaming on Paramount+.

NFC Title Game

(CBS SPORTS) - The San Francisco 49ers dealt the Detroit Lions in a 34-31 loss in the NFC Championship game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

The Lions jumped out to a 24-7 lead at the half, putting them in excellent position to make their first ever Super Bowl appearance. But the 49ers came storming back in the second half. 

San Francisco kicked a field goal on its first possession of the third quarter to make it a two-score game. An improbable catch by Brandon Aiyuk on a deep ball that bounced off a defender's facemask set San Francisco up with a first and goal at the five yard line on their next drive. The Niners then went on to score 27 unanswered points, with a three-yard Elijah Mitchell touchdown run making it 34-24 with 3:02 to play. 

Detroit also helped San Francisco's comeback efforts by failing to convert on two fourth downs while in field goal range in the second half. When asked about the decision to go for it after the game, Lions head coach Dan Campbell said, "I just felt really good about us converting and getting our momentum and not letting them play long ball."

Campbell said. "It's easy hindsight, and I get it, I get that. I don't regret those decisions. And that's hard. It's hard because we didn't come through. It wasn't able to work out. But I don't ... And I understand the scrutiny I'll get. That's part of the gig, man... It just didn't work out."   

The Lions pulled back within three with 56 seconds to go, but failed to recover the ensuing onside kick. San Francisco was then able to bleed out the rest of the clock.

San Francisco's win sets up a rematch of 2020's Super Bowl LIV, when the Chiefs downed 49ers 31-20.

AFC Title Game

(CBS SPORTS) - Kansas City will head to its second straight Super Bowl, the franchise's fourth appearance in the NFL's title game in the last five seasons, after prevailing over the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 in the AFC Championship.

Sunday's matchup at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore featured two of the NFL's most dynamic quarterbacks in Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson.

Both teams exchanged touchdown drives on the next two possessions. The Chiefs put together a 10-play, 86-yard drive capped by a touchdown reception by star tight end Travis Kelce . The Ravens responded with a quick 6-play drive punctuated by a 30-yard pass from Jackson to Xavian Flowers, taking a little over two and a half minutes to tie the game up. 

The Chiefs then orchestrated a lengthy 16-play touchdown drive that ate up nine minutes of game time. A two-yard touchdown run by Isiah Pacheco with 10:56 left in the second quarter put the Chiefs up 17-7 and would be the final touchdown scored by either team.

The rest of the game was marked by strong defense and missed opportunities. The Ravens next drive ended with a strip sack of Jackson recovered by the Chiefs at Baltimore's 33 yard line. But despite the great field position, Kansas City came away with nothing on the ensuing drive after failing to convert on a 4th and 1 run.