The Kansas City Chiefs and the Quest for the Threepeat

Back on February 11th, Patrick Mahomes and his Kansas City Chiefs became just the eighth team in history to win back-to-back Super Bowls. And this triumph, their third in five years, was perhaps the most impressive of them all. They had to win consecutive games on the road as underdogs just to reach the Big Game, firstly defeating the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium and finally, the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium, tests the passed with flying colors.

That set up a meeting with the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and, once again, Andy Reid‘s men were the underdogs. And just like their previous two playoff games, they once again secured the victory. Despite being a score down at halftime, the Chiefs rallied in the second stanza and eventually got the victory thanks to the mercurial Mahomes who found Mecole Hardman Jr. with just seconds left in overtime to secure yet another Lombardi.

Now, the Missouri outfit will have the opportunity to become the first team in history to complete the elusive three-peat. Online bookmaker FanDuel provides betting and offers on the NFL, including welcome bonuses and the FanCash loyalty scheme. They have made the Arrowhead side the favorites for glory. But who were the last three teams to have the same opportunity and how did they fair in their quest?

2005 New England Patriots

With three Super Bowl victories already secured, the New England Patriots of the early 2000s were no strangers to success. They had already earned consecutive championships in the 2003 and 2004 seasons and had the opportunity to make it three on the spin in 2005 to cement their status as the greatest dynasty in the history of the league.

Despite a stellar regular season record and a dominant playoff performance, the Patriots’ road to the Super Bowl was beset with obstacles. Injuries to key players and a brutal schedule put their resilience to the test. And though they arrived in the postseason as contenders, they were unable to make it to the Big Game for the third straight year. They were knocked out by the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round, before they too were beaten by the sixth-seed Pittsburgh Steelers, who went on to be crowned champions.

1999 Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos, led by legendary quarterback John Elway, had already clinched back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 1997 and 1998, defeating the Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons along the way. Their quest for the threepeat in the 1999 season was always going to be tough considering that they had just sent their maverick QB off into the sunset with one final championship. And in the end, they were unable to replace his playmaking talents.

This transition, combined with the challenges of defending their title with a new quarterback, made their pursuit of a threepeat particularly daunting. The campaign ended up being a complete disaster. The Broncos finished rock bottom in the AFC West with a dismal 6-10 record. To put that into perspective, only one team in their conference had a worse record than the reigning champions.

With the Broncos well and truly out of the running, it was left up to the St. Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans to battle it out for the Lombardi, and the Greatest Show on Turf lift up to their name. They ran out 23-16 winners at the Georgia Dome.

1994 Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys had been a dominant force in the NFL throughout the 1990s, earning the moniker ‘America’s Team’ and laying claim to three Super Bowl championships. They broke the hearts of a Buffalo Bills side that reached four straight Super Bowls not once, but twice, in 1992 and 1993, ensuring that the New York state outfit lost all four of their trips to the Big Game. As they entered the 1994 season, their goal was clear: secure a third consecutive title and etch their name into the history books.

The Cowboys faced a series of challenges on their path to the Super Bowl, including internal and external pressures that tested their unity and resolve. Nonetheless, the team rallied behind their star-studded roster, which featured future Hall of Famers like Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith. Unfortunately, they weren’t enough and the Texas outfit eventually fell to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game, ending their stranglehold on the Lombardi once and for all.

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