The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game on Sunday, May 31-26, to advance to Super Bowl 55. Sunday night, the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs took the AFC Championship with a 38-24 victory over the Buffalo Bills, securing a place in a second Super Bowl in a row.
Super Bowl 55 is scheduled to be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, making it the first time it will be played in History of the Super Bowl that one of the competing teams will play at their home stadium.
The last time an NFL championship team played at its home stadium was in 1966, when the Packers defeated the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field, a season before the start of the NFL era. Super Bowl.
Twice in Super Bowl history, California teams have played in the same city as their home field, but in a different location. The Los Angeles Rams, who at the time called the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum their home, played in the Rose Bowl of Super Bowl 14. The San Francisco 49ers played at Stanford Stadium in Super Bowl 19, 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 it in 2003. Until this season, this was the only appearance of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl in the history of the franchise. Brady will appear in his 10th Super Bowl, having won six, both high scores for any player in NFL history.
The Buccaneers started hot on Sunday, taking a 21-10 lead at the break. The offense erupted in the second half, however, thanks in part to 3 interceptions thrown by Brady. But with just over 2 minutes left in the game and facing a quarter-final from their rival’s eight-point line, the Packers chose to throw a field goal instead of going to the touchdown, which would have located two points away tie. They never got the ball back, as Bucs ’offense got two more first drops in the next possession.
“So far it’s been a great trip,” Brady said after Sunday’s game. “We put the work in. The guys just accepted everything, really, when [head coach Bruce Arians] He came here last year. There were a lot of great things going on, a lot of great players. I just made a decision. I loved coming to work every day with this group of guys. ”
Brady will face Patrick Mahomes, who won the Super Bowl MVP title after beating the Chiefs to a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 54. The next showdown will be the most age difference great among quarterbacks opposed to Super Bowl History, as Muhammad is 18, 1 month and 4 days younger than Brady.
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The Chiefs faced an initial 9-0 deficit in the AFC Championship after a shutdown gave Buffalo the ball at the 3-yard line. The Bills, who were already up 3, scored a touchdown in the first play of the unit, but lost the extra point. After that, the Chiefs ’offense came to life, scoring 21 points in the second quarter, while his defense kept the Bills at just three points. The Bills would not score any more touchdowns until 4:08 of the fourth quarter.
After a failed 2-point conversion, Buffalo found himself with a minimum of 17. They managed to recover a side shot, but the next possession only meant another field goal, reducing the lead to 14 when they were close. more than three minutes to end the match. . The Chiefs then organized a unit of eight games, including three knees, to finish the clock and get the win.
Super Bowl 55 is scheduled to be played on Sunday, February 7 and will air on CBS.
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