Because the hours tick all the way down to Tremendous Bowl LIX, a lot of the pre-game dialogue has targeted on the historical past the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are dealing with. By merely advancing to Tremendous Bowl LIX, the Chiefs grew to become the first crew in NFL historical past to advance to a Tremendous Bowl after profitable the 2 earlier installments. Meaning the Chiefs will turn out to be the primary crew in NFL historical past to win three straight Tremendous Bowls ought to they defeat the Philadelphia Eagles on Tremendous Bowl Sunday.
But when the Eagles emerge victorious that can even imply some NFL historical past has been made.
By beginning quarterback Jalen Hurts.
With this recreation representing a rematch of Tremendous Bowl LVII — through which Hurts and Patrick Mahomes had been the beginning quarterbacks — this marks the fourth time in Tremendous Bowl historical past that the sport incorporates a rematch of beginning quarterbacks.
In every of the three earlier rematches, the quarterback whose crew received the primary recreation received the second. That might imply Hurts would turn out to be the primary quarterback to information his crew to a win in a rematch.
Let’s work via the opposite three rematches, constructing to Mahomes vs. Hurts 2.0.
Roger Staubach versus Terry Bradshaw
The primary time {that a} Tremendous Bowl featured a rematch of beginning quarterbacks got here in Tremendous Bowl XIII in 1979, between the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
That recreation was a rematch of Tremendous Bowl X, received by the Steelers by a closing rating of 21-17. Pittsburgh beginning quarterback Terry Bradshaw accomplished 9-of-19 passes for 209 yards and a pair of touchdowns, as vast receiver Lynn Swann was named MVP.
On the opposite aspect of the sphere, Roger Staubach was the beginning quarter for the Cowboys in Tremendous Bowl X, and whereas he accomplished 15-of-24 passes for 204 yards and a couple of touchdowns, Staubach additionally threw three interceptions, the final of which got here on a Hail Mary try on the ultimate play of the sport.
Three seasons later these two quarterbacks and groups met in Tremendous Bowl XIII. Once more it was Bradshaw and the Steelers who got here out on prime, by a closing rating of 35-31. Staubach once more put up good numbers for Dallas, because the Cowboys QB related on 17-of-30 passes for 228 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception. However Pittsburgh carried the day as Bradshaw threw for 4 touchdowns en path to a Tremendous Bowl MVP choice.
Troy Aikman versus Jim Kelly
The following rematch of beginning quarterbacks got here in Tremendous Bowl XXVIII between the Buffalo Payments and the Dallas Cowboys. This recreation was a rematch of the earlier Tremendous Bowl, received by Aikman and the Cowboys by a closing rating of 52-17.
Jim Kelly and the Payments superior to Tremendous Bowl XXVIII a yr after that loss, making the large recreation for the fourth season in a row. Nevertheless, the Payments misplaced Tremendous Bowl XXVIII by a closing rating of 30-13. Kelly accomplished 31-of-50 passes for 260 yards and an interception within the loss, whereas Aikman fared little higher, hitting on 19-of-27 passes for 207 yards and an interception.
Nonetheless, buoyed by 132 speeding yards and a pair of touchdowns from Emmitt Smith, the Cowboys received their second-straight Tremendous Bowl and dealt Buffalo their fourth Tremendous Bowl loss in a row.
Eli Manning versus Tom Brady
Look away New England Patriots followers.
4 years after Eli Manning and the New York Giants shocked the Patriots 17-14 in Tremendous Bowl XLII, denying New England and Tom Brady their desires of an unblemished 19-0 season, these two groups and quarterbacks met once more in Tremendous Bowl XLVI.
As soon as once more it was Manning and the Giants who emerged on prime, profitable by a closing rating of 21-17. Brady accomplished 27-of-41 passes for 276 yards, a pair of touchdowns, and an interception within the loss, whereas Manning related on 30-of-40 passes for 296 yards and a landing for the Giants.
Patrick Mahomes versus Jalen Hurts
Two seasons in the past, the Chiefs and the Eagles met in Tremendous Bowl LVII, and whereas the Chiefs got here out on prime, had the sport ended in another way it may need been Hurts who walked away with MVP honors. The Eagles quarterback accomplished 27-of-38 passes for 304 yards and a landing, whereas including one other three speeding touchdowns on the bottom.
Nonetheless, it was not sufficient because the Chiefs received on a discipline purpose from Harrison Butker with simply seconds left on the clock. Mahomes secured MVP honors after throwing for 3 landing passes, two of these coming within the fourth quarter.
As for the rematch? We should wait and see. But when Hurts and the Eagles come out on prime, it’s going to mark the primary time in NFL historical past {that a} Tremendous Bowl that includes a rematch of beginning quarterbacks was received by the QB whose crew misplaced within the first assembly.