SUPER BOWL LIV
SAN FRANCISCO (15-3)
VS. KANSAS CITY (14-4)
Sunday, 6:30 p.m., Fox
OPENING LINE: Chiefs by 1
SERIES: 49ers lead 7-6
LAST MEETING: Chiefs, 38-27, 2018 49ERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (4), RUSH (2), PASS (13).
49ERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (2), RUSH (17), PASS (1).
CHIEFS OFFENSE: OVERALL (6), RUSH (23), PASS (5).
CHIEFS DEFENSE: OVERALL (17), RUSH (26), PASS (8).
ETC.: San Francisco seeks to join New England, Pittsburgh as only franchises with six Super Bowl titles . ... Niners’ most recent championship came in 1994season . ... San Francisco first team to make Super Bowl following four straight double-digit loss seasons. Only teams to do it after three straight were 198149ers and 1999Rams, who both won title . ... Kansas City in first Super Bowl in 50years. Chiefs beat Vikings for only NFL title that game . ... Niners coach Kyle Shanahan seeks to become eighth coach to win Super Bowl in first trip to postseason . ... Chiefs scored TDs on all five first-half drives vs. 49ers last season . ... Niners QB Jimmy Garoppolo suffered season-ending knee injury in that loss . ... Garoppolo’s eight pass attempts in NFC title game were fewest for team in playoff game in 46years.
... Garoppolo’s 18turnovers in regular season were most for any player who made playoffs. He has one giveaway in two playoff games . ... San Francisco first team since 2003season with backto-back games with at least 40carries in same postseason. Last time team did it three in a row was 1982when Washington, Miami did it . ... Niners’ Raheem Mostert rushed for 220yards, four TDs in NFC title game. That was ninth time player reached those numbers in single game in regular or postseason since at least 1950 . ... Niners had 40of 57sacks this season when rushing four players. ... Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has 118.3 rating, 22TDs, 0INTs in career vs. five or more rushers . ... Kansas City averaging 3.91points per drive in playoffs, best in NFL in past 20postseasons . ... Chiefs second team since 2000season to win multiple games in a postseason after trailing by at least 10points. Patriots did it in 2014when they rallied from 14 down to beat Ravens, 10down to beat Seahawks . ... Kansas City’s Andy Reid seventh coach to take two franchises to Super Bowl. Took the Eagles there following 2004season, losing to New England . ... Reid’s 14playoff wins are most for coach without Super Bowl title . ... Kansas City QB Patrick Mahomes has 11career TD passes, zero INTs in four playoff games . ... Chiefs RB Damien Williams has scored nine TDs in five playoff games.