SUPER BOWL LVIII: CHIEFS VS. 49ERS
RECORDS: 49ers 14-5; Chiefs 14-6
TV: 6:30p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE: 49ers by 2½, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
SERIES: Chiefs, 8-7
LAST MEETING: Chiefs, 44-23, 2022
49ERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (2), RUSH (3),
PASS (4), SCORING (3)
49ERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (8), RUSH (3),
PASS (14), SCORING (3)
CHIEFS OFFENSE: OVERALL (9), RUSH (19), PASS (6), SCORING (15).
CHIEFS DEFENSE: OVERALL (2), RUSH (18), PASS (4), SCORING (2).
TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: 49ers plus-10; Chiefs minus-11.
KEY MATCHUP: San Francisco DE Nick Bosa vs. Kansas City’s offense tackles. Bosa had two sacks in NFC title game to give him a franchiserecord 10in his postseason career. If Bosa can’t get to Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, he might be able to draw holding calls against one of the most penalty-prone units in the league. Chiefs have been called for offensive holding a league-high 36 times. RT Jawaan Taylor is tied for the most with eight and LT Donovan Smith has four.
KEY INJURIES: Chief All-Pro LG Joe Thuney is unlikely to play after sustaining a pectoral injury. RB Jerick McKinnon is also unlikely to play despite being designated to return from injured reserve (core muscle injury) . ... 49ers are healthy with only active players limited in practice this week being TE George Kittle (toe) and DL Arik Armstead (foot, knee). Both are expected to start Sunday.
ETC.: San Francisco is making eighth Super Bowl appearance — tied for second most ever — and is seeking record-tying sixth championship . ... 49ers lost two previous trips in the 2019and 2012 seasons and haven’t won it all since 1994 . ... San Francisco’s 38playoff wins are most in NFL history . ... 49ers are the eighth team to reach the Super Bowl after overcoming a second-half deficit in the divisional round and the conference championship. Four of the previous seven won it all . ... Niners coach Kyle Shanahan is 8-3in the playoffs, tied for the second-best winning percentage for any coach with at least 10games . ... Niners RB Christian McCaffrey has at least 50yards from scrimmage and a TD in all six of career playoff games. That’s one shy of the longest streak ever held by John Riggins, Marcus Allen, Terrell Davis and Leonard Fournette . ... McCaffrey’s 25TDs in regular season and playoffs are most for any 49er in a single season . ... Niners rookie K Jake Moody has four missed kicks in his past four games . ... Chiefs are one of seven franchises to have reached consecutive Super Bowls more than once. Patriots in 2003and 2004 seasons were most recent to win two in a row. ... Chiefs coach Andy Reid would tie Hall of Fame coaches Joe Gibbs and Bill Walsh for third-most Super Bowl wins with his third . ... Mahomes needs two TD passes to move past Peyton Manning (40) and into top five in playoff history . ... Travis Kelce has an NFL-record 159postseason catches, while his 1,810yards receiving and 19TDs trail only Jerry Rice . ... Kelce has 257yards receiving in the Super Bowl. He needs 67to move into the top five and 108to climb to No. 2in history.