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A fan holds a sign during the second half of an AFC Championship NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore. The Kansas City Chiefs won 17-10.
Published Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024 | 3:10 p.m.
Updated Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024 | 7:04 p.m.
Las Vegas’ first Super Bowl is set: The Chiefs will take on the 49ers.
The 49ers overcame a 17-point halftime deficit in the NFC Championship Game today against the Detroit Lions, scoring 24 unanswered points in the second half in a dramatic 34-31 victory.
They’ll face the Chiefs, the defending Super Bowl champions who defeated the Ravens 17-10 earlier today for the AFC championship.
Super Bowl 58 is 3:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium.
The 49ers scored 17 points in an eight-minute span of the third quarter to tie the NFC championship and then pulled away in the fourth quarter to earn a rematch against Kansas City after losing to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl four years ago.
"We can't wait to get to Las Vegas," 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan told FOX during the postgame.
Kansas City is looking to become the NFL’s first back-to-back champions since the 2003-04 New England Patriots.
“We are going to Las Vegas ... Nevada to get us another one,” said Chiefs star Travis Kelce, who finished with 11 receptions for 116 yards and a touchdown, in a postgame interview with CBS.
It’s the Chiefs’ fourth Super Bowl in the past six seasons.
“The Chiefs are still the Chiefs,” Kelce said. “And believe it — you’ve got to fight for your right to party! Believe it, baby, we’re going to Las Vegas.”
The Chiefs led 17-7 at halftime against the Ravens, and Justin Tucker’s 43-yard field goal with 2:34 to play was the only scoring of the second half. Baltimore kicked deep after that, and on third-and-9, Patrick Mahomes connected with Marquez Valdes-Scantling — one of his most-maligned receivers — on a 32-yard pass that sealed the game.
Mahomes went 30 of 39 for 241 yards and a touchdown.
“It’s been a heck of a year. We’ve been underdogs the last few games,” Mahomes said. “We never feel like underdogs. We’ve got a lot of guys on this team that know how to win. When the playoffs get around, they’re here to make it happen. And now we’re in the Super Bowl. The job’s not done.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
