Unchartered Territory: Chiefs bid for three consecutive Super Bowl Title

After becoming the first team to reach the Super Bowl after winning back-to-back editions, the Chiefs will seek a historic three-peat. Super Bowl LIV, the most gambled-on sporting event in North America, will take place at the Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 9. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET.

Kansas City and Philadelphia will meet for the second time in three years, with the Chiefs edging the Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII, and Kansas City will seek its third consecutive Super Bowl after defeating San Francisco 25-22 in overtime last year. The franchise will try to garner its fifth overall Super Bowl championship, with the Chiefs winning the fourth Super Bowl behind coach Hank Stram and quarterback Len Dawson in 1970 and Super Bowl LV with Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes.

The Chiefs are listed as a 1.5-point favorite at FanDuel, with the total set at 49.5 points.

New England and Pittsburgh lead all teams with six Super Bowl wins, followed by Dallas and San Francisco with five each. Green Bay and New York Giants are tied with Kansas City presently.

Let’s examine previous teams who won consecutive Super Bowls.

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Green Bay, Super Bowl I & II

Vince Lombardi won five NFL championships in nine years as coach of the Packers, and the franchise became the second to win three consecutive championships in the pre-Super Bowl era (1965-67). Lombardi led the Packers to convincing wins in the first two Super Bowls, defeating Kansas City 35-10 and Oakland 33-14, and the Super Bowl trophy was eventually named in his honor. However, the Hall of Fame coach resigned after the 1967 season, and the Packers went 6-7-1 without his leadership and missed the playoffs in 1968.

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Miami, Super Bowls VII and VIII

The Dolphins made three consecutive Super Bowls but lost the first one 24-3 to Dallas (1971 season). They came back with vengeance the following year, compiling a 17-0 record and becoming the only team to go undefeated after defeating Washington 14-7 in Super Bowl VII, and the Dolphins repeated the following year with a 24-7 victory over Minnesota. The Dolphins finished the 1974 season with a 12-2 record and were favored to win a third consecutive Super Bowl, but they missed the big game after a tough 28-26 setback to Oakland in the divisional playoffs, losing on a last-second touchdown pass.

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Pittsburgh, Super Bowl IX and X

The Steelers did not make a playoff appearance from 1947 to 1972, the franchise had no tradition or respect when it hired Chuck Noll in 1969, and Noll drafted four Hall of Famers (Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Greene, and Franco Harris) over the next four years before pulling off the most acclaimed draft in NFL history, selecting five future Hall of Famers in 1974 (Donnie Shell, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann, and Mike Webster). With the foundation set for the Black and Gold, the Steelers won consecutive Super Bowls during the 1974-75 seasons. They won the AFC Central again in 1976, but the Steelers failed to make a third consecutive Super Bowl when losing 24-7 to Oakland in the AFC Championship.

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Pittsburgh, Super Bowl XIII and XIV

After a two-year absence, the Steelers reeled off two straight titles in the 1978-79 seasons, beating Dallas 35-31 in an epic Super Bowl XIII and Los Angeles Rams 31-19 the following year. But that marked the end of an era, the Steelers were no longer the same dominant team in the 1980s, and they missed the playoffs after a 9-7 campaign in 1981. 

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San Francisco, Super Bowl XXIII and XXIV

The 49ers hired Bill Walsh after the 1978 season and selected Joe Montana in the third round of the 1979 draft and Jerry Rice in the first round of the 1985 draft. Those moves proved gold, and the franchise reached four Super Bowl titles after going back-to-back in the 1988-89 seasons, edging Cincinnati 20-16 in a thrilling Super Bowl XXIII and throttling Denver 55-10 the following year. But the Niners’ three-peat hopes were snapped by the New York Giants, who edged the Niners 15-13 in a last-second field goal in the 1990 NFC Championship.

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Dallas, Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII

Jimmy Johnson was hired to be head coach of the Cowboys in 1989, essentially taking over as general manager, and led a once-proud franchise back to glory, winning back-to-back Super Bowls over Buffalo in 1992-93. But his relationship with owner Jerry Jones, who wanted all the credit and more control, began to sour the following season, and the Cowboys lost their opportunity to repeat in 1994 when losing 38-28 to San Francisco in the NFC Championship. Johnson resigned after the season.

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New England, Super Bowl XXXVIII and XXXIX

The Patriots become the seventh team to repeat as Super Bowl champions, and the last team prior to the Chiefs, when narrowly edging Carolina 32-29 and Philadelphia 24-21. It was early in the Bill Belichick/Tom Brady era, with New England winning their initial Super Bowl two years before the back-to-back run, and the Pats went on to make six additional Super Bowls, winning thrice more. But they took a step back in 2005, finishing as the fourth seed in the AFC after a 10-6 campaign (14-2 the previous season), and the Pats’ lone three-peat opportunity was dashed with a 27-13 setback in the divisional round of the playoffs at Denver.