It’s Super Sunday in America, time for the gridiron meeting between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. Here are 10 things a casual fan might want to know before tuning in to Super Bowl LVII.
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› The face-off: Both teams finished the regular season with a 14-3 record. In their last meeting, a regular-season game in 2021, the Chiefs beat the Eagles 42-30.
› The QBs: They’re both from Texas. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, 27, was born in Whitehouse and played college ball for Texas Tech. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, 24, is from Houston. He played college ball for Alabama and Oklahoma. They’ll make history as the first Black starting quarterbacks to face off in the NFL’s biggest game.
› Roman addition: According to nbcsports.com, Lamar Hunt, founder of the American Football League, proposed using Roman numerals for each Super Bowl “to add pomp and gravitas to the game.” This year’s matchup is number 57 (L=50, V=5, II=2).