NEW ENGLAND 37,
KANSAS CITY 31
WHEN: 6:40
PM ET, Sunday, January 20, 2019
WHERE: Arrowhead Stadium,
Kansas City, Missouri TEMPERATURE: 19°
HEAD OFFICIAL: Clete Blakeman
ATTENDANCE: 77034
The best move made Sunday by the New England Patriots may
have been calling heads.
The visiting Patriots won the coin toss to begin
overtime, and then marched 75 yards in 13 plays for Rex Burkhead's 2-yard
rushing touchdown, which kept the Kansas City Chiefs' offense from having a chance
as New England prevailed 37-31.
New England advances to face the Los Angeles Rams in
Super Bowl LIII in two weeks at Atlanta, after the Rams survived an overtime
thriller against the New Orleans Saints earlier Sunday for the NFC crown.
Quarterback Tom Brady, coupled with Coach Bill Belichick,
executed a ninth AFC title for New England, and the pair will have a chance at
their sixth Super Bowl title. The Patriots are the third team in history --
joining the Miami Dolphins (VI-VIII) and Buffalo Bills (XXV-XXVIII) -- to reach
three consecutive Super Bowls.
Brady passed for 348 yards, going 30 of 46 with one
touchdown, and overcame two interceptions.
Indeed, it was. The teams combined for a whopping 38
fourth-quarter points, including 24 by the host Chiefs as they forged a 31-31
tie at the end of regulation while seeking an improbable comeback after
trailing 14-0 at halftime.
First-year starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes passed
for 295 yards, going 16 of 31, but the withered Kansas City defense could not
give him an opportunity in overtime.
Taking possession with 32 seconds left in regulation,
Mahomes completed passes of 21 yards to Spencer Ware and 27 yards to Demarcus
Robinson to set up Harrison Butker for a 39-yard field goal with eight seconds
left to forge a 31-31 tie to force overtime.
Then the Patriots won the overtime coin flip, and Brady
consulted with offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels.
New England converted three third downs in overtime on
completions of 20, 15 and 15 yards, the first two to Julian Edelman and the
third to Rob Gronkowski. For the game, the Patriots were 13 of 19 on third down
and amassed 524 yards and 36 first downs.
Before Mahomes' late drive, Brady actually appeared to
have won the game with one of his patented late-game drives.
He got a break when an interception was wiped away
because Chiefs linebacker Dee Ford lined up in the neutral zone and was ruled
offsides. A 25-yard strike to Gronkowski on the next play set up a 4-yard
touchdown rush by Burkhead with 39 seconds left in regulation for a 31-28 lead.
Burkhead finished with 12 carries for 41 yards and two
scores, while rookie Sony Michel added 113 yards on 29 carries, including two
touchdowns. Edelman led the New England receivers with 96 yards on seven grabs.
Sammy Watkins caught four passes for 114 yards to lead
the Chiefs' receivers. Running back Damien Williams scored three touchdowns,
two off receptions and one off a rush, as he added 96 yards from scrimmage.
The AFC Championship appearance was the first ever at
home for Kansas City, which participated in Super Bowl I and won Super Bowl IV,
both of which were played before the AFL-NFL merger.
The Patriots took a 14-0 halftime lead, beginning with a
15-play, 80-yard touchdown drive on the first possession. The march, which began
after the Chiefs won the coin toss and deferred, took 8:05, the most
time-consuming playoff drive ever engineered by Brady. Michel scored on a
1-yard plunge.
New England, which outgained Kansas City 245-32 in the
half and held a 16-3 advantage in first downs, was again at the Chiefs 1 on its
second possession. Linebacker Reggie Ragland, however, intercepted a pass in
the end zone, ending a playoff-record streak of 237 pass attempts without an
interception by Brady.
The Chiefs blew an opportunity to score midway through
the second quarter. Mahomes connected with Tyreek Hill for a 42-yard strike to
the New England 23. On the next play, Williams broke wide open on a wheel
route, but Mahomes overthrew him. Field-goal range was squandered when Mahomes
was sacked for a 14-yard loss by Trey Flowers.
Phillip Dorsett tacked on a 29-yard TD snag with 27
seconds left in the half to cap a 90-yard drive by the Pats. Brady went in at
the break with 146 yards passing, while Michel had 75 rushing.
It was the second time in history the AFC Championship
Game went to overtime, joining the Denver Broncos' victory over the Cleveland
Browns in January 1987. Never before had both conference championship games
gone to overtime in the same year.
TOP GAME PERFORMANCES
RUSHING
|
NEW ENGLAND
|
|
KANSAS CITY
|
|
PLAYER
|
||
|
29
|
Attempts
|
10
|
|
113
|
Yards
|
30
|
|
3.9
|
Avg Yards
|
3.0
|
|
2
|
Touchdowns
|
1
|
|
11
|
Long
|
10
|
RECEIVING
|
NEW ENGLAND
|
|
KANSAS CITY
|
|
PLAYER
|
||
|
7
|
Receptions
|
4
|
|
96
|
Yards
|
114
|
|
13.7
|
Avg Yards
|
28.5
|
|
0
|
Touchdowns
|
0
|
|
20
|
Long
|
54
|
TEAM STATS SUMMARY
|
|
YARDS
|
SCORING
|
DEFENSE
|
|||||
|
TEAM
|
Tot
|
Rus
|
Pas
|
TD
|
FG
|
INT
|
Sck
|
FF
|
|
524
|
176
|
348
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
4.0
|
1
|
|
|
290
|
41
|
249
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
0.0
|
0
|
|
FINAL SCORING SUMMARY
|
FINAL
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
OT
|
T
|
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
14
|
6
|
37
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
24
|
0
|
31
|
SCORING
Scoring Summary
|
1st Quarter - 6:55
|
||
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New England
|
TD
|
Kansas City 0 - New England 7
Sony Michel 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
|
2nd Quarter - 0:27
|
||
|
New England
|
TD
|
Kansas City 0 - New England 14
Phillip Dorsett 29 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
|
3rd Quarter - 12:56
|
||
|
Kansas City
|
TD
|
Kansas City 7 - New England 14
Travis Kelce 12 yd. pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick) |
|
3rd Quarter - 4:02
|
||
|
New England
|
FG
|
Kansas City 7 - New England 17
Stephen Gostkowski 47 yd. field goal |
|
4th Quarter - 14:51
|
||
|
Kansas City
|
TD
|
Kansas City 14 - New England 17
Damien Williams 1 yd. pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick) |
|
4th Quarter - 7:45
|
||
|
Kansas City
|
TD
|
Kansas City 21 - New England 17
Damien Williams 23 yd. pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick) |
|
4th Quarter - 3:32
|
||
|
New England
|
TD
|
Kansas City 21 - New England 24
Sony Michel 10 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
|
4th Quarter - 2:03
|
||
|
Kansas City
|
TD
|
Kansas City 28 - New England 24
Damien Williams 2 yd. run (Harrison Butker kick) |
|
4th Quarter - 0:39
|
||
|
New England
|
TD
|
Kansas City 28 - New England 31
Rex Burkhead 4 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
|
4th Quarter - 0:08
|
||
|
Kansas City
|
FG
|
Kansas City 31 - New England 31
Harrison Butker 39 yd. field goal |
|
Overtime - 10:08
|
||
|
New England
|
TD
|
Kansas City 31 - New England 37
Rex Burkhead 2 yd. run |
TEAMS
Team Stats
|
|
New England
|
Kansas City
|
|
1st Downs
|
36
|
18
|
|
Rushing
|
15
|
3
|
|
Passing
|
20
|
11
|
|
Penalty
|
1
|
4
|
|
3rd Down Conversions
|
13-19
|
4-9
|
|
4th Down Conversions
|
1-2
|
0-0
|
|
Punts-Average
|
2-37.5
|
5-43.4
|
|
Return Yards
|
120
|
129
|
|
Punts-Returns
|
3-38
|
1--11
|
|
Kickoffs-Returns
|
4-82
|
5-116
|
|
Int - Returns
|
0-0
|
2-24
|
|
Penalties-Yards
|
6-61
|
4-28
|
|
Fumbles-Lost
|
0-0
|
1-0
|
|
Time of Possession
|
43:59
|
20:53
|
|
Total Net Yards
|
524
|
290
|
|
Total Plays
|
94
|
47
|
|
Average Gain
|
5.6
|
6.2
|
|
Net Yards Rushing
|
176
|
41
|
|
Rushes
|
48
|
12
|
|
Average/Rush
|
3.7
|
3.4
|
|
Net Yards Passing
|
348
|
249
|
|
Comp-Att
|
30-46
|
16-31
|
|
Yards/Pass
|
7.6
|
7.1
|
|
Sacked-Yards Lost
|
0-0
|
4-46
|
|
Had Intercepted
|
2
|
0
|
|
Touchdowns
|
5
|
4
|
|
Rushing
|
4
|
1
|
|
Passing
|
1
|
3
|
|
Other
|
0
|
0
|
|
Extra Points
|
4-4
|
4-4
|
|
Field Goals
|
1-1
|
1-1
|
|
Red Zone Efficiency
|
4-5-80%
|
3-3-100%
|
|
Goal To Go Efficiency
|
3-4-75%
|
2-2-100%
|
|
Safeties
|
0
|
0
|
PLAYER STATS
New England
Patriots (13-5)
|
Passing
|
||||
|
|
COMP/ATT
|
YDS
|
TD
|
INT
|
|
30/46
|
348
|
1
|
2
|
|
Kansas City
Chiefs (13-5)
|
Passing
|
|||||||
|
|
COMP/ATT
|
YDS
|
TD
|
INT
|
|||
|
16/31
|
295
|
3
|
0
|
||||
|
Rushing
|
|||||||
|
|
ATT
|
YDS
|
AVG
|
TD
|
LG
|
||
|
29
|
113
|
3.9
|
2
|
11
|
|||
|
12
|
41
|
3.4
|
2
|
14
|
|||
|
6
|
23
|
3.8
|
0
|
9
|
|||
|
1
|
-1
|
-1.0
|
0
|
-1
|
|||
|
Rushing
|
|||||||||||
|
|
ATT
|
YDS
|
AVG
|
TD
|
LG
|
||||||
|
10
|
30
|
3.0
|
1
|
10
|
|||||||
|
2
|
11
|
5.5
|
0
|
9
|
|||||||
|
Receiving
|
|||||||||||
|
|
TAR
|
REC
|
YDS
|
AVG
|
TD
|
LG
|
|||||
|
10
|
7
|
96
|
13.7
|
0
|
20
|
||||||
|
11
|
6
|
79
|
13.2
|
0
|
25
|
||||||
|
6
|
4
|
49
|
12.2
|
0
|
30
|
||||||
|
7
|
5
|
45
|
9.0
|
0
|
11
|
||||||
|
3
|
1
|
29
|
29.0
|
1
|
29
|
||||||
|
4
|
4
|
23
|
5.8
|
0
|
6
|
||||||
|
4
|
2
|
18
|
9.0
|
0
|
15
|
||||||
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
9.0
|
0
|
9
|
||||||
|
Receiving
|
|||||||||
|
|
TAR
|
REC
|
YDS
|
AVG
|
TD
|
LG
|
|||
|
8
|
4
|
114
|
28.5
|
0
|
54
|
||||
|
8
|
5
|
66
|
13.2
|
2
|
33
|
||||
|
3
|
1
|
42
|
42.0
|
0
|
42
|
||||
|
1
|
1
|
27
|
27.0
|
0
|
27
|
||||
|
5
|
3
|
23
|
7.7
|
1
|
12
|
||||
|
1
|
1
|
21
|
21.0
|
0
|
21
|
||||
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2.0
|
0
|
2
|
||||
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||||
|
Interceptions
|
|||||||||
|
|
NO.
|
YDS
|
TD
|
||||||
|
No interceptions
|
|||||||||
|
Interceptions
|
|||||
|
|
NO.
|
YDS
|
TD
|
||
|
1
|
24
|
0
|
|||
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|||
|
Sacks
|
|||||
|
|
NO.
|
YDS
|
|||
|
2.0
|
29.0
|
||||
|
1.0
|
14.0
|
||||
|
0.5
|
1.5
|
||||
|
0.5
|
1.5
|
||||
|
Sacks
|
|||
|
|
NO.
|
YDS
|
|
|
No sacks
|
|||
|
Tackles
|
|||
|
|
Tk
|
Ast
|
|
|
8
|
2
|
||
|
3
|
0
|
||
|
3
|
0
|
||
|
2
|
0
|
||
|
2
|
0
|
||
|
1
|
0
|
||
|
1
|
0
|
||
|
1
|
0
|
||
|
1
|
1
|
||
|
1
|
1
|
||
|
1
|
1
|
||
|
1
|
2
|
||
|
0
|
2
|
||
|
Tackles
|
||
|
|
Tk
|
Ast
|
|
11
|
3
|
|
|
7
|
3
|
|
|
7
|
5
|
|
|
7
|
7
|
|
|
5
|
1
|
|
|
4
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
0
|
|
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
0
|
6
|
|
|
Tackles For Loss
|
||
|
|
NO.
|
|
|
1.0
|
||
|
1.0
|
||
|
1.0
|
||
|
1.0
|
||
|
Tackles For Loss
|
||
|
|
NO.
|
|
|
No Tackles For Loss
|
||
|
Fumbles
|
||
|
|
NO.
|
|
|
No fumbles
|
||
|
Fumbles
|
|
|
|
NO.
|
|
1
|
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