The Philadelphia Eagles denied NFL history for the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday as 13 players from Alabama high schools and colleges earned NFL championship rings.

In Super Bowl LIX, Kansas City was bidding to become the first franchise to win the NFL’s big game in three consecutive seasons. But the Eagles pinned a 40-22 loss on the Chiefs.

Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts completed 17-of-22 passes for 221 yards with two touchdowns and one interception and ran for 72 yards and one touchdown on 11 carries for Philadelphia.

Hurts won the Pete Rozelle Trophy as the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player. He became the third former Alabama quarterback to win the Super Bowl MVP Award. Bart Starr was the MVP of the first two Super Bowls, and Joe Namath won the award for the third Super Bowl.

Hurts’ second touchdown pass was a 46-yard connection with former Crimson Tide teammate DeVonta Smith that gave Philadelphia a 34-0 lead with 2:40 left in the third quarter.

Smith became the first former Alabama player to catch a touchdown pass in the 59 years of the Super Bowl. Smith had four receptions for 69 yards to lead the Eagles on Sunday at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Hurts had the longest and third-longest streaks of passes without an interception entering the Super Bowl in the game’s history – 288 and 209 in a row. Both were intercepted in the first half.

While Hurts’ interception came at the Chiefs 2-yard line, Mahomes’ interceptions were returned 38 yards for a touchdown by cornerback Cooper DeJean and set up the Eagles at the Kansas City 14-yard line.

Philadelphia capitalized on the latter turnover with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Hurts to wide receiver AJ Brown as the Eagles took a 24-0 lead with 1:35 left in the first half.

Philadelphia sacked Mahomes six times on Sunday, while Kansas City sacked Hurts twice.

In his first Super Bowl appearance, Hurts passed for 304 yards and one touchdown and ran for 70 yards and three touchdowns, but Philadelphia lost to Kansas City 38-35 two years ago.

During Sunday’s game, Hurts tied John Elway’s Super Bowl career record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with his fourth on a 1-yard sneak for the game’s first points, joined Elway as the only players in Super Bowl history with a least four touchdowns runs and three touchdown passes and joined Mahomes and Joe Montana as the only players in Super Bowl history with at least 500 passing yards and 100 rushing yards.

Hurts’ 70 rushing yards two years ago had been the most by a quarterback in a Super Bowl, until he broke that mark on Sunday.

In addition to Hurts and Smith, five other players from Alabama high schools and colleges got on the field during Super Bowl LIX:

• Reed Blankenship (West Limestone) started at safety for the Eagles. Blankenship made three tackles.
• Eagles fullback Khari Blasingame (Buckhorn) did not record any stats. Philadelphia elevated Blasingame from its practice squad to make him eligible to play.
• Eagles defensive back James Bradberry (Pleasant Grove, Samford) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.
• Landon Dickerson (Alabama) started at left guard for the Eagles.
• Eagles offensive lineman Jack Driscoll (Auburn) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.
• Eagles defensive end Bryce Huff (St. Paul’s Episcopal) was designated as a game-day inactive.
• Eagles linebacker Nicholas Morrow (Huntsville) did not record any stats. Philadelphia elevated Morrow from its practice squad to make him eligible to play.
• Chiefs quarterback Chris Oladokun (Samford) is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
• Eagles cornerback Eli Ricks (Alabama) was designated as a game-day inactive.
• Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross (Central-Phenix City) is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
• Eagles offensive lineman Tyler Steen (Alabama) did not record any stats.
• Eagles tight end C.J. Uzomah (Auburn) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.
• Chiefs wide receiver Montrell Washington (Samford) is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
• Eagles defensive tackle Byron Young (Alabama) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.

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Kansas City was going for a Super Bowl three-peat. The Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime in Super Bowl LVIII last year after defeating the Eagles two seasons ago.

The only franchise to win three consecutive NFL championships during the playoff era remains the Green Bay Packers, who captured the titles for the 1965, 1966 and 1967 seasons.

Kansas City also won Super Bowl IV to cap the 1969 season and Super Bowl LIV to conclude the 2019 campaign. The Chiefs lost in the first Super Bowl to cap the 1966 season and the 55th Super Bowl to conclude the 2020 campaign.

The Chiefs had a 15-2 regular-season record and won two games in the AFC playoffs to reach Super Bowl LIX.

Philadelphia had made four previous Super Bowl appearances, with one win. The Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4, 2018. Philadelphia lost in the Super Bowls for the 1980, 2004 and 2022 seasons.

The Eagles posted a 14-3 regular-season record, then won three games in the NFC playoffs to reach Super Bowl LIX.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.