Arrowheadlines: Can the Chiefs avoid the dreaded ‘Super Bowl hangover?’
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History suggests that the Chiefs’ road back to the Super Bowl may be daunting. Only eight teams in NFL history — the 1971 Cowboys, the ‘72 Dolphins, the ‘73 Vikings, the ‘87 Broncos, the 1991-93 Bills and the 2018 Patriots — have returned to the Super Bowl the year after losing the Big Game. And out of those teams, only the ‘71 Cowboys, ‘72 Dolphins and ‘18 Patriots were able to hoist the Lombardi Trophy a year after being on the short end of the Super Bowl scoreboard.
While getting back to the Super Bowl has proven to be a daunting task for the Super Bowl runner-up, simply making it back to the playoffs is also not a guarantee. Several recent runner-ups have failed to qualify for the postseason the year after playing in the Big Game.