A 3-0 final score? Nobody wants to see Super Bowl like that
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) There was one other time when this year’s Super Bowl teams, the Chiefs and Buccaneers, closed out the season in Tampa.
The NFL and football fans around the world can only hope Sunday’s showdown turns out better than that one.
Fans of the NFL Films’ Football Follies will recognize the footage from the Chiefs-Bucs game played on the last weekend of the 1979 regular season.
A torrential rainstorm hit Tampa Stadium, flooding the field and the stairwells in the stands, and leading to a comedy of errors and some virtually unwatchable football.
Copied! KANSAS CITY, MO - NOVEMBER 2: Running back Earnest Graham #34 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rushes against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on November 2, 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Buccaneers won 30-27 in OT. (photo by Matt May/Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs will meet in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium on February 7, and that will immediately become the most important game in the all-time series between the two teams. That said, there are already a lot of significant moments in their shared history.
The Buccaneers and Chiefs have met 13 times before in the regular season, with Tampa Bay holding a 7-6 all-time edge. In fact, the Bucs had a five-game winning streak going against the Chiefs, their longest active run against any team at the time, until Kansas City won at Raymond James Stadium in Week 12 of this season. The Buccaneers are 4-3 against the Chiefs in Tampa, though the next meet