49ers, Chiefs meet in Super Bowl rematch as Kansas City looks to accomplish historic feat

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There were certainly question marks around the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs at points during the 2023 season.

The 49ers suffered a brutal loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Christmas Day and were edged out by the Los Angeles Rams as they played backups in the final game of the season. The 49ers did not exactly give fans major hope of winning the NFC Championship after closely defeating the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round of the playoffs.

On Sunday night, they turned everything around.

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Brock Purdy, #13 of the San Francisco 49ers, reacts as he holds the George Halas Trophy after defeating the Detroit Lions 34-31 in the NFC Championship Game at Levi's Stadium on Jan. 28, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

San Francisco climbed back against the Detroit Lions after going down 17 points at halftime. The 49ers outscored the Lions 27-7 in the second half to win the NFC Championship, 34-31.

"There’s been unfinished business for a while man," 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan told Fox’s Michael Strahan during the trophy celebration. "Our team was set up for this for a long time. It’s been a long year to get to this point, and we got it done today. It was hard in the beginning but the character we have on our team, the types of guys we have, can’t wait to get to Vegas, man."

The Chiefs needed to overcome plenty of obstacles as well.

Kansas City lost the first game of the season to the Detroit Lions, and the offense did not look like it was ever going to come around, as bad drops, turnovers and penalties really overshadowed the play on the field. It