Chiefs vs. Eagles: Everything to know about Super Bowl LIX
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Eagles will face the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2025 Super Bowl.
Here's everything you need to know before kickoff.
When is the game?
Super Bowl LIX kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Feb. 9, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
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Familiar opponents
The game is a rematch of Super Bowl LVII in 2023.
In the game, the Chiefs came from behind to defeat the Eagles 38-35.
How many Super Bowls have the Chiefs won?
The Chiefs have won four Super Bowls: 1970, 2020, 2023 and 2024.
They are vying to become the first team in the Super Bowl era to win three consecutive championships.
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How many Super Bowls have the Eagles won?
Philadelphia had made four Super Bowl appearances -- 1981, 2005, 2018 and 2023. The Eagles have secured only one victory: Super Bowl 52 (2018) when they took down the New England Patriots 41-33.
Which jersey will the Eagles wear in the Super Bowl?
The Eagles are the designated home team with the game being played in New Orleans, an NFC host market, which means they get to pick their uniforms.
Although they get to pick which uniform they wear to the big game in New Orleans, it unfortunately cannot be an alternative one, like Kelly Green.
So, the team opted for their home midnight green jerseys, the same color they've worn in all of their previous four Super Bowl appearances.
The Kansas City Chiefs will wear their away white jerseys, the same color they donned two years ago in the big game against the Eagles.
What are the streaming options for the Super Bowl?
Some of the options include Fubo, NFL+ and Tubi.
Pregame entertainment
The star-studded pregame Super Bowl entertainment lineup includes Jon Batiste, Trombone Shorty, Lauren Daigle and Ledisi.
Batiste will perform the national anthem.
Trombone Shorty will perform "America the Beautiful" alongside Lauren Daigle.
Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
Super Bowl 59 halftime show
Grammy winning rap star Kendrick Lamar will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Lamar has experienced massive success since his debut album "good kid, m.A.A.d city" in 2012. Since then, he has accumulated 17 Grammy wins and became the first non-classical, non-jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize for his 2017 album "DAMN."
The rapper's latest album, "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers," was released in 2022. He was featured on the song "Like That" with Future and Metro Boomin on a track that spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this year. He also garnered another hit with "Not Like Us," one of many diss tracks aimed at fellow hip-hop star Drake that was released in the midst of a rap beef between the two earlier this year.
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Multi-Grammy-winning singer SZA will join Lamar on the stage. SZA is Lamar's former Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate. She appeared on his recent album "GNX" and was featured on a couple of songs, including "Gloria" and "Luther," which also features sampled vocals from Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn through "If This World Were Mine."
The duo's previous hits include the Oscar-nominated "All the Stars" and "Doves in the Wind."
Last year, Usher shined with a star-studded show and guests including H.E.R., Jermaine Dupri, Lil Jon, Ludacris and Alicia Keys.
Which teams do celebrities like?
Swift will be rooting for her beau Kelce and the Chiefs, but she's far from the only star with a rooting interest.
The Chiefs' famous fans include Paul Rudd, Rob Riggle, Heidi Gardner, Jason Sudeikis, Henry Cavill, Henry Winkler and David Koechner. Musicians Melissa Etheridge and Tech N9ne have each created songs for their team.
Meanwhile, the Eagles boast a starry roster of superfans such as Bradley Cooper, Will Smith, Kevin Hart, Miles Teller, Pink, Questlove and Meek Mill.
Betting nuggets
The Eagles entered the season 11-1 to win the Super Bowl and +550 to win the NFC. They were tied for the second favorites to win the NFC entering the season with the Lions, trailing the 49ers (+260).
Underdogs have won three of the past four Super Bowls. Since 2007, underdogs are 10-7 outright and 12-5 against the spread in the Super Bowl.
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The line for the rematch opened with the Chiefs as a 1.5-point favorite at ESPN BET and had a total points over/under of 49.5.
The Eagles are 13-7 against the spread this season, including the playoffs.
The Chiefs are 8-11 against the spread (ATS). If they win the Super Bowl, they will have the worst ATS record by a Super Bowl champion (2021 Rams were 10-11).
Gut-reaction predictions
Stephania Bell, NFL injury analyst: Chiefs. I learned my lesson after picking against them last year; the more intense the competition, the more they rise to the occasion.
Matt Bowen, NFL analyst: Eagles. I'll take the Philly run game with Barkley and a pass rush that can win on the edges, while also creating interior pressure to disrupt Mahomes' timing.
Matt Miller, NFL draft analyst: Chiefs. I have a rule to never pick against Mahomes in the Super Bowl. It's that simple.
Dan Graziano, NFL national reporter: Chiefs. They are inevitable.
Eric Moody, fantasy analyst: Chiefs. Mahomes and the Chiefs' offense might not look as explosive as in past seasons, but they deliver when it matters most. Add in a Kansas City defense that's playing at a high level, and this team is tough to beat.
Dan Orlovsky, NFL analyst: Chiefs. Because it's the Chiefs.
Aaron Schatz, NFL analyst: Chiefs. They are peaking at the right time, and I am worried about the injuries on the Eagles' interior offensive line .(Landon Dickerson left the NFC Championship Game with a knee injury.)
Lindsey Thiry, NFL national reporter: Chiefs. There's no way you can pick against coach Andy Reid and Mahomes. Time and again, all they do is win.
Seth Walder, analytics writer: Eagles. They're a complete team with strength built on strength built on strength. They'll avenge their Super Bowl LVII loss.
Seth Wickersham, NFL writer: Chiefs. It's too hard to beat the Reid/Mahomes/whichever receiver has a big game/Steve Spagnuolo combo.
Field Yates, NFL analyst: Chiefs. Like Matt Miller, there are a few rules in life that I will forever follow. Near the top of that list is not to pick against Mahomes in the Super Bowl. The Chiefs make history with a three-peat.
What does history say about the Chiefs' quest to three-peat?
While the Chiefs are trying to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowls, they would not be the first NFL team to three-peat. The Packers won three straight NFL titles during the Curly Lambeau era from 1929 to 1931, although there were no playoff games and only 12 teams in the league. Green Bay also accomplished the feat during the Vince Lombardi era from 1965 to 1967, which included wins in the first two Super Bowls after the 1966 and 1967 seasons.
The Chiefs are the first team to make the Super Bowl in Year 3 after two consecutive championships. Other teams made three straight Super Bowls but lost one of the first two to prevent a three-peat. The 1971-73 Dolphins lost Super Bowl VI to the Cowboys 24-3 before winning the next two championships. The Patriots came close after they won Super Bowl LI thanks to the infamous "28-3" comeback over the Falcons. But they lost to the Eagles in Super Bowl LII before defeating the Rams the next year.
'Choose Love'
The NFL is stenciling "Choose Love" in the back of one of the end zones in an effort to encourage the country after a series of tragedies over the first six weeks of the year.
"The Super Bowl is often a snapshot in time and the NFL is in a unique position to capture and lift the imagination of the country," league spokesperson Brian McCarthy said in a statement. "'Choose Love' is appropriate to use as our country has endured in recent weeks wildfires in Southern California, the terrorist attack here in New Orleans, the plane and helicopter crash near our nation's capital and the plane crash in Philadelphia."
"It Takes All of Us" will be stenciled in the other end zone, as it has been since the league began using field stencils in 2020 for the NFL's Inspire Change initiative. Teams this season have selected "Vote," "End Racism," "Stop Hate" or "Choose Love" for the other end zone.
Donald Trump to become first sitting president to attend
Donald Trump will be in attendance for the big game, the first sitting president to do so.
The U.S. Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the president, said in a statement that it has had staff on the ground for days preparing for his visit.
"Extensive planning and coordination have been in place to ensure the safety of all attendees, players, and staff," Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. "Security measures have been further enhanced this year, given that this will be the first time a sitting President of the United States will attend the event."
ESPN and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
