Bengals top Chiefs 27-24 in OT to clinch Super Bowl trip

KANSAS City, Mo. — Evan McPherson kicked a 31-garden discipline objective with 9:22 left in extra time immediately after Joe Burrow held his awesome though leading a furious 2nd-50 % comeback to get the Cincinnati Bengals to the Tremendous Bowl for the to start with time in 33 a long time with a 27-24 victory above the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship recreation Sunday.

The Bengals erased an 18-point deficit — tying an AFC title recreation file — to just take a late 24-21 guide. But Harrison Butker’s 44-lawn industry aim as time expired in regulation despatched it to time beyond regulation a 7 days soon after his 49-yarder on the closing engage in of regulation did the similar from Buffalo.

A person 7 days soon after Buffalo’s Josh Allen known as tails and it arrived up heads for the overtime coin toss — offering Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs the ball — Cincinnati backup quarterback Brandon Allen identified as heads and the coin came up tails. The Chiefs opened extra time again with the ball, but Vonn Bell intercepted Mahomes on the 3rd play, and Burrow and the Bengals took in excess of.

And now they’re heading to the Super Bowl for the first time given that 1989.