Chiefs join Dolphins, Bills and Patriots as only NFL franchises to make three consecutive Super Bowl appearances.
The Kansas City Chiefs joined an exclusive club that includes the Miami Dolphins after defeating the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game this past Sunday to advance to the club’s third consecutive Super Bowl.
Only four teams in the entire history of the National Football League have achieved that feat — the 2022-24 Chiefs, the 2016-18 New England Patriots, the 1990-93 Bills and the 1971-73 Dolphins — with Buffalo actually making four straight Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s.
However, the Chiefs have an opportunity to do something that no other franchise has done in league history — win three consecutive Super Bowls.
The Dolphins lost their first Super Bowl appearance following the 1971 season against the Dallas Cowboys. They’d win the next two against the Washington Redskins and the Minnesota Vikings.
The Buffalo Bills famously made four straight Super Bowls from 1990 through 1993, losing each time — first to the New York Giants, then to the Washington Redskins, before closing their championship game run with two straight Super Bowl losses to the Dallas Cowboys.
The New England Patriots were the next team to play in three straight Super Bowls — winning against the Atlanta Falcons in thrilling comeback fashion following the 2016 season, losing the following year to Nick Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles, before defeating the Los Angeles Rams in the title game following the 2018 season.
The Chiefs defeated the Eagles two years ago, the San Francisco 49ers last season and now have a chance to deliver the leagues first three-peat if they can once again topple the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX on February 9th of this year.
For fans of the Dolphins, their NFL dominance has long since disappeared in the rear-view mirror — with 18,642 days and counting since their last Super Bowl victory on January 13th, 1974. After an 8-9 season in 2024, a championship for the players in aqua and orange seems far out of reach for a once proud franchise.
