The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles held off the Kansas City Chiefs 20-17 on Sunday in a scrappy rematch of last season's NFL championship game.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for 101 yards and plunged over the goal line for a touchdown on a "tush-push" play in the fourth quarter as Philadelphia improved to 2-0 in the young season.
The Chiefs, who lost just two games in the 2024 regular season, suffered a second straight defeat.
Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for 187 yards and ran for a touchdown, but he and long-time target Travis Kelce will regret an early fourth-quarter play on which the tight end couldn't control a rifle pass from Mahomes on the edge of the end zone and Eagles safety Andrew Makuba grabbed the ball for an interception.
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