Bengals roar back from 18 points down to stun Chiefs and reach Super Bowl

Evan McPherson kicked a 31-yard field goal in overtime after Joe Burrow kept his cool to get the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl for the first time in 33 years with a 27-24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

The Chiefs won the coin flip to open overtime with the ball for the second week in a row, but Vonn Bell intercepted Mahomes on the third play, and Burrow and the Bengals took over.

The Chiefs got a touchdown on their first three possessions, with Mahomes finding Mecole Hardman for a three-yard score that made it 21-3 and had this one looking very much like a rout. Mahomes joined Tom Brady (2014), Joe Flacco (2012) and Aaron Rodgers (2010) as the only players with three games with three or more TD passes in a single postseason.

But Burrow kept the Bengals in it.

He tossed a short pass to Samaje Perine, who avoided a tackle attempt by Charvarius Ward and raced into the end zone for a 41-yard touchdown with 1:05 left in the opening half.

It ended up costing them.

The 18-point comeback by Cincinnati tied Indianapolis (v New England in 2006) for the largest in AFC championship history.