Kansas City bid for historic treble The NFL season culminates with Super Bowl LIX between Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans – the Chiefs are chasing immortality, aiming to become the first team to win three successive Super Bowl titles THREE-PEAT DYNASTIES Across four major U.S. sports leagues – basketball, ice hockey, baseball and NFL – only eight teams have become three-time national champions NBA: BASKETBALL 1952-54 Minneapolis Lakers* 1959-66 Boston Celtics 1991-93 Chicago Bulls 1996-98 Chicago Bulls 2000-02 Los Angeles Lakers NHL: ICE HOCKEY 1947-49 Toronto Maple Leafs 1956-60 Montreal Canadiens 1962-64 Toronto Maple Leafs 1976-79 Montreal Canadiens 1980-83 New York Islanders MLB: BASEBALL 1936-39 New York Yankees 1949-53 New York Yankees 1972-74 Oakland Athletics 1998-2000 New York Yankees *Relocated to Los Angeles in 1960 RECENT SUPER BOWLS: Kansas in fifth Super Bowl in six years – with quarterback Patrick Mahomes (inset) targeting fourth victory Winner Runner-up 2017 New England Patriots 34-28 Atlanta Houston, Texas 2018 Philadelphia Eagles 41-33 New England Minneapolis, Minnesota 2019 New England Patriots 13-3 L.A. Rams Atlanta, Georgia 2020 Kansas City Chiefs 31-20 San Francisco Miami Gardens, Florida 2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-9 Kansas City Tampa, Florida 2022 Los Angeles Rams 23-20 Cincinnati Inglewood, California 2023 Kansas City Chiefs 38-35 Philadelphia Glendale, Arizona 2024 Kansas City Chiefs 25-22 San Francisco Las Vegas, Nevada Sources: NFL, ESPN Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS