NEW ORLEANS — The Philadelphia Eagles made sure there would not be a Super Bowl three-peat.

Philadelphia used a time-consuming ball-control offense directed by Jalen Hurts and a suffocating defense on Sunday to throttle two-time defending champion Kansas City 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX.

The victory at the Superdome gave the Eagles (17-3) their second Vince Lombardi Trophy to go with the one they earned after winning Super Bowl LII after the 2017 season.

Hurts, who was named MVP of Super Bowl LIX, completed 17 of 22 passes for 221 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 72 yards on 11 carries and a score. Philadelphia had 345 yards of total offense; the Chiefs had 275 total yards, but most of that yardage came in the fourth quarter, when the game had already been decided.

The Eagles, who had the No. 1 defense in the league, never allowed the Chiefs (17-3) and quarterback Patrick Mahomes to get untracked, racing to a 24-0 halftime lead.

Philadelphia sacked Mahomes six times -- three in each half -- and intercepted him twice. They also forced him to fumble in the fourth quarter. The Chiefs were held to 23 yards of offense in the first half.

Picking up where they left off at the intermission, the Chiefs sacked Mahomes twice on the Chiefs’ first possession.

When Philadelphia got the ball back, Hurts scrambled for a first down while Saquon Barkley ripped off several runs and caught a 22-yard pass to the Chiefs 4-yard line. A 29-yard field goal by Jake Elliott capped a drive that took 6:42 and gave the Eagles a 27-0 lead.

The Chiefs, desperate to get something going, tried to convert a fourth-down play near midfield. But Mahomes’ pass intended for DeAndre Hopkins was broken up by Avonte Maddox.

Hurts and Philadelphia made the Chiefs pay, as the quarterback threw a 46-yard touchdown strike to DeVonta Smith. The extra point made it 34-0 with 2:40 left in the third quarter. It was the largest lead in a Super Bowl game since Super Bowl XLVIII, when Seattle defeated Denver 43-8.

Mahomes finally guided the Chiefs into Eagles territory for the first time on the next series, throwing a pass to Xavier Worthy for 50 yards. Kansas City avoided a shutout when the pair connected again on a 24-yard score with 34 seconds left in the third quarter. The 2-point conversion failed, and the Eagles’ lead had been trimmed to 34-6.

The Eagles then got another 48-yard field goal from Elliott to make the score 37-6 with 9:51 to play. Elliott added a 50-yarder with 8:01 to play to make it 40-6.

Hopkins caught a 7-yard touchdown pass with 2:54 left and the Chiefs converted a 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to 40-14. Worthy caught a 50-yard pass from Mahomes and Hopkins added a 2-pointer to trim the lead to 40-22.

By then it was too little, too late.

Mahomes finished with 21 of 32 completions for 257 yards and three touchdowns.

The Eagles capitalized on a pair of interceptions in the second quarter to break the game open.

One pick, a 38-yard return for a touchdown by Cooper DeJean, gave Philadelphia a 17-0 lead midway through the second quarter. The Eagles intercepted Mahomes again with less than two minutes before the half, with Zack Baun diving for the pick at the Chiefs 14-yard line with 1:45 left. Philadelphia converted immediately, with Hurts connecting with A.J. Brown for a 12-yard touchdown pass and a 24-0 lead with 1:35 left in the half.

Philadelphia’s offense held the ball for 19:59 in the first half and had 179 yards of total offense. Philadelphia’s defense held the Chiefs to 3 yards rushing. Mahomes completed just six of 14 passes for 33 yards.

The Eagles struck first in the opening quarter, with Hurts completing a 26-yard pass to Jahan Dotson. The play was originally ruled a touchdown, but replay officials ruled that Dotson had not broken the plane for a score. Hurts scored on a 1-yard-run on the next play, aided by a “tush push,” to give the Eagles the lead. Jake Elliott’s extra point gave Philadelphia a 7-0 advantage with 6:15 left in the first period.

Philadelphia held that lead as the first quarter ended, with the Eagles controlling the time of possession by an 11:40 to 3:40 margin.

The touchdown was Hurts’ 10th in postseason play, making him the ninth player all-time to achieve the feat.

Philadelphia held that one-touchdown lead as the first quarter ended, with the Eagles controlling the ball for nearly 12 minutes of the period.

Hurts was intercepted on the second play of the second quarter, as his hurried throw downfield was picked off by safety Bryan Cook at the Kansas City 2-yard line. But the Chiefs were unable to capitalize and were forced to punt.

The Eagles, chewing up nearly four minutes of the clock with shotgun formations and a no-huddle offense, moved seven plays before Elliott kicked a 48-yard field goal to give Philadelphia a 10-0 lead with 8:38 remaining in the half.

Then, Philadelphia’s defense stepped up with a smothering performance.

The Eagles were 2-2 after their Week 5 bye, but went 16-1 after that -- including a 10-game winning streak. Philadelphia posted a plus-27 turnover margin and won their games by an average of 13.8 points, ESPN reported.

Philadelphia’s Nick Sirianni is the first coach in the Super Bowl era to reach the playoffs in each of his first four seasons while advancing to the NFL’s marquee game multiple times, ESPN reported. He led the Eagles to the title game against the Chiefs in the 2023 season, a 38-35 Eagles loss.

The Chiefs saw their streak of nine consecutive playoff wins since the end of the 2022 season.

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