Patrick Mahomes and Xavier Worthy helped Chiefs avoid dubious Super Bowl history

The Kansas City Chiefs entered Super Bowl LIX hoping to make NFL history.

They narrowly avoided making some dubious Super Bowl history on Sunday night instead.

Having won both Super Bowl LVII and LVIII, the Chiefs could have become the first team in league history to win three consecutive Super Bowls. By just advancing to Super Bowl LIX, the Chiefs made history, as each team that won back-to-back Super Bowls in previous seasons fell short of returning to the Super Bowl in that third season.

While they face an uphill climb to pull off that third consecutive Super Bowl title, they managed to reach the end zone late in the third quarter, on a stunning touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes to rookie quarterback Xavier Worthy:

Why was this important?

It prevented the Chiefs from becoming the first team in Super Bowl history to be shut out.

Never before has a team been shutout in a Super Bowl. Prior to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX the closest that a team had come to being shut out was the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII, who lost to the New England Patriots by a final score of 13-3.

The Chiefs were also held to just nine points in Super Bowl LV, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by the final score of 31-9.

While the Chiefs may fall short of making NFL history as the first team to win three straight Super Bowls, at least they did not become the first team to be shutout in a Super Bowl in the process.