Jalen Hurts (left) and coach Nick Sirianni. Photo:
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The Kansas City Chiefs failed to three-peat on Sunday, Feb. 9, after facing off against the Philadelphia Eagles, once again, in Super Bowl LIX. The Eagles were ultimately victorious, defeating the Chiefs 40-22.
The action in New Orleans was going on all week, but kick-off for the actual game at the Caesars Superdome was at 6:30 p.m. EST on Sunday. Things began with performances of the national anthem by Jon Batiste; “America the Beautiful” by Trombone Shorty and singer Lauren Daigle; and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by Ledisi.
Of course, Taylor Swift was at the game to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Chiefs, alongside her pal Brittany Mahomes, whose husband Patrick Mahomes is the team’s star quarterback. For Philadelphia, stand-out players include beloved quarterback Jalen Hurts and running back (and Sunday birthday boy!) Saquon Barkley.
At halftime, Kendrick Lamar delivered an electrifying performance of his award-winning hits, alongside special guest SZA.
And between all the action, there was the can’t-miss commericals — PEOPLE tracked those live, as well.
Follow along here for all the action and live updates on the game, performers, ads, celebrity attendees and more during the 2025 Super Bowl.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Despite the loss on Feb. 9, the future is still bright for the Kansas City Chiefs and Travis Kelce, according to his hopeful quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Though Kelce skipped the post-game Super Bowl pressers on Sunday, Mahomes was asked about the tight end’s NFL future, as many speculate retirement is on the horizon.
“I’ll let Travis make that decision on his own,” said Mahomes. “He’s given so much to this team and the NFL and been such a joy, not only for me to work with, but for people to watch and he knows he still has a lot of football left in him and you can see it.”
Sad Mahomes of Kelce: “He always makes plays in the biggest moments . . . I know he still has a love for the game and he’ll get to spend some time with his family and make that decision on his own.”
Copy The Link To This Blog Post At 26, Jalen Hurts is a first-time Super Bowl champion — and MVP.
The Eagles quarterback was named most valuable player of the 2025 championship game after scoring three total touchdowns.
Speaking to Fox’s Terry Bradshaw, Hurts said, “[I] couldn’t be here without my teammates. The effort and determination everybody displayed to get to this point. … Hell of a game today.”
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Jalen Hurts and Bry Burrows. FOX
Jalen Hurts was feeling the love from his fiancée Bry Burrows after helping lead the Eagles to victory on Feb. 9.
Hurts was seem embracing Burrows on the field after the 40-22 win.
“I’m still processing it,” he told sports commentator Erin Andrews of the championship. “I just can’t wait to enjoy this with my family and soak it in.”
Copy The Link To This Blog Post The Philadelphia Eagles have officially squashed the Kansas City Chiefs’ chance of making history with a three-peat.
The Eagles are the 2025 Super Bowl champions.
Led by quarterback Jalen Hurts and head coach Nick Sirriani, the Eagles finished the game with 40 points over the Chiefs’ 22. The Eagles last won the Super Bowl in 2017 — their first big game victory, ever.
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Copy The Link To This Blog Post As the 2025 Super Bowl winds down, with an Eagles win imminent, the Kansas City Chiefs scored an additional touchdown to minimize the gap.
DeAndre Hopkins scored a touchdown with just minutes to go in the fourth quarter, making the score 14-40.
Despite the points, the Eagles began to celebrate — pouring yellow Gatorade all over coach Nick Sirianni.
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Then, with less than two minutes on the clock, Xavier Worthy scored his second touchdown of the game for the Chiefs, making the score 22-40.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Anne Hathaway. FOX
The stars are far from Hollywood, tonight. A slew of celebs are in the Superdome for the Chiefs vs. Eagles championship game on Sunday, include Anne Hathaway and Kevin Hart. Both Hathaway and Hart are Eagles fans.
Also in New Orleans? Kevin Costner, Brendan Fraser and Louis Tomlinson. Jessica Alba is also at the game with her kids amid her split from Cash Warren.
PEOPLE has a running list of 2025 Super Bowl celebrity attendees here.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post The Kansas City Chiefs just prevented themselves from making history as the first team to be completely shut-out during a Super Bowl with a late third quarter touchdown.
Xavier Worthy linked with Patrick Mahomes connected for a 24-yard TD pass with less than a minute left to go in the quarter.
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Copy The Link To This Blog Post The Philadelphia Eagles scored another touchdown, pushing the score to 34-0 at the end of the third quarter.
As Fox reported, the deficit is the largest since Super Bowl XLVIII.
“They have not been able to sustain much,” Tom Brady said of the Chiefs while commentating.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post While the Kansas City Chiefs remain scoreless toward the end of the third quarter of the 2025 Super Bowl, Travis Kelce just made his first catch of the game.
Kelce made a catch for eight yards.
As CBS Sports notes, Kelce has had at least 90 catches in seven seasons in a row — so a catchless first half is rare for the tight end.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Though Kendrick Lamar just won multiple Grammys for his diss track “Not Like Us,” he’s still part of a lawsuit from its subject: Drake.
Drake is suing Universal Music Group, his own record label, for releasing and promoting the diss track.
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Lamar seemingly referenced the suit during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, rapping, “I want to perform their favorite song, but you know they love to sue.”
The rapper did perform the song, though, and also wore a lowercase “a” on a necklace — seemingly a reference to the lyric, “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A-minor.”
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Copy The Link To This Blog Post Another exciting special guest during the Super Bowl halftime show had a special relation to one of Kendrick Lamar’s hit tracks.
Lamar, of course, performed his Grammy-winning Drake diss track, “Not Like Us,” during the halftime show. And while he was rapping the highly-anticipated song, Drake’s ex, tennis icon Serena Williams, joined him on the field for a dance feature.
Sharing a video of herself in her blue jacket and skirt from the performance on social media, Williams admitted, “I died a little!”
Copy The Link To This Blog Post SZA’s highly-anticipated halftime show appearance included a rendition of her collaboration with headliner Kendrick Lamar, “All the Stars.”
Wearing all red, SZA sang the very-recognizable 2018 track’s chorus.
Ahead of the halftime show, SZA told reporters in the press room at the Grammy Awards that Lamar “worked really hard on it, and I’m so honored to be a part of it.”
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Samuel L. Jackson just made a surprise appearance at the 2025 Super Bowl as part of Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance.
Jackson introduced the halftime show, popping up onstage in a full Americana-ensemble.
“Salutations, it’s your Uncle Sam, and this is your great American game,” introduced Jackson.
After a few songs, Jackson appeared again, telling Lamar he’s “too loud, too reckless, too ghetto.”
The actor appeared several more times throughout the show.
Samuel L. Jackson. FOX
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Taylor Swift is at the 2025 Super Bowl — and so are some of her celebrity besties.
In addition to her family members Scott and Austin Swift, Swift’s pals Ice Spice and Ashley Avignone are also in the suite at the Superdome as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles.
Read a full breakdown of Swift’s suitemates here.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post The Chiefs are at a huge disadvantage heading into the second half of the 2025 Super Bowl.
Philadelphia ended the first half with 24 points, while the Chiefs have yet to put any numbers on the board. It marks the second-largest halftime deficit in Super Bowl history.
Of course, the Chiefs have won the last two Super Bowls — including over the Eagles in 2023.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post We’ll always have what she’s having.
Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal reprised their When Harry Met Sally characters and returned to Katz’s in N.Y.C. for the Hellmann’s 2025 Super Bowl ad.
In it, Ryan reacts in the same iconic way she did to her sandwich at the deli in the original rom-com.
Watch the full ad here (and yes, that’s Sydney Sweeney at the end).
Copy The Link To This Blog Post With just over seven minutes left in the first half, Cooper DeJean, the Eagles 22-year-old cornerback, scored another touchdown for Philadelphia.
The touchdown further solidified the team’s lead over the Chiefs as the end of the first half approaches, with the Eagles leading 17-0.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post The Philadelphia Eagles expanded their lead over the Kansas City Chiefs with 8:38 remaining in the second quarter of the 2025 Super Bowl.
The Eagles are still winning 10-0 after Jake Elliott connected on a 48-yard field goal.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post A union of all of the best brand mascots just occurred during the Super Bowl.
Instacart’s LIX Super Bowl ad unites various brand mascots and characters from post big game commercials who work together on game day to deliver a grocery order. The spot just aired during the second quarter of the game on Sunday.
Some of those memorable characters featured? Mountain Dew’s Puppy Monkey Baby, Heinz’s horde of dachshunds and even Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Former First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is wearing Eagles green at the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans on Feb. 9.
Biden is a known Philadelphia fan, and is at the game with her grandson. They were at the big game in 2023, as well, when the Eagles last played.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Taylor Swift got some airtime on the Superdome jumbotron during the first quarter of Sunday’s Super Bowl game — and earned a plethora of boos from the gathered football fans.
In video of the moment, Swift’s eyes went wide when she heard the boos. She smiled and seemed to laugh off the moment while chatting with her seatmate and friend Ashley Avignone.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post The Philadelphia Eagles are the first team to put points on the board in the 2025 Super Bowl, with Jalen Hurts scoring a touchdown.
Wide receiver Jahan Dotson got the ball just short of the end zone.
The touchdown came with over 6 minutes left in the first quarter on Feb. 9.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Ben Affleck and the DunKings are back for the 2025 Super Bowl — with some new celebrity bandmates.
Dunkin released a seven-minute, extended version of their Super Bowl commercial after the game version aired on Sunday.
Ben’s brother Casey Affleck is part of the cast this year, as is Jay and Silent Bob stars Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes, Bill Belichick and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson and Jeremy Strong.
Read all about the Dunkin commercial here.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Philadelphia native Bradley Cooper welcomed the Eagles onto the field for Super Bowl 59 on Feb. 9 with a rousing introduction. Throughout it, he was holding a little boy — but who was the young Eagles fan?
Bradley Cooper. FOX
Declan LeBaron, an 8-year-old Pennsylvania boy with systemic juvenile arthritis, was surprised with tickets to the game by Cooper.
Read more about Cooper’s gesture here.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Kansas City called tails and won the coin toss on Sunday. The Chiefs ultimately deferred possession of the ball first to the Eagles.
The coin toss preceded an intro to both teams and their players, narrated by Tom Cruise, who concluded it by saying, “Welcome to Super Bowl 59.”
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Jon Batiste showcased his musical talents while performing the national anthem during the 2025 Super Bowl on Sunday.
The skilled Batiste both sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” and played the song on the piano from the field on Sunday.
Batiste was born in Metairie, La., just outside of New Orleans, so it’s a homecoming of sorts for the artist who is best known for his nearly decade-long run as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post New Orleans’ jazz heritage was on display during this year’s rendition of “America the Beautiful” performed by Christian singer Lauren Daigle and trombonist Trombone Shorty.
Trombone Shorty is a New Orleans native, and loves the opportunity to celebrate his city. He told PEOPLE, “It is great to be in New Orleans during this particular time with the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest right after that. I’ll get to see a lot of people play a lot of music and just be here, so it doesn’t get any better than that for me.”
Read more about the performance here.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post The Kansas City Chiefs fandom did not, apparently, descend on New Orleans for this year’s big game.
The defending Super Bowl champions were met by very audible boos as they entered the Superdome following an introduction by Mad Men star Jon Hamm.
It seems that more Eagles fans shelled out for Super Bowl LIX tickets, because Bradley Cooper’s introduction of the Philadelphia Eagles earned more perceptible cheers than their opponents.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl box this year, of course, has some star power.
Just like in 2024, Swift is again joined by close friend Ice Spice. Also joining the singer is the Haim sisters.
Swift is wearing a white blazer with knee-high matching white boots and bedazzled jean shorts, and repurposed her “T” thigh-chain from the Grammys, this time wearing the bling as a necklace.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Harry Connick Jr. (center). Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty
Fox paid tribute to the iconic music of New Orleans, the Super Bowl host city, during an on-the-field musical performance featuring numerous local bands and Louisiana native Harry Connick Jr.
Trumpeter Terrence Blanchard broke down the names of those featured in the performance in an Instagram post earlier on Sunday.
“The NFL will honor my hometown of New Orleans by commemorating the unwavering resilience of the New Orleans community with the unmistakable jazz sounds of our city,” said Blanchard. “Joining me will be some of the great New Orleans-raised jazz masters, including me Terence Blanchard, the SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director, Harry Connick Jr., two of my favorite brass bands – the Original Pinettes (New Orleans’ only all-female brass band) and the Soul Rebels, plus the Spirit of New Orleans Gospel Choir and the Southern University Marching Band (The Human Jukebox). Harry Connick Jr. will be joined by my friends Leroy Jones on trumpet and Freddie Lonzo on trombone.”
Through the performance, the groups wove “together the city’s deep-rooted musical traditions in a powerful tribute to our hometown,” said Blanchard.
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Surrounded by first responders, and smack dab in the middle of New Orleans’ iconic Bourbon Street, Lady Gaga sang her song from Top Gun: Maverick, “Hold My Hand.”
Wearing all white and seated at a piano, Gaga sang the heartfelt lyrics while first responders from both the Jan. 1 terror attack on New Orleans and from the January wildfires in Los Angeles looked on.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Oscar-winner Brad Pitt lent his talents to a pregame video that aired during the Fox broadcast on Sunday, highlighting the history of the “huddle” alongside various clips of American history and everyday Americans.
‘We, all of us — the dreamers, the warriors, the builders and believers — brought together to celebrate our greatest game,” said Pitt during the intro video. “The game that teaches us what we can achieve when we gather together, in that most American of formations — the huddle.”
Said Pitt, “Think about it, when we are bound be a common goal, we’ve reached heights, authored achievements … in ways that have lifted the world and one-another.”
As the actor spoke, footage of American achievements — including the invention of the airplane — played. Later on, video of U.S. soldiers reuniting with their families, was included.
“The huddle is a metaphor for our history, for the power found in our shared purpose,” explained Pitt. Noting the country is “bound by the promise and driven by the pledge to chase the prize.”
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Grammy-award winning singer Ledisi, a New Orleans native, just performed a powerhouse rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the Black national anthem.
Ledisi, wearing all white, was backed by 125 New Orleans youth choir members, all wearing yellow choral robes.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Everyone’s favorite WAG is officially at the Superdome.
Taylor Swift was shown briefly on the 2025 Super Bowl pregame Fox broadcast, seemingly in her suite at the New Orleans stadium. The pop star appeared to be wearing a white tank top and a white blazer dress.
This is Swift’s second Super Bowl supporting boyfriend Travis Kelce, the tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post President Donald Trump. Kevin Mazur/Getty
President Donald Trump is in attendance for the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Trump’s presence makes him the first sitting U.S. president to attend a Super Bowl game in history.
The president could be seen on the field of the Superdome, prior to the start of Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Jay-Z and daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi. NFL/X
All the stars are descending on New Orleans for the 2025 Super Bowl, including Jay-Z and his daughters with Beyoncé: Blue Ivy, 13, and Rumi, 7.
The trio posed together on the field of the Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday, with Jay-Z and his eldest child in matching dark shades. All three kept it casual in fresh sneakers, with the girls wearing jeans.
Miles Teller (front left) and Pete Davidson (front right). Kevin Mazur/Getty
Other stars spotted at the game early? Miles Teller, Pete Davidson and Bradley Cooper.
Bradley Cooper. FOX
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Travis Kelce. Chris Graythen/Getty
Travis Kelce is feeling the ’70s grooviness heading into his fifth Super Bowl appearance.
The tight end walked into the Superdome on Feb. 9 in a burnt orange Amiri suit, with a long jacket and sparkly shirt with wide lapels.
He paired the entire look with yellow-lensed oversized sunglasses.
Travis Kelce. Chris Graythen/Getty
Read more about the look here.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Philadelphia Eagles star player Jalen Hurts went full monochromatic in a purple suit as he headed to the big game on Sunday.
This is the 26-year-old quarterback’s second Super Bowl appearance, and clearly, he wanted to show-out for it.
Jalen Hurts. Cooper Neill/Getty
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Patrick Mahomes wife, Brittany Mahomes, and brother, Jackson Mahomes, are already in the stadium almost two hours ahead of kick-off to watch the quarterback and the Chiefs.
Brittany, who welcomed daughter Golden Raye on Jan. 25, is wearing a white corset and custom Chiefs white pants.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post Though the first Super Bowl was held back in 1967, the tradition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” being sung before game kick-off didn’t begin until over a decade later.
The first person to do so at a Super Bowl? Diana Ross in 1982, singing a capella for the crowd at the since-closed Silverdome Stadium in Detroit.
This year, the national anthem is being performed by Jon Baptiste.
Read more about the history of the Super Bowl’s national anthem performers here.
Copy The Link To This Blog Post The Kansas City Chiefs were the victors in the last two Super Bowls. The team defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023, and, in 2024, the San Francisco 49ers.
If the team wins again this year, it’ll be history-making: they’ll be the first team in NFL history to “three-peat.” The Chiefs will also set a five Super Bowl championship record with a win.
Read more about the implications and results of a potential Chiefs win here.
