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The 2021 Super Bowl is officially behind us. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs by a final score of 31-9. There were plenty of fun ways to follow the game, including Super Bowl Squares. If you were playing along, here’s a rundown of quarter-by-quarter results.
1st quarter: Bucs 7, Chiefs 3
The teams exchanged three punts before the Chiefs got on the board with a 49-yard field goal by Harrison Butker. The Chiefs responded with a Rob Gronkowski touchdown on an eight-play, 75-yard drive.
2nd quarter: Bucs 21, Chiefs 6
Gronk added a second touchdown with 6:05 remaining in the second quarter after a short field set up a 38-yard scoring drive. Harrison Butker kicked a field goal with 1:01 remaining and the Chiefs looked like they might go into halftime down by one possession. However, two tough defensive pass interference calls led to a one-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Brown with six seconds left in the second quarter.
3rd quarter: Bucs 31, Chiefs 9
The Chiefs kicked a 52-yard field goal at the 11:26 mark rather than go for it on 4th and 7 at the Bucs 34. Tampa responded with a 74-yard scoring drive capped by a 27-yard run from Leonard Fournette. Antoine Winfield picked Patrick Mahomes on the next drive and the Bucs added a field goal as the final score of the game.
4th quarter: Bucs 31, Chiefs 9
The Chiefs turned the ball over on downs twice in the Bucs side of the field and Patrick Mahomes threw an interception in the end zone with 1:40 to go, closing out the game and the Bucs win.
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