After defeating the Buffalo Bills to go to Super Bowl 59, the Kansas City Chiefs are just one victory away from an NFL "three-peat" never seen before.
The Chiefs became the first back-to-back winners to return to the Super Bowl after a thrilling 32-29 victory over the Bills.
Kansas City, who have won three of the last five, are making it to the NFL championship game for the fifth time in six years.
They will play the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans on February 9 in a rematch of Super Bowl 57.
The Eagles defeated the Washington Commanders 55-23 earlier on Sunday, securing their place as the early favorite to win this year's Super Bowl going into the Conference Championship games.
The Bills faced the Chiefs in the postseason for the fourth time in five years, but Josh Allen, the quarterback for Buffalo, is the clear favorite to win this season's MVP award.
In a thrilling AFC Championship game finale, Patrick Mahomes, the team's Kansas City rival and two-time MVP, emerged victorious again.
Visitors Buffalo had a 22-21 lead going into the fourth quarter when the Bills' two short-yardage plays determined the outcome of the game.
They followed a Chiefs field goal that turned out to be the game-winning play and two excellent touchdown drives.
Buffalo consistently threw the ball over on downs, giving the home team fewer than two minutes to win the game and get closer to NFL immortality.
MAHOMES STILL SEEMS TO BE THE THORN IN JOSH ALLEN'S SIDE
The game had only one score, just like their previous two playoff encounters, and was viewed as Allen's best chance to defeat the Chiefs and return Buffalo to the Super Bowl for the first time since they had lost four consecutive from 1991 to 1994.
Kareem Hunt of Kansas City began the scoring at Arrowhead with a 12-yard burst into the end zone, and the Bills responded with a field goal to tie the score.
The Bills subsequently took advantage of Mahomes' mishandled pass, which resulted in the Chiefs' first turnover since their 30-21 loss to Buffalo on November 17. James Cook got into the corner from six yards out.
Once Xavier Worthy caught an 11-yard catch from Mahomes and scrambled into the end zone, he reached for the pylon, putting Kansas City ahead once more.
To make it 21-16 at the half, the Bills responded with a spectacular 34-yard touchdown via Mack Hollins' reception of Allen's deep throw. They then returned to their running game on their opening drive of the second half, with Cook displaying incredible athleticism to reach over the line.
Then, on a quarterback sneak, Allen was controversially deemed short of claiming first down in the first of the pivotal fourth-down attempts.
Mahomes burrowed over for a 10-yard score five plays later, and Allen made big plays to Cook and Hollins before completing a touchdown ball to Curtis Samuel to set up a suspenseful finish.
The next drive saw Buffalo's defense restrict Kansas City to a field goal, but they were unable to regain the lead when tight end Dalton Kincaid was forced into a desperate heave by Allen.
Pop sensation Taylor Swift, the Chiefs' girlfriend, congratulated boyfriend tight end Travis Kelce following the win, signaling the start of the festivities.
