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Meghan L. Hall

Why Mecole Hardman had no idea he caught the Super Bowl-winning touchdown

Super Bowl 58 was a gritty win for the Kansas City Chiefs, who won their third Super Bowl in five years. To take home the trophy, they put together a drive for the ages during overtime, ending with a Mecole Hardman game-sealing touchdown. There’s just one thing: Mecole Hardman momentarily forgot Patrick Mahomes even threw him the ball.

The Kansas City Chiefs are champions again. On Sunday, they won back-to-back Super Bowls after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 25-22. It was truly spine-chilling stuff. Nothing may be more memorable than Mecole Hardman and Patrick Mahomes connecting for a three-yard game-winning touchdown that put the Chiefs into history books.

Yet, Mecole Hardman says Patrick Mahomes had to tell him that the Chiefs won the game.

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