The San Francisco 49ers may be the favorites to win Super Bowl 58 against the Kansas City Chiefs, but history is actually against them.
In the build-up to the big game on Sunday, two interesting stats about the Super Bowl have since gone viral. And in both instances, the 49ers are not favored at all.
Kansas City Chiefs Traveling West Favor Them vs. San Francisco 49ers
The first stat is about team travels in the Super Bowl. Since the game is held on neutral grounds, the last two team standings have to travel. This time, the Chiefs and 49ers head to Las Vegas for the title showdown.
Unfortunately for the 49ers, there is some sort of curse for teams traveling east. Apparently over the last 30 years, no team that traveled east for the Super Bowl won it. The teams heading West are 7-0 in such matchups, per reporter Dov Kleiman.
That is certainly something the 49ers would want to hear a few days before their meeting with the Chiefs. Even though not everyone is superstitious enough to believe that a team’s travel has anything to do with winning the Super Bowl, it’s always best to be cautious.
Teams that travel west have a 7-0 record vs teams that travel east for the Super Bowl in the last 30 years.#Chiefs are traveling west 👀
Will this trend continue on Sunday?
(h/t espnbet/ig) https://t.co/Sr5zbka7Vp pic.twitter.com/p5qqTNz50b
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) February 6, 2024
If there is anything good going for the Niners, however, the media day on Monday showed plenty of San Francisco fans traveling to Vegas to support them. Hopefully, the fans’ presence is enough to make Allegiant Staidum their home field.
More Bad News for the San Francisco 49ers
Adding some bad news for the San Francisco 49ers, though, is another stat related to coaches.
As everyone knows, Super Bowl 58 is a rematch between the Niners and Kansas City Chiefs, with Andy Reid’s men beating Kyle Shanahan’s side in their battle in 2019.
Of course Shanahan has a way different team now, and with a star-studded lineup, they will be hard to beat. Nonetheless, as history suggests, he may find it difficult overcoming Reid and his crew.
As Bleacher Report noted, Super Bowl-winning head coaches are 3-0 in a rematch against the same head coach. While it’s a small sample size, it’s definitely not an encouraging sign at all.
Can Shanahan break the curse? pic.twitter.com/9i7zdyZhbX
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) February 6, 2024
Sure enough, it should add more motivation for the 49ers to become the first team to break those statistical curses. For that to happen, Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey and the rest of San Francisco will have to be near perfect come Super Bowl 58.
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