Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts to Be First Black Quarterbacks to Meet in Super Bowl

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The 2023 Super Bowl will be an important one.

For the first time in the history of the iconic game, two Black quarterbacks will face off when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 12 in Arizona.

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will make his Super Bowl debut against Patrick Mahomes when the two teams meet for Super Bowl LVII.

While Black quarterbacks have played in and won Super Bowls, no other Super Bowl has featured a pair of Black starting quarterbacks.

Hurts, who was drafted in 2020, posted MVP-worthy stats throughout the 2022-23 NFL season.

In an interview with ESPN, Philadelphia's left tackle Jordan Mailata called Hurts "one of the hardest workers I've ever seen in my life." Mailata added, "Second year as a full-year starter, and he's taking us to the Super Bowl?"

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Mahomes will start for the Chiefs. It will be the 27-year-old's third Super Bowl appearance in his five seasons in Kansas City.

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Mahomes, who is just one of three Black quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl, led the Chiefs to a title in 2020 over the San Francisco 49ers but came up short the following year in a loss to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

In addition to Mahomes, the two other Black quarterbacks to take home the Lombardi Trophy are Doug Williams in 1988 and Russell Wilson in 2014.

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Hurts and the Eagles secured their spot in the Super Bowl after defeating the 49ers 31-7 on Sunday.

Mahomes and the Chiefs eliminated Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday 23-20 in a game that came down to the wire in the final quarter.