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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 489 

Congratulating the Kansas City Chiefs on their victory in Super Bowl LIV 

and the National Football League on its 100th season. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2020 

Mr. HAWLEY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Kansas City Chiefs on their victory in 

Super Bowl LIV and the National Football League on 

its 100th season. 

Whereas, on Sunday, February 2, 2020, the Kansas City 

Chiefs (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘Chiefs’’) won 

Super Bowl LIV by a score of 31 to 20, defeating the 

San Francisco 49ers in Miami, Florida; 

Whereas Super Bowl LIV culminated the 100th season of the 

National Football League, a season in which the league, 

a cultural icon of the United States— 

(1) promoted stars both past and present; 

(2) served the community; and 

(3) looked towards the next 100 years of football; 


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Whereas the victory in Super Bowl LIV earned the Chiefs 

their second Super Bowl championship and their first 

Super Bowl championship since 1970; 

Whereas head coach Andy Reid earned his 222nd career win 

and his first Super Bowl championship; 

Whereas quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed 26 of 42 

passes for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, rushed 9 times 

for 29 yards and 1 touchdown, and was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl LIV; 

Whereas Patrick Mahomes became the youngest player in the 

history of the National Football League to earn both the 

National Football League Most Valuable Player award 

and a Super Bowl title; 

Whereas Patrick Mahomes completed the iconic 27-yard 

‘‘scamper down the sideline’’ for a touchdown to take the 

lead against the Tennessee Titans in the American Football Conference championship; 

Whereas Damien Williams had 17 carries for 104 yards and 

1 touchdown and 4 receptions for 29 yards and 1 touchdown; 

Whereas Travis Kelce had 6 receptions for 43 yards and 1 

touchdown; 

Whereas Tyreek Hill had 9 receptions for 105 yards, including a crucial 44-yard reception on 3rd down with only 7 

minutes remaining in the 4th quarter; 

Whereas Sammy Watkins had 5 receptions for 98 yards; 

Whereas Bashaud Breeland led the Chiefs with 7 tackles and 

1 interception; 

Whereas Chris Jones was a disruptive force by batting down 

3 passes from Jimmy Garoppolo; 


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Whereas Frank Clark sacked 49ers quarterback Jimmy 

Garoppolo on 4th and 10 with fewer than 2 minutes remaining to seal the victory; 

Whereas Harrison Butker was 1-for-1 in field goal attempts 

and 4-for-4 in point after attempts; 

Whereas Dustin Colquitt, the longest-tenured Chief, earned 

his first Super Bowl in his 15th season; 

Whereas kick returner Mecole Hardman, tight end Travis 

Kelce, safety Tyrann Mathieu, and right tackle Mitchell 

Schwartz were named to the Associated Press All-Pro 

team for the 2019 season; 

Whereas the Chiefs came from behind to win after trailing 

0–24 against the Houston Texans in the American Football Conference divisional round, being down 7–17 

against the Tennessee Titans in the American Football 

Conference championship, and trailing 10–20 against the 

San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, becoming the 

first ever team to come back from double digit deficits in 

all 3 of its playoff games and win the Super Bowl; 

Whereas the entire Chiefs roster contributed to the Super 

Bowl victory, including Nick Allegretti, Jackson Barton, 

Blake Bell, Bashaud Breeland, Alex Brown, Harrison 

Butker, Morris Claiborne, Frank Clark, Dustin Colquitt, 

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Cam Erving, Rashad Fenton, 

Eric Fisher, Kendall Fuller, Mecole Hardman, Demone 

Harris, Chad Henne, Tyreek Hill, Anthony Hitchens, 

Ryan Hunter, Chris Jones, Travis Kelce, Tanoh 

Kpassagnon, Darron Lee, Jordan Lucas, Patrick 

Mahomes, Tyrann Mathieu, LeSean McCoy, Matt Moore, 

Ben Niemann, Derrick Nnadi, Dorian O’Daniel, Mike 

Pennel, Byron Pringle, Reggie Ragland, Austin Reiter, 


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Demarcus Robinson, Khalen Saunders, Mitchell 

Schwartz, Anthony Sherman, Daniel Sorensen, Terrell 

Suggs, Darwin Thompson, Charvarius Ward, Sammy 

Watkins, Armani Watts, Damien Williams, Xavier Williams, Damien Wilson, James Winchester, Stefen 

Wisniewski, Andrew Wylie, and Deon Yelder; 

Whereas Lamar Hunt founded the Chiefs more than 6 decades ago and helped shape the National Football League, 

including by coining the phrase ‘‘Super Bowl’’; 

Whereas the Hunt family deserves great credit for its unwavering commitment to, and leadership and support of, 

Chiefs kingdom; and 

Whereas individuals all over the world are asking, ‘‘how ‘bout 

those Chiefs?’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates— 

3 (A) the Kansas City Chiefs and their loyal 

4 fans for their victory in Super Bowl LIV; and 

5 (B) the National Football League on a 

6 successful 100th season; and 

7 (2) respectfully requests that the Secretary of 

8 the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu9 tion to— 

10 (A) the chairman and chief executive offi11 cer of the Kansas City Chiefs, Clark Hunt; 

12 (B) the commissioner of the National 

13 Football League, Roger Goodell; and 


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1 (C) the head coach of the Kansas City 

2 Chiefs, Andy Reid. 

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