The Chiefs are looking for their first Super Bowl triple-double after eight previous champions failed to do so.

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs will try to accomplish what Tom Brady, Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw failed to do during their Hall of Fame careers.

After winning two consecutive Super Bowls, Mahomes and the Chiefs now have their sights set on becoming the first team to win three in a row. Kansas City enters the season as the favorite to win it all, according to BetMGM Sportsbook.

But history is against the Chiefs. Eight other Super Bowl champions have failed to reach the mark, and none have even made it to the Super Bowl. Three have lost in the conference title game, two have lost in the divisional round and three others have failed to make the playoffs altogether.

It’s been more than two decades since any team in the NFL, NBA, NHL or Major League Baseball has won three championships.

The last team to accomplish this in these leagues was the Los Angeles Lakers, who won the NBA Finals from 2000 to 2002.

The last baseball team to accomplish this feat was the New York Yankees from 1998 to 2000, and the New York Islanders were the last team in the NHL to accomplish this feat from 1980 to 1983.

The last team to win three NFL titles in a row was the Green Bay Packers, who won the last championship before the Super Bowl era in 1965 and then won the first two Super Bowls. The Packers also won three straight titles from 1929-31, before the NFL had a postseason.

Here’s how previous teams looking to win three consecutive Super Bowls fared:

1968 Green Bay Packers

Coach Vince Lombardi resigned after the 1967 season, in which Green Bay won its second consecutive Super Bowl and fifth NFL title in seven years.

Phil Bengtson took over the team and inherited a roster that still included several future Hall of Famers, including Bart Starr, Forrest Gregg, Willie Davis, Ray Nitschke and Herb Adderley.

But age and a coaching change took their toll on Green Bay, which finished the season with a 6-7-1 record and failed to make the playoffs.

1974 Miami Dolphins

Coach Don Shuli’s Dolphins followed up their perfect 1972 season with another Super Bowl title the following season. Miami finished the regular season 11-3, winning the AFC East, but lost one game in a memorable playoff game to the Oakland Raiders.

The Raiders avenged their 1973 AFC title game loss in the divisional round, winning 28–26. In the final seconds, Ken Stabler threw a desperation pass into the end zone while being dragged down, and Clarence Davis somehow caught an 8-yard pass in a “Sea of ​​Hands” between three Miami defenders for the game-clinching TD.

1976 Pittsburgh Steelers

After Miami’s two championships, the Steelers won two of their own, becoming the third team to win the first 10 Super Bowls.

Pittsburgh defeated the Raiders in the AFC Championship game en route to both titles, but failed to capture a third against John Madden’s team.

The Steelers overcame a 1-4 start to the season and an injury to QB Terry Bradshaw to make the playoffs with a dominant defense and running game. But cornerbacks Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier were injured in the divisional round, and Pittsburgh had little chance against the Raiders, losing 24-7.

1980 Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh repeated the feat in 1978-79, but by 1980, age had finally caught up with coach Chuck Noll’s team, and the dominant Steel Curtain defense took a major step back.

That led to a 9-7 record and the end of an eight-year dynasty during which the team won four Super Bowl titles and advanced to the conference championship game twice.

1990 San Francisco 49ers

The Niners were probably the closest they had come to three straight wins, at 14-2, the best record in the NFL after winning under coach Bill Walsh in 1988 and George Seifert in 1989. The coaching change did not slow down a squad led by Hall of Famers like Montana, Jerry Rice and Ronnie Lott.

San Francisco had reached the NFC title game and was minutes away from returning to the Super Bowl with a lead and the ball against the New York Giants, but with 2:36 remaining, Erik Howard knocked the ball out of Roger Craig’s hands and Lawrence Taylor recovered it at the Giants’ 43-yard line.

New York then marched 33 yards to win 15-13 on Matt Bahr’s fifth field goal on the final play.

1994 Dallas Cowboys

After winning back-to-back titles under coach Jimmy Johnson, the talented Cowboys were finished by a turmoil in 1994. Owner Jerry Jones boasted that 500 coaches could lead Dallas to a title, leading to the dissolution of a successful partnership between the former college teammates. Barry Switzer took over with no NFL experience, and Dallas went 12-4 in the regular season with an elite roster led by Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and Troy Aikman.

However, the Cowboys fell one step short of the Super Bowl, losing 38-28 in the NFC championship game in San Francisco.

1999 Denver Broncos

Denver’s bid for three straight titles never had a chance, as John Elway retired after winning it all after the 1998 season. Brian Griese took over as the starter for coach Mike Shanahan but failed to replicate Elway’s success, compounded by the fact that reigning MVP Terrell Davis tore his ACL in Week 4 and missed the rest of the season, and Denver went 6-10 and missed the playoffs.

2005 New England Patriots

The Patriots won three of four titles in Tom Brady’s first four seasons as starter, but took a step back after winning it all in 2004. New England stumbled to a 4-4 start and never really found a rhythm. The Patriots won the division title with a 10-6 record — and beat Jacksonville in the wild-card round. But they lost 27-13 to Denver the next week when Champ Bailey intercepted a Brady pass in the end zone and returned it 100 yards to the 1 for a TD that made it 17-6.

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