Super Bowl Uniform Matchup Good News For 49ers, Historically Speaking

The Kansas City Chiefs have their sights set on a dynasty. Some would argue they already are one. 

Since Patrick Mahomes took over in 2018, the Chiefs have advanced to the AFC Championship game every season. They won the Super Bowl in two of those seasons. In the other three they lost to Tom Brady twice and the Cincinnati Bengals once. 

Now, they face San Francisco for Super Bowl LVIII and as the home team, they got to select what jersey to wear. 

They chose red. 

Why does that matter? Well, over the past 19 years, the team wearing white has gone 16-3.

Even if you're only slightly superstitious, the numbers are staggering. 

Now these teams did matchup for the Super Bowl four years ago and the Chiefs won wearing home red.

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They are one of those three wins since 2004, along with the 2011 Green Bay Packers and the 2018 Philadelphia Eagles. 

The all-time winning record also supports white uniforms. Through 57 Super Bowls, teams wearing white jerseys hoisted the Lombardi Trophy 37 times.

So why would the Chiefs as the home team pick red? Maybe it's the belief that Mahomes, Andy Reid, Travis Kelce and even the power of the Swifties (also that stout Chiefs defense) can stump more than 50 years worth of Super Bowl jersey data. 

I thought this was the age of analytics in football.

CBS Sports looked back at the history of the Chiefs and 49ers in the big game. 

Chiefs in red: 2-1 (Wins over Vikings in Super Bowl IV and 49ers in Super Bowl LIV; loss to Bucs in Super Bowl LV)

Chiefs in white: 1-1 (Win over Eagles last year, loss to Packers in the first Super Bowl)

49ers in red: 3-1

49ers in white: 2-1 (Only loss came to Chiefs)

The mind games going into the Super Bowl are at an all-time high. Maybe Kansas City knew it was 2-1 wearing the red so it stuck with it. They could be motivated to drop the 49ers to 2-2 in those white uniforms, who knows. 

The Super Bowl is on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. on News 9 and News On 6.