GLENDALE (AFP) —Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs overcame the inspired Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts to win their second Super Bowl in four years with a 38-35 win in a classic contest on Sunday.

Hurts produced four touchdowns, three of them rushing, and threw for 304 yards but ended on the losing side with a late field goal from Harrison Butker settling a ding-dong battle in Arizona.

Mahomes threw for three touchdowns and 182 yards but the Chiefs had game-winning displays across the field as they came back from 10 points down at half-time to hand head coach Andy Reid a victory over his former team.

"It was just everybody. It didn't come from one person," Mahomes said of the half-time locker-room discussions that sparked the revival.

"Everybody said we had to step our game up. Defense played their ass off in that second half. Our offense, we just found a way. I want to thank everybody on this team. We battled."

Hurts was excellent in the air and particularly on the ground with his running game, but he looked crestfallen after the game as he searched for perspective.

"You either win or you learn," he said.

"I am so proud of this team, for everything we have been able to overcome. Obviously, we had a big-time goal at the end that we wanted to accomplish and we came up short," he said.

The game got off to an explosive start with the Eagles scoring a touchdown on the opening drive — Hurts crossing with a quarterback sneak at the end of an impressive an 11-play, 75-yard drive.

But the Chiefs struck back swiftly with Mahomes connecting with Kelce and Isiah Pacheco as he led the team down the field before crowning the drive with a perfectly floated pass to his trusty target, tight-end Travis Kelce in the end-zone.