Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were in fine form on their controversial pre-Super Bowl date with Patrick and Brittany Mahomes – less than two days before the Chiefs’ three-peat dreams came crashing down in New Orleans.

Kelce, Mahomes and Kansas City fell at the final hurdle in their bid to win three straight Super Bowls, with the Philadelphia Eagles trouncing them 40-22 in the NFL championship game on Sunday night.

Ahead of the big game at Caesars Superdome, Chiefs duo Travis and Patrick sparked controversy when they headed out for a meal with partners Taylor and Brittany, less than 48 hours before their clash with the Eagles.

The group were seen entering and leaving popular French restaurant Lilette on Magazine Street, where a large crowd of fans had gathered to catch a glimpse of them late on Friday night.

A source has told DailyMail.com that Swift was ‘super chatty’ and in an ‘amazing and fun mood’ on the double date, as were the whole party.

All four of them were said to be in a ‘tremendously good mood’ as they dined at the restaurant while ‘anticipating a different outcome and result in the game’.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were in fine form on their controversial pre-Super Bowl date

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However, their waitress was left shocked by the fact Travis and Patrick were out so close to the Super Bowl, given players usually have strict curfews in the days leading up to the game.

While it is unclear what the rest of the group enjoyed, Swift is understood to have ordered a beef burger and fries on the menu as she treated herself on their night out in the Big Easy.

A beaming Taylor, wearing a black dress and matching Eleonor boots courtesy of shoe designers Larroude, was later seen making her way out of the venue hand-in-hand with Kelce, who had a grey tracksuit on.

Kelce’s longtime Chiefs teammate Mahomes was also seen leaving with wife Brittany just moments after their good friends in a clip which surfaced online.

Patrick, wearing an all-black outfit with a white cap, was led down stairs and into a nearby taxi by security alongside Brittany, who went full Chiefs mode in a long red coat and matching boots for the double date.

A large group of fans who had gathered outside the restaurant cheered as the quartet made their way out while flanked by security.

While there was no suggestion they broke any rules by heading out on a pre-Super Bowl double date, Travis and Patrick’s appearance was still a surprise given that it is so close to the game.

It came two days before Kelce and Patrick Mahomes lost against the Eagles at the Super Bowl

Travis was largely anonymous as the Kansas City Chiefs were destroyed by Philadelphia

The pair then went on to suffer off-nights in a conclusive defeat for the Chiefs, with Mahomes throwing two interceptions while being sacked six times. Kelce, meanwhile, was largely anonymous after taking just four catches for 39 yards.

The latter admitted on Wednesday that he is now contemplating retirement, opening up on his ‘wear and tear’ on the latest episode of his and brother Jason’s New Heights podcast.

‘The fact that we keep going to these AFC Championships and these Super Bowls, that means I’m playing an extra three games than everybody else in the entire league,’ Kelce explained.

‘That’s a lot of wear and tear on your body and it’s a lot of time spent in the building, focusing on your craft, focusing on the task at hand, every challenge that you set up for yourself. That process can be grueling, it can weigh on you.

‘It can make you better [but] it can drive you crazy at the same time, and right now it’s one of those things where it was kind of driving me crazy this year. It happens when you kind of tail off towards the back nine of your career. 

The 35-year-old revealed on Wednesday that he is contemplating retirement after the loss

‘When you feel yourself not have the success that you used to have, it’s a tough pill to swallow.

‘And then on top of that to not be there in the biggest moments, knowing your team’s counting on you man… it’s just a tough reality.’

‘I’m gonna take some time to figure it out,’ he continued. ‘And I think I owe it to my teammates that if I do come back that it’s gonna be a wholehearted decision and I’m not half-a**ing it, and I’m fully here for them.

‘I think I can play, it’s just whether or not I’m motivated or it’s the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person to take on all that responsibility.’