Every Madden Super Bowl prediction since 2004
When it comes to football games, there’s nothing that comes close to EA Sport’s Madden NFL series. While there are issues here and there, like the servers permanently losing your save file, it’s still the go-to for virtual football simulation.
Every year since 2004, EA Sports have tried to show off just how realistic their game is by running a simulation of that year’s Super Bowl to predict the winner. While it can be quite hit-and-miss, some of the hits are quite spectacular, Super Bowl 49 in particular.
We’ve gone through the predictions from every year and compared them to the real results to see how they stack up, with help from SportingNews.
Year | Madden score | Real score | Correct winner? |
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Super Bowl 57 | Eagles 31 | Chiefs 38 | No |
Super Bowl 56 | Bengals 24 | Rams 23 | No |
Super Bowl 55 | Chiefs 37 | Buccs 31 | No |
Super Bowl 54 | Chiefs 35 | Chiefs 21 | Yes |
Super Bowl 53 | Rams 30 | Patriots 13 | No |
Super Bowl 52 | Patriots 24 | Eagles 41 | No |
Super Bowl 51 | Patriots 27 | Patriots 34 | Yes |
Super Bowl 50 | Panthers 24 | Broncos 24 | No |
Super Bowl 49 | Patriots 28 | Patriots 28 | Perfect |
Super Bowl 48 | Broncos 31 | Seahawks 43 | No |
Super Bowl 47 | Ravens 27 | Ravens 34 | Yes |
Super Bowl 46 | Giants 27 | Giants 21 | Yes |
Super Bowl 45 | Steelers 24 | Packers 31 | No |
Super Bowl 44 | Saints 35 | Saints 31 | Yes |
Super Bowl 43 | Steelers 28 | Steelers 27 | Yes |
Super Bowl 42 | Patriots 38 | Giants 17 | No |
Super Bowl 41 | Colts 38 | Colts 29 | Yes |
Super Bowl 40 | Steelers 24 | Steelers 21 | Yes |
Super Bowl 39 | Patriots 47 | Patriots 24 | Yes |
Super Bowl 38 | Patriots 23 | Patriots 32 | Yes |
For the stats fans, that’s a total of 11 out of 20 correct predictions, which comes out to a hit rate of 55%. That's quite impressive, especially considering that includes a perfect score prediction. Although, it’s worth noting that it has only been correct once in the past five years, so maybe the newer games aren’t as spot-on as the old ones.
With Super Bowl 57 just a month away, it will be interesting to see how Madden 23 fares at picking the right winner, especially as we've already seen what the data says is Madden NFL 23's best team.