Super Bowl LVIII
Madden NFL Predicts the Winner of Super Bowl LVIII between the Chiefs and 49ers
In what has become a 20-year tradition, EA Sports shares its prediction for the winner of Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.
A tradition among Madden NFL players turns 2 decades old, and like every year, it’s a highly anticipated one. As it has every year since 2004, EA Sports will share its prediction of who will win the Vince Lombardi Trophy through a simulation in the latest version of Madden NFL. This year, the Kansas City Chiefs will face off against the San Francisco 49s, and Madden NFL has already given its verdict in what promises to be a close game.
According to EA Sports’ prediction, Patrick Mahomes’ team - and Taylor Swift’s fans - will beat the San Francisco 49s in a close 30-28 game. Unlike previous years, there is no video available, but it is known that Patrick Mahomes will win the coveted Super Bowl MVP award.
Madden NFL’s Effectiveness in Other Super Bowls
Since 2004, EA Sports has used the latest version of Madden NFL to simulate and predict the Super Bowl champion. The annual simulation, which seeks to determine the next owner of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, is conducted with the latest version of the game and pits the two winning teams from each conference against each other using the latest statistics to find the closest Super Sunday result.
- 2004 - Super Bowl XXXVIII: Patriots 23, Panthers 20 (Actual score: Patriots 32, Panthers 29)
- 2005 - Super Bowl XXXIX: Patriots 47, Eagles 31 (Actual score: Patriots 24, Eagles 21)
- 2006 - Super Bowl XL: Steelers 24, Seahawks 19 (Actual score: Steelers 21, Seahawks 10)
- 2007 - Super Bowl XLI: Colts 38, Bears 27 (Actual score: Colts 29, Bears 17)
- 2008 - Super Bowl XLII: Patriots 38, Giants 30 (Actual score: Giants 17, Patriots 14)
- 2009 - Super Bowl XLIII: Steelers 28, Cardinals 24 (Actual score: Steelers 27, Cardinals 23)
- 2010 - Super Bowl XLIV: Saints 35, Colts 31 (Actual score: Saints 31, Colts 17)
- 2011 - Super Bowl XLV: Steelers 24, Packers 20 (Actual score: Packers 31, Steelers 25)
- 2012 - Super Bowl XLVI: Giants 27, Patriots 24 (Actual score: Giants 21, Patriots 17)
- 2013 - Super Bowl XLVII: Ravens 27, 49ers 24 (Actual score: Ravens 34, 49ers 31)
- 2014 - Super Bowl XLVIII: Broncos 31, Seahawks 28 (Actual score: Seahawks 43, Broncos 8)
- 2015 - Super Bowl XLIX: Patriots 28, Seahawks 24 (Actual score: Patriots 28, Seahawks 24)
- 2016 - Super Bowl 50: Panthers 24, Broncos 20 (Actual score: Broncos 24, Panthers 10)
- 2017 - Super Bowl LI: Patriots 27, Falcons 24. (Actual score: Patriots 34, Falcons 28)
- 2018 - Super Bowl LII: Patriots 24, Eagles 20. (Actual score: Patriots 33, Eagles: 41)
- 2019 - Super Bowl LIII: Patriots 27, Rams 30 (Actual score: Patriots 13, Rams 3)
- 2020 - Super Bowl LIV: Chiefs 35, 49ers 31 (Actual score: Chiefs 31, 49ers 20)
- 2021 - Super Bowl LV: Chiefs 37 - Buccaneers 27 (Actual score: Chiefs: 9, Buccaneers: 31)
- 2022 - Super Bowl LVI: Bengals 24 - Rams 21 (Actual score: Bengals 20 - Rams 23)
- 2023 - Super Bowl LVII: Eagles 31 - Chiefs 17 (Actual score: Chiefs 38 - Eagles 35)
Although Madden NFL’s effectiveness has declined in recent years, failing to predict 4 of the last 5 games, it has returned to correctly predicting outcomes and currently has correctly picked 11 of the 19 games played, for a 57% effectiveness rate.
Super Bowl LVIII will kick off this Sunday, February 11th at 6:30 pm ET at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV.