Annual EA Super Bowl Simulation
Since 2004, EA games has run a simulation of the Super Bowl using the latest game in the "Madden NFL" series and announced the result. The game simulations conducted by EA have predicted seven of the last nine Super Bowl winners (both cases where the prediction ran counter to the actual outcome featured wild card teams winning the Super Bowl). EA also releases a computer-generated description of the simulated game as if it were a summary of the real Super Bowl. The results of the simulated and actual Super Bowl games are listed below.
- 2004: Patriots 23, Panthers 20 (Actual score: Patriots 32, Panthers 29)
- 2005: Patriots 47, Eagles 31 (Actual score: Patriots 24, Eagles 21)
- 2006: Steelers 24, Seahawks 19 (Actual score: Steelers 21, Seahawks 10)
- 2007: Colts 38, Bears 27 (Actual score: Colts 29, Bears 17)
- 2008: Patriots 38, Giants 30 (Actual score: Giants 17, Patriots 14)
- 2009: Steelers 28, Cardinals 24 (Actual score: Steelers 27, Cardinals 23)
- 2010: Saints 35, Colts 31 (Actual score: Saints 31, Colts 17)
- 2011: Steelers 24, Packers 20 (Actual score: Packers 31, Steelers 25)
- 2012: Giants 27, Patriots 24 (Actual score: Giants 21, Patriots 17)
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