STUDY FINDS
LAS VEGAS — Super Bowl LVIII is here, and aside from how many times Taylor Swift will appear on the screen, the only question remaining is who wins the big game on Sunday — Chiefs or 49ers? If you can’t wait for the answer or just want to place your Super Bowl bets ahead of time, one of the most popular sports video games of all time has you covered. According to a computer simulation, the Kansas City Chiefs will repeat as Super Bowl champions.
The simulated matchup in EA’s Madden NFL 24 predicts that quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs will edge out San Francisco 30-28 in Super Bowl LVIII. The simulations also see Mahomeswinning the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award for the second straight year.
How trustworthy is this prediction?
Although Madden may be the gold standard when it comes to NFL video games, its annual computer-generated Super Bowl predictions have been on a serious losing streak in recent years! The computer has gotten the winning team wrong in the last three Super Bowls.
That streak includes betting against Mahomes and the Chiefs last year when they defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35. Last year’s simulation in Madden NFL 23 predicted the Eagles would crush Kansas City 31-17. Before that, the computer simulations incorrectly picked the Bengals to win Super Bowl LVI (the Rams won) and the Chiefs to win Super Bowl LV (Tom Brady and the Buccaneers won).
Interestingly, the last time the Madden simulation correctly picked the winner of the Super Bowl was four years ago in Super Bowl LIV, when Mahomes and the Chiefs beat the 49ers 31-20. Will history repeat itself on Sunday…
