Madden 09 predicts Pittsburgh Steelers victory in Super Bowl XLIII

by Andrew Yoon on Jan 23rd 2009 3:22PM

The Super Bowl is only a few days away, and as expected, EA has run a Super Bowl simulation using this year's Madden. This year, the publisher expects the Pittsburgh Steelers to achieve a narrow victory over the Arizona Cardinals, with a final score of 28-24.

The annual Madden prediction has been fairly successful, with the exception of last year's surprise victory from the New York Giants:

2004 - Madden: Patriots ; Reality: Patriots
2005 - Madden: Patriots ; Reality: Patriots
2006 - Madden: Steelers ; Reality: Steelers
2007 - Madden: Colts ; Reality: Colts
2008 - Madden: Patriots ; Reality: Giants

Super Bowl XLIII kicks off February 1st, when the NY Giants will somehow manage to pull off an even more startling victory this year. Go NY!

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Tags: cardinals, madden, madden-09, nfl, steelers, super-bowl, super-bowl-xliii

Reader Comments (60)

Anyone gonna watch the NHL Allstar game? :-)

Seeing as it is a week before the Super Bowl, yes.

NHL all star game tarting lineup is bullshit.

Not a chance, the NHL all star game is the second weakest of the four major all star games (Behind the Pro Bowl, which is a total joke). But, I'll be watching the NBA all star game in a couple weeks for sure. Because that's the best. It's like watching street ball.

I'm pulling for the Cardinals in Super Bowl 44. As a Cowboy fan, I can't have the Steelers having more Super Bowl wins than we do (Currently, we're both tied with 5 a piece). Plus, Fitzgerald is too much fun to watch, I cannot wait to see him own the Steelers secondary, as he has done to every other secondary.

Don't forget the 49ers also have five. But it'll be a nice story for second place for both the Niners and the Cowboys, since James Harrison and Lamarr Woodley will most certainly allow Kurt Warner to finally see a glimpse of this Jesus fellow he likes to talk about.

The question is: Are you willing to put your money were Madden's mouth is?

Madden isn't covering the spread, so probably no. : )

Go Steelers!

That sounds dirty. Like a sex act involving John Madden in some way. It sounds awful, really awful. I'm gonna go get in the bathtub with the toaster now.

*grabs extension cord

I would like to see Warner and the Cards win but I think the Steelers will pull it off.

I dunno man. My friend *looks around* Starcasm is a big Steelers fan. Yes, both the Ravens and Steelers are known for their defense but, QB Flaaco, couldn't have waved a bigger "ROOKIE" banner...

The offense on both sides were so shitty, that whoever erred first would lose. That was the Ravens.

K. Warner is not to be trifled with. That being said the new slogan for this year might be, "Offense wins games!"

[Lord Negatron]

...and Defense wins championships.

Why is his head so small?

he's probably still wearing his pads

BOOO! HISS!

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs

BoohBees?

I was saying boo urrrns...

I am pulling for Kurt Warner, as someone from St. Louis I feel he got the shaft here in our city when he got injured. Just like my city when your up they care about you, but when your down they say fuck you buddy.

I thought only NY did that? Oh wait, i meant Dallas. No wait, I mean L- ...

;)

Madden '09, telling you what you already know, since 08...

Well going off madden's ranking it's no wonder they would win. It might be impressive if the simulation had actually gotten the playoffs correct up to this point.

In the end the Steelers will probably win. However, people shouldn't underestimate the Cardinals in this game. I can see a situation arising where the Cardinals pull it out.

Warner to Fitzgerald ... TOUCHDOWN!!!

the steelers, huh? that's interesting, so does everyone possessing half a brain...

I flipped a coin and got the same results.

Super bowl? What the hell is a Super bowl?

I'm sorry but I live in Europe, and I don't know what it is, can somebody tell me please?

HAR HAR HAR

It's the final American Football championship game. The purpose of it is to watch really cool commercials.

Ha! Silly man, you don't know the Super Bowl??

Try Google, its basically like 2 girls 1 cup, but way better. More people can get in on the sloppy fun.

:P

Commercials ftw!

Oh, so its like the UEFA Champions League final?

Ok i get it now, thanks for explaining Johnny.

Wow, my ignorance got me downvoted again. :(

Does that mean you're going to nozzle yourself for your own ignorance? It seems harsh, but fair.

"The Super Bowl is only a few days away..."

They are aware the Super Bowl is NEXT weekend and not THIS weekend? Right?

Im from Phoenix, I hate Cardinals fans. They are so fairweather it makes me sick. The whole city went ape shit the other night when they won. I hate the Bidwells as well.

The players on the other hand deserve it, they have been outplaying guys that make 4 times as much as they do.

Great job predicting the favorite every year, Madden. That's really impressive. Bravo.

not last year.

"The Super Bowl is only a few days away...."

No the Superbowl is not this weekend but next weekend.

Aside from just picking the favourite, I assume they are using the same player ratings from the time the game was released. So really they are predicting that the Sept '08 Steelers will beat the Sept '08 Cardinals. Big deal.

GAH! Haven't you people ever heard of a spoiler alert?!! GEEZ! Now I may as well not bother watching.

I didn't know Madden 09 could actually simulate Hines Ward limping as he runs down the field?

On paper, the Cardinals are one of the worst Super Bowl teams in history. It's not a surprise that Madden picked the Steelers. With that said, I think we'll have a pretty good game. If Warner's on his game (better than 100 QB rating), I see the Cardinals taking it 27-17. If not, Steelers win 17-10.

Ah, so you're taking the Cards and the Steelers. Way to go out on a limb there.

All kidding aside, this has the making of a Cardinals victory.

Although Pittsburgh has more experience overall, especially experience in the SB, Arizona arguably has more experience at QB, the most important position on the field in Kurt Warner.

The Cards showed they can beat even the best of blitzing teams, and Pittsburgh's secondary can be beaten.

The Steelers are very good, but not unbeatable. This was the same team that the Cowboys basically dominated on until Romo decided to be gay and throw an INT for a TD.

Romo didn't decide to go gay. He was born that way. jk

Obviously the Steelers have a penchant for really blowing it when a victory of theirs is just assumed, so it won't be definite, but it's probably what will happen. Once i saw the AFC/NFC championships lineup, i just figured that whoever won the AFC was going to be the next NFL Champion

Though i didn't really follow this season until after final exams and that very interesting wildcard chase, so i don't have a read on the Cardinals

The Cardinals are pretty much doing what the Giants did last year. The only difference is they haven't had to win each game on the road and they aren't facing an undefeated juggernaut.

The Cardinals have the most dynamic QB/WR tandem in all of the NFL. Three WR's (Boldin, Fitzgerald & Breaston) that each had over 1,000 yards. They had an awful defense during the regular season but have for ced around 10 turnovers in the playoffs. They have pretty much peaked at the right time. They also have a fresh Edgerrin James splitting duties with Tim Hightower at RB & a former NFL MVp (Kurt Warner) at QB.

"Super Bowl XLIII kicks off February 1st, when the NY Giants will somehow manage to pull off an even more startling victory this year. Go NY!"

Oh, har har. Elimination by the lowly Eagles this hurts and you're NOT HELPING!

You know, I wanted the cardinals to get to the super bowl. And I thought: the only way it can happen is if the eagles beat the giants, cause there was no chance in hell the cardinals would have won against them. And that's how it happened. The eagles, who know pretty well the giants, and if I'm not mistaken won their last regular season game against them, managed to beat the giants and then lost to the cardinals who they also defeated by more than 20 in the regular season...

Hey, I'm a Giants fan and I thought it was funny. *shrugs* There's always next year's Superbowl. Besides, all the even ones are good. Oh wait, that's Star Trek...

Being a Giants fan, it was disappointing they lost a second time to the Eagles, but I lol'd when McNabb ran off the field and answered someone's phone off of the Giants bench.

GOoo Cornish Hens!!! Sorry, thought i was on 2K's All Pro forums.

:P

I've been playing Madden 09's franchise mode with the dolphins and it's been amazingly accurate through the playoffs. so far I've gotten to the conference championship and the teams that made it to the games are:
Dolphins vs Chargers (SD beat Pittsburgh last round, I think it was cause Big Ben was injured)
Cardinals vs Eagles (who beat Panthers and Cowboys last round)
I was amazed at how it was almost like it really happened.

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