--- description: The video game predicts the Panthers will keep pounding to beat the Denver Broncos on Sunday by a score of 24-20. title: 'Madden NFL' Predicts the Winner of the Super Bowl image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Football](/tag/football/) ## Football Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Madden NFL_ Says This Team Will Win Super Bowl by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 2, 2016 6:11 AM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 2, 2016 6:11 AM CUT It’s not uncommon for video game companies to run simulations of big games in their products to whip up a little consumer interest before the events. But when Electronic Arts’ “Madden NFL” puts on its prognostication helmet, it’s worth listening to what it has to say. The long-running franchise, coming off last year’s perfect prediction of the game, has projected the winner for Super Bowl 50: the Carolina Panthers. The video game predicts the Panthers will keep pounding to beat the Denver Broncos on Sunday by a score of 24-20… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/super-bowl/broncos-or-panthers-madden-nfl-says-team-will-win-super-n508841?cid=par-time-tech%5F20160202 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4203783/football-super-bowl-madden-nfl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4203783/football-super-bowl-madden-nfl/"},"headline":"Madden NFL Says This Team Will Win Super Bowl","datePublished":"2016-02-02T06:11:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:40:23.877Z","description":"The video game predicts the Panthers will beat the Broncos","url":"https://time.com/4203783/football-super-bowl-madden-nfl/","keywords":["Football","Denver","NFL","Super Bowl topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/football/","name":"Football"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4203783/football-super-bowl-madden-nfl/","name":"Madden NFL Says This Team Will Win Super Bowl"}}]}] ```