# 20th Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 9, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939 "2023-01-09T20:13:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/41 "2023-01-12T22:39:00Z")
Five years in a row, in fact: Buffalo 1991-94, and SF in 95. But I have no idea if he actually made the predictions in those exact years. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/42 "2023-01-13T17:02:25Z")
Seven years in a row. The 49ers won XXIII and XXIV before the Bills’ four-year run, then won XXIX the year after. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/43 "2023-01-13T17:04:32Z")
Yes, but I said “in the 90s.” Those earlier wins were in '89 and '90. #hairsplitting ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/44 "2023-01-13T17:19:48Z")
I’m struggling to find exactly what years Berman made his famous predictions, but the Niners SB runs were relevant. And Super Bowl XXIV was played in 1990, so 😝. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/45 "2023-01-13T17:51:11Z")
It is pretty amazing – regardless of decade or predictions – that two teams played in seven straight Super Bowls without somehow playing each other. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/46 "2023-01-13T18:00:42Z")
Bills 24 49ers 17 ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/47 "2023-01-13T18:14:42Z")
**49ers 27 Chiefs 20** ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/48 "2023-01-13T18:32:38Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Bills 24, 49ers 17 > [@Jegpeg](#): > > Bills 24 49ers 17 If the earlier prediction wins all tiebreakers, then you may want to reconsider your entry. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/49 "2023-01-13T20:01:28Z")
Oh I missed that: Bills 24 49ers 20 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/50 "2023-01-13T21:29:41Z")
If Saint\_Cad is right, that would be a scorigami alright. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/51 "2023-01-13T21:42:06Z")
Absolutely. The highest score on record for a football game was when Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0 on October 7, 1916. So it was over a hundred years ago, and Georgia Tech still scored fewer than half the points of that prediction. Just think that Seattle could score 54 touchdowns, go for the 2 point conversion each time (and succeed), and they’d still only have 432 points. So let’s say that they score 55 touchdowns and successfully convert for 2 points each time, except the last touchdown occurs with no time on the clock and they decide to not bother with the extra points, that would work out to 438 points exactly. To consider how remarkable that would be, there are 60 minutes of regulation play, so they’d be scoring on average one touchdown for each minute of regulation play. As far as the NFL goes, the most number of points ever scored by a team was 72, which the Washington Redskins accomplished on November 27, 1966. (They beat the NY Giants 72-41.) It would have been wise to bet the over that day. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/52 "2023-01-13T22:18:23Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > As far as the NFL goes, the most number of points ever scored by a team was 72, which the Washington Redskins accomplished on November 27, 1966. The 1940 Bears want a word. > **[Bears beat Redskins 73-0 in NFL Championship game | December 8, 1940 | HISTORY](https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bears-beat-redskins-73-0-in-nfl-championship-game)** > > On December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears trounce the Washington Redskins (now known as the Washington Commanders) in the National Football League (NFL) Championship by a score of 73-0, the largest margin of defeat in NFL history. The Bears,... ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/53 "2023-01-13T22:39:24Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > The 1940 Bears want a word. Interesting, none of my Google results came up with that game. But then I realized afterward that for some reason, Google was giving me results only for a **regular season** game, which is not at all relevant. So weird. I guess even Google hates the Chicago Bears. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/54 "2023-01-13T22:45:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Google was giving me results only for a **regular season** game, which is not at all relevant. The game you referenced does have the highest _combined_ score in NFL history. > [@Atamasama](#): > > I guess even Google hates the Chicago Bears. 15-yard penalty for piling on! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/55 "2023-01-13T23:45:42Z")
Almost forgot about this. Bills 34, Eagles 27 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/56 "2023-01-14T00:07:38Z")
Bills 21 Giants 20 Won/Lost on a last second FG miss ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/57 "2023-01-14T01:24:09Z")
49ers 37 Bills 10 ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/58 "2023-01-14T14:19:52Z")
Chiefs 34 Eagles 16 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/59 "2023-01-14T14:58:06Z")
Eagles 28, Bengals 17 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939/60 "2023-01-14T16:13:26Z")
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