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A fabricated Super Bowl box score has been used online to argue that the game was scripted and was later debunked by fact-checkers. A recurring online narrative claims that NFL games and the Super Bowl are scripted entertainment rather than fully competitive sporting outcomes.
Open the caseSuper Bowl5
- Documented · A fabricated Super Bowl box score has been used online to argue that the game was scripted and was later debunked by fact-checkers.
- Documented · Fans pointed to a months-old social media post that appeared to anticipate the Super Bowl 60 matchup as support for a scripting claim.
- Documented · Multiple news outlets reported the league’s response denying that the Super Bowl matchup was predetermined.
- Documented · The Super Bowl scripting narrative has resurfaced across multiple seasons, including discussions tied to Super Bowl 59 and Super Bowl 60/LX.
- Documented · YouTube creators regularly publish speculative or satirical videos framing Super Bowl results as if they followed a predetermined script.
National Football League4
- Documented · An NFL promotional graphic released in September was described by some fans as too accurately matching the eventual Super Bowl LX pairing.
- Official · The NFL publicly rejected a viral conspiracy theory that a Super Bowl matchup had been scripted.
- Documented · The phrase and concept “NFL Scripted / Super Bowl Script” has been documented as a recurring internet meme and fan conspiracy motif.
- Contested · A recurring online narrative claims that NFL games and the Super Bowl are scripted entertainment rather than fully competitive sporting outcomes.
New Orleans Saints1
- Contested · Online commentary has claimed that material tied to Jeffrey Epstein files suggests a New Orleans Saints Super Bowl win was scripted.