That outcome has held true for 25 of those 29 years, making the game a predictor of the Dow’s performance 86 percent of the time.
Here are the years the games were played, the Super Bowl result, where the Dow stood at the beginning and end of that year, and whether the predicted outcome was right or not.
Super Bowl Dow on Dow on Predicted
Year Result Jan. 1 Dec. 31 Outcome
2002 New England 20,
St. Louis 17 10646 10021 Right
2000 St. Louis 23,
Tennessee 16 11357 10786 Wrong
1999 Denver 34,
Atlanta 19 9184 11497 Wrong
1998 Denver 31,
Green Bay 24 7965 9181 Wrong
1997 Green Bay 35,
New England 21 6442 7908 Right
1995 San Francisco 49,
San Diego 26 3838 5117 Right
1994 Dallas 30,
Buffalo 13 3756 3834 Right
1993 Dallas 52,
Buffalo 17 3309 3754 Right
1992 Washington 37,
Buffalo 24 3172 3301 Right
1991 N.Y. Giants 20,
Buffalo 19 2610 3168 Right
1990 San Francisco 55,
Denver 10 2810 2663 Wrong
1989 San Francisco 20,
Cincinnati 16 2144 2753 Right
1988 Washington 42,
Denver 10 2015 2168 Right
1987 N.Y. Giants 39,
Denver 20 1927 1938 Right
1986 Chicago 46,
New England 10 1537 1895 Right
1985 San Francisco 38,
Miami 16 1198 1546 Right
1983 L.A. Raiders 38,
Washington 9 1252 1211 Right
1983 Washington 27,
Miami 17 1027 1258 Right
1982 San Francisco 26,
Cincinnati 21 882 1046 Right
1981 Oakland 27,
Philadelphia 10 950 882 Right
1978 Dallas 27,
Denver 10 800 807 Right
1977 Oakland 32,
Minnesota 14 1000 800 Right
1974 Miami 24,
Minnesota 7 800 650 Right
1973 Miami 14,
Washington 7 1050 800 Right
1972 Dallas 24,
Miami 3 900 1049 Right
1970 Kansas City 23,
Minnesota 7 800 811 Wrong
1969 N.Y. Jets 16,
Baltimore 7 1025 800 Right
1968 Green Bay 33,
Oakland 14 910 1025 Right
1967 Green Bay 35,
Kansas City 10 800 910 Right
Tampa Bay beat Oakland, an old AFL team, this year, and the Dow started the year at 10073.
Boston/New England, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Dallas/Kansas City, Denver, Houston/Tennessee, Los Angeles/San Diego, Miami, NY Jets and Oakland/LA/Oakland make up the 10 AFL clubs.
Note: A former AFL team did not play in the 2001, 1996, 1980, 1979, 1976, 1975, and 1971 Super Bowls. The Dow Jones averages were rounded for space concerns.
Sources: SuperBowl.com and djindexes.com.