The Second Season of NFL Fever On Monday Night Kicks off on Xbox.com
Posted by Ben on Friday, September 6 2002

Put on your pads and helmet, grab your lucky football jersey and head to the nearest computer because Microsoft is proud to kick off season two of “NFL Fever on Monday Night”. “NFL Fever on Monday Night” is a simulated highlight reel, game summary and statistics which appears every Friday on www.xbox.com and www.NFLFever2003.com previewing the upcoming Monday Night game. All games will be played in incredibly realistic replicas of NFL stadiums, using Microsoft Game Studios’ “NFL Fever 2003” for Xbox to simulate the game.

“NFL Fever on Monday Night’s” first match-up of the season is a familiar one, pitting the Pittsburgh Steelers against the team that dashed their “Super Bowl Dreams”, the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots.

The Steelers jumped out to an early 21-7, second quarter lead after Jerome “The Bus” Bettis rumbled for TD’s of 26 and 7-yards and Kordell “Slash” Stewart chipped in with a 74-yard TD dash of his own. However in typical Patriot fashion, the arm of Tom Brady and Bill Belicheck’s smothering defense took over. Brady, out to prove last year was no fluke, threw for 336 yards and 2 TD’s each to Troy Brown and rookie sensation Deion Branch. When all was said and done, the Patriots started off the 2002 NFL campaign with a come from behind 28-21 victory.

To see this week’s simulated highlight reel, game summary and statistics visit www.xbox.com or www.NFLFever2003.com . Be sure to check back in Week Two when Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles venture to Washington to battle Steve Spurrier’s Redskins.

Oh, and after you’re done with your computer, head back to your Xbox and continue playing “NFL Fever 2003” so you can be ready to beat your friends around the country when the Xbox Live online system kicks off November 15!

“NFL Fever 2003”, which features cover athlete and spokesperson Peyton Manning, is available in stores for the suggested retail price of $49.99 exclusively for Xbox.

“NFL Fever 2003” is an Officially Licensed Product of PLAYERS INC. The PLAYERS INC. logo is a registered trademark of the NFL players. © 2002 NFLP. Team names and logos are trademarks of the teams indicated. All other (NFL-related marks) are trademarks of the National Football League and NFL Properties. © 2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

MONDAY NIGHT AND PLAYOFF FEVER HISTORY

Last season NFL Fever’s artificial intelligence:

• Correctly predicted the exact Super Bowl XXXVI score (20-17 Patriots).
• Correctly predicted the winner of all five NFC Playoff games.
• Correctly predicted the outcome of 17 of 25 games, including marks of 10-4 in the regular season and 7-4 in the postseason.
• Posted a 6-0 record when predicting the winner of games featuring the Rams.
• Came within seven points of predicting the game’s exact final score three times (Rams at Lions within 7 points, Bucs at Rams within 4 points and Pats vs. Rams the exact score).
• Predicted the winner of eight straight Monday Night football games.

2001-2002 MONDAY NIGHT AND PLAYOFF FEVER RESULTS
WEEK PREDICTION ACTUAL SCORE RESULT

WEEK 1 Rams 28-0 Rams 35-0 W
WEEK 2 Redskins 7-3 Cowboys 9-7 L
WEEK 3 Eagles 21-14 Eagles 10-9 W
WEEK 4 Titans 27-21 Steelers 34-7 L
WEEK 5 Raiders 17-13 Raiders 38-28 W
WEEK 6 Ravens 12-6 Ravens 16-10 W
WEEK 7 Vikings 31-0 Vikings 28-16 W
WEEK 8 Bucs 20-17 Bucs 24-17 W
WEEK 9 Packers 17-8 Packers 28-21 W
WEEK 10 Dolphins 7-6 Dolphins 41-6 W
WEEK 11 Rams 14-11 Rams 34-21 W
WEEK 12 Titans 24-7 Titans 13-10 W
WEEK 13 Ravens 14-0 Bucs 22-10 L
WEEK 14 Vikings 12-7 Ravens 19-3 L
WILD CARD Eagles 24-21 Eagles 31-9 W
WILD CARD Jets 20-17 Raiders 38-24 L
WILD CARD Packers 34-28 Packers 25-15 W
WILD CARD Ravens 13-10 Ravens 20-3 W
DIVISIONAL Eagles 27-24 Eagles 33-19 W
DIVISIONAL Raiders 28-13 Patriots 16-13 L
DIVISIONAL Ravens 17-14 Steelers 27-10 L
DIVISIONAL Rams 17-13 Rams 45-17 W
CHAMPIONSHIP Steelers 14-7 Patriots 24-17 L
CHAMPIONSHIP Rams 28-10 Rams 29-24 W
SUPER BOWL XXXVI Patriots 20-17 Patriots 20-17 W



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