We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.
This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.
Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-27 · 25 entries checked · 11 flagged · 20 issues confirmed · 11 corrected · 9 still open
John Madden — The entry states Madden's winning percentage is .763, but the correct calculation is .750.
Brett Favre — The LORE section states the downloadable cover option was unavailable for Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, and Wii, which utilized alternate covers by default, but the Xbox 360 did not have an alternate cover by default; the downloadable cover was available for Xbox 360
Green Bay Packers — The term 'Yooper Bowl' is not a historically recognized or widely-known name for the Packers-Lions Thanksgiving series; it appears to be an invented claim.
Joe Montana — The entry states the game was Sega's first football title, but Sega had previously published 'Great Football' (1987) for the Master System, so it was only Sega's first football title for the Genesis.
Joe Montana — The entry states Damon Grow revealed a mobile version titled 'Joe Montana Football' at E3 in 2015, but no such reveal by Damon Grow occurred; the mobile version was announced by other parties.
Emmitt Smith — Emmitt Smith was not on the cover of Madden NFL 2002; the cover athlete for Madden NFL 2002 was Daunte Culpepper.
Tom Brady — The entry states that Madden NFL 22 'marks the first joint cover since Madden NFL 21,' but Madden NFL 21 also had a joint cover, so it should be 'first joint cover since Madden NFL 20' or similar.
Tom Brady — The entry says Brady and Mahomes were 'celebrated for their GOAT status' and calls it 'the third joint edition since Madden NFL 21,' which is factually imprecise; Madden NFL 22 is the third joint cover in franchise history (after Madden 10 and Madden 21), not
Barry Sanders — The claim that he 'helped lead the Lions to their first postseason win since 1958' is incorrect; the Lions' last playoff win before 1991 was in 1957, not 1958.
Face of the Franchise — Face of the Franchise was first introduced in Madden NFL 19, not Madden NFL 18.
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