The Pittsburgh Maulers won World Bowl XLV by a 27-10 score over the Denver Gold. This is the 4th World Bowl victory in 7 tries for Pittsburgh, with this trophy joining the ones they won in World Bowls XXIX, XXXIV, and XLI. The Maulers lost in World Bowls II, XXXII, and XXXVII. The Denver Gold were appearing in their second consecutive World Bowl and 4th overall. This loss evens their World Bowl record at 2-2, having won World Bowls XIX and XLIV and losing World Bowl X.
We've had 45 total World Bowls and with this win, the National Conference improves to 14-31 in the big game. Overall that's horrible but when you consider the American Conference won 18 of the first 21, it's not so bad. In the last 24 seasons, the American has won 13, National 11, and in the last 12 seasons the National Conference is 7-5.
Houston still has the most World Bowl wins with 9, followed by Memphis and New Orleans with 5 wins each. Pittsburgh joins the 4 win club along with New Jersey and Portland. San Antonio has won 3, Detroit, Denver, San Jose, and Oklahoma have won 2 each. The franchises with 1 World Bowl win are Florida, Oakland, and Los Angeles.
New Orleans leads with 11 World Bowl appearances, followed by Houston and New Jersey with 10 each.
Memphis 5-0
Florida 1-0
Oakland 1-0
Los Angeles 1-0
Houston 9-1
Detroit 2-1
San Jose 2-1
Portland 4-3
Pittsburgh 4-3
San Antonio 3-3
Oklahoma 2-2
Denver 2-2
New Orleans 5-6
New Jersey 4-6
Chicago 0-1
Birmingham 0-1
Shreveport 0-1
Tampa Bay 0-2
Orlando 0-2
Philadelphia 0-2
Baltimore 0-3
Washington 0-5
