Recording Perna's Curse Wheel Results

The (Unofficial) Curse Wheel Record

  • 2025-26 Season Stats

    Overall stats for the Curse Wheel this season:

    • 9/16 successful curses recorded (0.563) after Week 11
      • One curse was against Perna himself, and that curse was successful.
      • Two of the three unsuccessful curses prior to Week 11 still had residual effects: Week 1‘s curse on the Bengals might have cursed their season with Joe Burrow being out with Turf Toe during Week 2, and Week 8‘s curse on the Broncos was at 1/3rd power and only took Patrick Surtain II out for 4-6 weeks.
      • The only team to TRULY beat the Curse Wheel (so far) has been the Philadelpha Eagles in Week 2. Bear in mind that Saquon Barkley’s poor performance is due to the Madden Curse, which is a completely unrelated curse.
      • Week 11 had four curses and all failed due to the Curse Wheel’s devil magic spread out too thin.
    • 5 successful curse streak! (Weeks 3-7)
    • Indianapolis Colts are currently the only team to be cursed twice and lose both those games (Week 4, Week 9)
      • The Pittsburg Steelers and Green Bay Packers got cursed twice but both survived the second one (their second curses were from in Week 11).

    Most cursed numbers (successes ✅, fails ❌, and totals 📊)

    ?12345678910111213141516ME
    ✅30100011000020001
    ❌00000110000101010
    📊30100121000121011
    ME = #15 and #16 were removed after Week 3 and replaced with “Me personally” and an extra #1, respectively. Their spins in Week 3 are ignored… at my own peril.

    (Who knows how any of this shit works. The Curse Wheel works in mysterious ways.)

  • Week 12, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Denver Broncos (#1)
    • Carolina Panthers (#13)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • INCONCLUSIVE; the Broncos were on a Bye week this week.
    • YES; the Panthers lost to the San Francisco 49ers 9-20

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • The Panthers picked off Brock Purdy THREE TIMES but only scored a field goal off the third pick.
    • The Panthers’ drive after their first pick ended with Bryce Young getting intercepted as well.
    • After the Panthers’ only touchdown and successfully kicking the extra point, a penalty was called against 49er Jordan Elliott for Unnecessary Roughness. This brought them up to the 1-yard line, allowing for the Panthers to go for a two-point conversion instead… only to fail that.
    • Meanwhile the Broncos had a Bye week this week, so it remains to be seen if the Broncos dodged a bullet or if the Curse Wheel will get its pound of flesh in the end.

  • Week 11, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • San Francisco 49ers (#14)
    • Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Pittsburg Steelers (#12; combined)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • NO; the 49ers defeated the Arizona Cardinals 41-22
    • NO; the Packers defeated the New York Giants 27-20
    • NO; the Bears defeated the Minnesota Vikings 19-17
    • NO; the Steelers defeated the Cincinatti Bengals 34-12

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • The curse was bad, as in it’s Devil Magic was simply spread out too thin to do any damage. At best it was a minor inconvience for every team.
    • The Packers might have “suffered” the most in its game, with the Giants managing to keep a lead over the Packers through a lot of the game. The Giants might have won if it weren’t for the fact that the Giants’ own curse of blowing a 4th Quarter lead was still going strong (between a 20-19 lead at first, then getting intercepted in the end zone when trying to tie it up).
    • The Vikings managed to earn a leading Touchdown against the Bears with 50 seconds left in the 4th Quarter (making it 17-16), only for Bears WR Devin Duvernay to get a 56 yard punt return to put the Bears into field goal range to put it away.
    • The 49ers and the Steelers maintained a commanding lead in their games, and victory was rarely in doubt.
    • On the other hand, Aaron Rodgers suffered a wrist injury.

  • Week 10, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Pittsburg Steelers (#7)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • YES; the Steelers lost to the Los Angeles Chargers 10-25

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • “Somehow” the Steelers went from defeating the #1 team in the AFC to being absolute doo-doo.
    • Aaron Rodgers coughed up a Safety 5 minutes left in the 1st Quarter, the first of 25 unanswered points all game.
    • The Steelers had three turnovers, and all three came from Rodgers himself: a fumble then two interceptions. These were also the only turnovers all game.

  • Week 9, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Indianapolis Colts (#1)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • YES; the Colts lost to the Pittsburg Steelers 20-27

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • The Colts had SIX turnovers this game.
    • They also lost to the Steelers, who lost to the Packers last week, who in turn lost to the Panthers this week. By transitive property it means now the Colts are worse than the Panthers. It’s math, look it up.
    • This is actually the second time the Colts have been cursed; the first was in Week 4 against the Los Angeles Rams, and they lost both those games. The final scores for both was also 20-27. If you don’t believe in the powers of the Curse Wheel, the Colts have otherwise won every other game they played. They’re currently 7-2; they might have been the only undefeated team if not for the Curse Wheel.

  • Week 8, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Denver Broncos (#6… or #666?)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • NO; the Broncos defeated the Dallas Cowboys 44-24

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • The Broncos utterly destroyed the Cowboys, so it managed to resist the wheel’s curse powers this time.
    • That said, TECHNICALLY the Curse Wheel cursed the team at #6, but Perna placed the Broncos at #666, which has its own slot on the wheel. So it might be that the wheel cursed no team this week.
    • Also because only one 6 was cursed versus the full 666, maybe the curse was only at 1/3rd power and thus only took Patrick Surtain II out for 4-6 weeks.