The Rev. Mark Tanner wanted to make a bold statement outside of his Maine church. He asked his office secretary last Friday to write about the upcoming Patriots-Chiefs game.

“God doesn’t have a favorite team,” said the sign outside of Skowhegan Federated Church, “but the pastor does.”

He then predicted the final score on the sign: Patriots, 37. Chiefs, 31.

That prediction ended up being spot on. The New England Patriots ended up beating the Kansas City Chiefs to win another spot in the Super Bowl.

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“I would like to think it was divine intervention,” Tanner, 62, told the Morning Sentinel. “But I’m not that crazy.”

He said he does have a prediction for the Super Bowl

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He said he is predicting a Patriots' Super Bowl win Feb. 3, but he's not revealing the score. Yet.

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Includes reporting by The Associated Press.