Butter Fingers cheat: Reach level 2 in your EA Sports Bio.
Rose Bowl stadium: Reach level 4 in your EA Sports Bio.
Orange Bowl stadium: Reach level 8 in your EA Sports Bio.
Fiesta Bowl stadium: Reach level 12 in your EA Sports Bio.
2002 All-American team: Reach level 18 in your EA Sports Bio.
All-Time Notre Dame team: Reach level 24 in your EA Sports Bio.
Touchdown celebrations: When you score a TD, the word "Touchdown"
appears. When it first appears, press the following button combinations.
Note: This could also get you an 15 yard Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty.
L2 + Square : Player spikes the ball, points to the crowd, then beats his
chest.
L2 + Triangle : Player bows to the crowd.
L2 + Circle : Player spikes the ball, then shrugs his shoulder.
L2 + X : Player does Heisman Trophy pose.
R2 + Square : Player will dunk on the Goal Post.
R2 + Triangle : Player will punch the ball towards the crowd.
R2 + Circle : Player will kick the ball into the crowd.
R2 + X : Player will throw the ball to the crowd.
Extra campus challenge points: Play several games at the Heisman level,
however alter the AI settings in the settings menu before playing. Set the
CPU levels at their lowest, and the Human levels at their highest. This
will force the CPU to make a lot more mistakes and you to allocate
challenge points, which can be used to purchase pennants and unlock other
secrets within the game. The play level is still very difficult, but with
your added AI, you should be able to be successful.
CPU control: Snap the ball. Do not press anything else. The CPU will
sense that you are not playing and will play for you. They will almost get
a touchdown or a very good pass or run. If you press anything after the
snap, you will have to play. This works best on pass plays, and only works
on offense.
Easy sacks: You can get an easy sack by doing a linebacker, line and
coverage audible and press Down . When the ball is snapped, rush the QB.
He will throw a bad pass or get sacked.
Press Start , go to "Setting", then choose "Penalty Settings". Turn off
offsides. Before the ball is snapped, hold Down . You will begin to run
and have a head start on the offense. This works best in 5-2.
When playing on defense and you are having trouble putting pressure on the
quarterback, select the Nickel Defense, down arrow once and choose the
center play for the Cornerback Blitz. It is also very effective at
stopping toss plays and full back dives. If you pay attention to the
offensive line, you can usually alter your coverage audible to close
coverage, which helps stop the run as well.
Choose the 3-4 formation and select Fire 2 defense. You will always have
pressure on the QB.
Easy two point conversion: Once you score a touchdown, go to goal line
then rollout. When you line up make, sure your wingback is on the right.
Snap the ball, then rollout right. Your quarterback now has the option of
throwing (to the tight end recommended), or running it in.
Easy punt blocks: To block punts, its easier to turn the offsides penalty
off to get a head start on the offensive line. Choose a corner or a
running back (someone that is fast enough and tall enough) and do one of
the two; blitz the kicker and tackle him, which takes yardage off your
opponent's rushing yards in the game, or jump and block the kick. This is
not a play that works all of the time. However it usually works in the
punt return play, and not the punt block play. Also, it never hurts to use
a little play action once every series or so.
Longer punts: Choose to punt out of bounds left or right. The defense
will not go into punt coverage. Simply move the arrow to the middle of the
field and just boom it. If a returner does get back in time to field it,
he will muff it most of the time. This works great for making sure the
opposing team has a long field to work with, as well as getting your
Punter All-American status.
When you line up to punt the ball away, point the arrow straight down. If
timed correctly, you will punt the ball at least 70 yards almost every
time.
Quicker tackle: When you are defending a receiver and they make a catch,
press Triangle , You can use that as quicker tackle, as well as intercept
passes.
Long rushes: This play is best used with Kansas State or Virgina Tech.
Select Half Back Direct Snap and stand in front of the QB. When you start
to get tackled, press R2 to throw it back to him. He can get long gains
every time.
Kickoff: When kicking off, choose "Kickoff Left" or "Kickoff Right",
whichever way the wind is blowing. The CPU will almost always pick "Return
Middle". When you kick the ball, the return man will be alone and your
coverage can nail him around the 15 yard line. Be careful not to kick the
ball out of bounds.
Big plays: When you get a QB crossed over the line by having a profile to
get, you can cross the line of scrimmage and still throw the football.
Winning College Classics: To win all of the College Classics, play one of
them. Go to the AI settings and change the CPU's settings to all negatives
and yours to all positive.
Easy trophies in Dynasty: This trick requires a decent amount of free
space on your memory card to create twelve teams. Make all of them
juggernauts and increase all of their players' stats very high. After you
have made all of the teams, go to dynasty mode and sign on the twelve
teams you created. Then, if desired, change all of their schedules so that
they play all the top ranking teams. Your created juggernaut teams will
rarely lose. Simulate the entire season. For better measures, put all of
the teams in a different conference so that at the end of the season you
will get all conferences, most of the bowl games, the Heisman trophy, and
all the individual trophies. You will not always get all trophies, as the
season stats and games will vary each year, but you will defiantly get the
bulk of them.
Recommended defensive plays: Play as Oklahoma and go to the 4-4 Defense.
Call Mad Dog Blitz and no play can get past it.
Identifying man-to-man coverage: When on offense, set a person in motion.
If he is followed, the defense is using man-to-man coverage.
Send a man in motion. If someone follows them, they are using man
coverage. If nobody follows, then they are using zone coverage.
Cornerback commentary: If you go to the rosters, you can edit a player's
ranking skills. Set catching, carrying, and speed as high as possible for
a cornerback and you can make him an effective wide receiver for your
team. However, if he drops a pass Lee Corso will say " He's better at
deflecting passes than catching them!" Note: Corso only says this if he
was not already set as a receiver. The message usually is heard with a
created cornerback put into the WR position.
Stop announcers: While any of the announcers are talking, press Start .
At the start menu, press X to return to the game. The announcer will no
longer be talking. Note: If a band was playing a song, the music will also
stop.
Crowd chant: If you are playing at home and score a high amount of points
and dominate the other team, each time you make another big play the crowd
will start chanting "We are number one". Note: You also may need to be
ranked number one.
Play against a Top-10 team. If you are winning late in the fourth quarter,
the crowd will start chanting "Overated".
During home games, if you happen to get the ball spotted a few short yards
within the first down marker on fourth down, the crowd will chant "Go, go,
go, go..." They will either cheer or boo depending on if you do or do not
go for it (respectively). If you fake the punt or kick though, somehow the
crowd will know it and cheer for you.
Kick fumbled ball: During your opponent's extra point or field goal
attempt, move one of your defenders in position to block the snap. The
ball will bounce off your defender and act as a fumble. However, the
kicker will still be able to kick the ball, even if it nowhere near.
Get ball on offense again after scoring: This trick requires two players.
When you are kicking off to the opposing team, have your teammate switch
to the closest man to the right of the kicker. You should be able to see
the player onscreen. When he is kicking it, get a head start by pressing
Circle + Up . When he does, try to block your own kick by diving on the
ball (when on the kicker stand). If you are successful, he will block it
and the ball will roll on the ground. A flag will be thrown and the kicker
should pick it up. The flag is for illegal kick procedure. Then, the other
team will be kicking the ball to you. Doing an onside return formation is
recommended as they are kicking it on the 25 yard line. They will either
kick it into the endzone (down it if they do), out of the endzone, or they
will be onsiding it. You now have the ball again on offense. This process
can be repeated as many times as desired. Note: It is difficult to block.
Disappearing stats: Rack up the stats in rushing, passing, and receiving.
After you get slightly over 1,000 yards in a single game, in certain
categories, the stats for the game will actually start reading -,1,000 or
however many yards you had. This makes your player ratings and points very
low, which will make him be very horrible on the stat charts. However, if
he plays well to begin with, you can use this to your advantage; it might
make it easier to sign him in the draft pool after you put him in Madden
2004 .
High score announcements: When a team reaches 200 points, the announcers
will say "zero" instead of "two hundred".
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