NCAA Football 2003 Cheats

NCAA Football 2003

Skip final loading sequence:
Press C-stick Left to skip the last part ofthe game's loading.

Hint: Earning campus challenge creditsand running up your score/stats:
Create your own juggernaut school/team. Edit the rosterso your team is filled with studs. Enter season mode with yourteam and under the preseason options, schedule as many 1-AA teamsas possible. Set your playing time for 15 minutes and enjoy theride. If you have the unlimited time-out cheat, you can use ithere and stop the clock after any play finishes in-bounds. Thiswill give you more time to compile stats. Note: Doing this mayincrease your game time to over 90 minutes (and possibly 120)of "real-time". If you are going to use the time-outcheat, take a 15-minute break when you hit the half time pointof your game. Also, note that campus challenge points are awardedbased on your level of play. Heisman is the hardest level, butyou also get increased value on your campus challenge credits.

Hint: Maximum player status:
Select "Rosters" in the options menu, then"Edit Player". Select their ratings icon and you canchange every column up to 99.

Hint: All out team:
Go to the rosters and select any created or a regularteam. Select the players. This will give you a list of selections.Select ratings, and from there you can pump up your player. Youcan also select the appearance and make him tall and big. It maytake awhile, but you could pump up your entire team. This requirespatience. Choose practice mode to try the team.

Hint: Cause fumble on kickoffs:
To to make your opponent fumble the ball on kickoffs,keep kicking to the same player. Eventually he will fatigue andstart fumbling the ball in the third and fourth quarters. Youcan also kick to the other side of the field and try to surprisethe other receiver. If you catch him off guard, he will sometimesfumble.

Hint: Get ball on kickoff:
Use the following trick to get you the ball 95% ofthe time on kickoff. Set the game to easy play with penaltiesoff, then choose the onside kick. Move the kick off arrow allthe way left and down. You will hardly kick the ball -- only getthe power to the end of the yellow line (it is acceptable if itgoes slightly past), then hit the button again and try to getit in the yellow.

When playing a human player, call for Kickoff Left/Right then,which ever you choose, set to kick the ball in that direction.However, make it go as far up as possible. After the ball is kickedyour team will run to where the ball will land. If you play theCPU, they will almost always call for a fair catch. The ball doesnot have to touch anyone on the return team. You can run up andcatch it (if the kick is powerful enough).

Hint: Kickoff inside ten:
Make sure that your kicker can at least make it tothe endzone on kickoff. Then, go to the settings section and changeall the penalties to off. When you kick it off, kick the ballat maximum power, let the bar go, and press it again. You shouldkick it to the left of the endzone out of bounds inside the tenyard line. Where it goes out of bounds at is the location wherethe other team will start at.

Use the following trick to get the kick returner inside the tenyard line. Select "Onside Kick". Point it all the wayup and to the right. Stop the meter at the top and then in theyellow. The ball will go over the returner's head and stop atabout the 5 yard line. He will run a sort distance then get tackledimmediately.

Hint: Get the ball possession back:
Enter the game settings screen and turn penalties off.Play a game. When you kick off to the other team, do an onsidekick. When you kick it, quickly jump on the ball. Note: This maytake some practice.

Hint: Easy pennants:
Create numerous profiles and get your five pennantsat the beginning. Then, risk your pennants against the other controller.Set the game to overtime and no wind, and kick a FG with the profileyou want to win the pennants. When the other team gets the ball,punt and its all over.

Hint: Easy receiving:
If you throw the ball to one of your receivers repeatedly,the defense will start double teaming that player, making it nearlyimpossible to throw to him. When they start playing extra defenseon him, go to the depth chart and switch him to a different receivingposition. For example, if he was the first string, put him atsecond; if he was second string, put him at first. He will stillbe in the plays, but on the other side of the field with one singleman coverage, so you can keep running up the score. Repeat thisagain if they start the coverage.

Choosing "All Right" in the Ace-Y-Twins package twicein a row can be helpful. The first time, throw to your wide receiver.The next time, throw to the running back. He will usually be openfor a gain of five or more yards.

Hint: Easy plays:
Go to "Settings", then go down to "AISettings". Put it on "CPU" and set their offenseand defense all the way down. Then, switch it to "Human"and put your offense and defense all the way up. This should makeplays very easy.

Hint: Punt return touchdown:
Select Punt Middle as your play, then take your threemiddle lineman and bring them in front and on each side of yourreturner (or get as close as possible). The other team's offensewill block men that are not there, and you will have three extrablockers.

Hint: Announce names instead of numbers:
If you would like to hear the announcers call out yourteams names rather than their numbers, all you have to do is puttheir roster in. Go to the options screen, go to "Edit Rosters"and insert the names under "Player Info". After youinsert them, play a game and your team's names will be announced.

Hint: Other announced team names:
The following NCAA I-AA team names will be recognizedand announced by both the press box announcer and TV commentatorif placed in the "Nickname" slot in the create a schooloption:

• Beavers
• Bison
• Black Bears
• Blackbirds
• Bluejays
• Broncos
• Buccaneers
• Bulldogs
• Cardinals
• Colonels
• Comets
• Crusaders
• Explorers
• Flames
• Gamblers
• Generals
• Giants
• Grizzlies
• Hilltoppers
• Huskies
• Jaguars
• Lumberjacks
• Marauders
• Minutemen
• Mustangs
• Outlaws
• Panthers
• Patriots
• Peacocks
• Pride
• Racers
• Rams
• Red Devils
• Redbirds
• Saints
• Seahawks
• Seawolves
• Sharks
• Skyhawks
• Spiders
• Terriers
• Thunderbirds
• Tigers
• Tribe
• Wildcats

The following non-NCAA I-AA names will also be recognized andannounced by both the press box announcer and TV commentator ifplaced in the "Nickname" slot in the create a schooloption:

Greyhounds

Hint: Easy season mode:
During season mode, change your schedule to play thenumber one ranked team, then the number two ranked team, thenthe number three ranked team. If you cannot defeat them duringgame play, switch over to their team and intentionally make mistakesand cause safeties for the other team. Allow your original teamto score touchdowns and to win the game. You can go undefeatedthrough the season.

Hint: Easy rival trophies:
Go to the settings menu and then turn the length ofthe quarters to one minute. On average for most teams, it takesmore than one minute to drive down the field. If you get the ballfirst, go ahead and score. Just hold the team you are playing.If you do not get the ball first, hold your opponent or let themscore. Then when you score, go for two. The simple iso in goallinealways works. Since the game will take no more than ten minutes,you can get several trophies in an hour.

Go to the settings menu and set it to overtime. Just stop theother team, win in overtime, and you will get the trophy.

Change the game clock to one minute. Set the game on easy play.Kick an onside kick, put the arrow to the ground and to your side,kick as weak as possible, then recover. Do this after drives soyou never have to play defense.

An easy way to win trophies is to set the game on overtime andjunior varsity. All you have to do is hold the opposing team andscore a field goal or touchdown and you will win the trophy. Saveyour profile to keep the trophy in your showcase.

Hint: Easy trophies in Dynasty:
This trick requires a decent amount of free space onyour memory card to create twelve teams. Make all of them juggernautsand increase all of their players' stats very high. After youhave made all of the teams, go to dynasty mode and sign on thetwelve teams you created. Then, if desired, change all of theirschedules so that they play all the top ranking teams. Your createdjuggernaut teams will rarely lose. Simulate the entire season.For better measures, put all of the teams in a different conferenceso that at the end of the season you will get all conferences,most of the bowl games, the Heisman trophy, and all the individualtrophies. You will not always get all trophies, as the seasonstats and games will vary each year, but you will defiantly getthe bulk of them.

Hint: Get created players during Dynasty:
At the end of every season in Dynasty, just after thelast bowl game, save the game. Then, go to create a prospect.Make your prospect as desired, then save the game again. Then,go into players leaving. Note: You can skip this option if desired.Go to scouting. Go directly to the 100 blue chips in the countrylist, and see if your prospect made your team his first option.If not, back out all the way to the beginning, load the game,and try again. You will usually get three to four different outcomes.Keep doing this throughout the week you advance and you are stillone or two on his list. Make sure you save the game -- sometimesthey will pick the last person on their list, or if your teamis already stacked, they will go to your rival with the weakestlink in their position.