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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
Running styles:
When an offensive player is running with the ball, and no other defender is
around and inside their 20, hold L1 or R1 to run in a fancy
way. Note: This may also work for defensive players. It may cause the player
to juke and slows the player's running.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
Recommended defensive plays: Play as Oklahoma and go to the 4-4 Defense. Call Mad Dog Blitz
and no play can get past it.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
Score contradiction: This is easier with a very good team such as OSU or OU playing
against a team such as Harvard or Yale. If you score 100 points in one game,
the scoreboard will read 0 in the stadium, but the small one in the corner
will read 100.
Glitch:
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.
Glitch:
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.
Glitch:
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.
Glitch:
High score announcements: When a team reaches 200 points, the announcers will say
"zero" instead of "two hundred".
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