NCAA Football 2003
{{Short description|2002 video game}}
{{Infobox VG
| title = NCAA Football 2003
| image = NCAA Football 2003 cover art.jpg
| developer = EA Tiburon
| publisher = EA Sports
| designer =
| engine =
| series = NCAA Football
| platforms = GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|July 22, 2002{{cite web | date=July 22, 2002 | url=http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020722/220406_1.html | title=EA Sports Ships NCAA Football 2003 | website=Yahoo! Finance | publisher=Business Wire | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020812034105/http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020722/220406_1.html | archive-date=August 12, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 12, 2023}}}}
| genre = Sports, American football
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
NCAA Football 2003 is a video game of the sports genre released in 2002 by EA Tiburon. Its cover athlete is former Oregon Ducks quarterback Joey Harrington.
Several additions were made to this edition of the game, such as Mascot Games with over 50 mascot teams, 3D cheerleaders, over 200 authentic fight songs, real college rivalries for coveted trophies, 28 bowl games, and more. Like previous years, the game included such features as dynasty mode, create-a-school (notably absent from NCAA Football 2002), create-a-player, campus challenges, and has Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, and Brad Nessler as commentators.
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Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| NGC = true
| PS2 = true
| XBOX = true
| na = true
| MC_NGC = 91/100{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/ncaa-football-2003/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube | title=NCAA Football 2003 for GameCube Reviews | website=Metacritic | publisher=Fandom | access-date=August 20, 2021 | archive-date=November 11, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111020627/https://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/ncaa-football-2003 | url-status=live }}
| Allgame_PS2 = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | last=Marriott | first=Scott Alan | url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=39174&tab=review | title=NCAA Football 2003 (PS2) - Review | website=AllGame | publisher=All Media Network | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115192134/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=39174&tab=review | archive-date=November 15, 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 20, 2021}}
| EGM_PS2 = 9/10{{cite magazine | author=EGM staff | title=NCAA Football 2003 (PS2) | magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly | publisher=Ziff Davis | issue=158 | date=September 2002 | page=150}}
| GamePro_NGC = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine | author=Air Hendrix | date=July 23, 2002 | url=http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/gamecube/games/reviews/25208.shtml | title=NCAA Football 2003 | magazine=GamePro | publisher=IDG Entertainment | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041222024124/http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/gamecube/games/reviews/25208.shtml | archive-date=December 22, 2004 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 20, 2021}}
| GamePro_PS2 = {{Rating|5|5}}
| GamePro_XBOX = {{Rating|5|5}}
| GameRev_PS2 = B+{{cite web | last=Dodson | first=Joe | date=August 2002 | url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33714-ncaa-football-2003-review | title=NCAA Football 2003 Review (PS2) | website=GameRevolution | publisher=CraveOnline | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912225708/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/ncaa-football-2003 | archive-date=September 12, 2015 | url-status=live | access-date=August 20, 2021}}
| GSpot_NGC = 8.8/10{{cite web | last=Varanini | first=Giancarlo | date=July 30, 2002 | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ncaa-football-2003-review/1900-2876017/ | title=NCAA Football 2003 Review (GC) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"] | website=GameSpot | publisher=Fandom | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050121234342/http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/sports/ncaafootball2003/review.html | archive-date=January 21, 2005 | url-status=live | access-date=August 20, 2021}}
| GSpy_PS2 = 85%{{cite web | last=Abner | first=Will | date=August 12, 2002 | url=http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/august02/ncaa2003ps2/ | title=NCAA Football 2003 (PS2) | website=GameSpy | publisher=IGN Entertainment | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217154631/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/august02/ncaa2003ps2/ | archive-date=February 17, 2005 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 20, 2021}}
| NP_NGC = 4.2/5{{cite magazine | title=NCAA Football 2003 | magazine=Nintendo Power | publisher=Nintendo of America | volume=159 | date=August 2002 | page=145}}
| OPM_PS2 = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine | title=NCAA Football 2003 | magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | publisher=Ziff Davis | issue=60 | date=September 2002 | page=114}}
| OXM_XBOX = 8.8/10{{cite magazine | title=NCAA Football 2003 | magazine=Official Xbox Magazine | publisher=Imagine Media | date=September 2002 | page=99}}
| rev1 = Maxim
| rev1_NGC = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine | last=Boyce | first=Ryan | date=July 25, 2002 | url=http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/reviews/review_games_3607.html | title=NCAA Football 2003 | magazine=Maxim | publisher=MaximNet, Inc. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020805052304/http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/reviews/review_games_3607.html | archive-date=August 5, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 20, 2021}}
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The game received "universal acclaim" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
It was nominated for GameSpot{{'}}s annual "Best Traditional Sports Game on Xbox" award, which went to NFL 2K3.{{cite web | author=GameSpot staff | year=2003 | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox20.html | title=GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Best Traditional Sports Game on Xbox, Nominees) | website=GameSpot | publisher=CNET | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030212104954/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox20.html | archive-date=February 12, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 20, 2021}} It was also a nominee for "Console Sports Game of the Year" at the AIAS' 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, which ultimately went to Madden NFL 2003.{{cite web | url=http://www.interactive.org/awards/IAA-6/winners.asp | title=6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards: Winners | website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603024454/http://www.interactive.org/awards/IAA-6/winners.asp | archive-date=June 3, 2004 | url-status=dead | access-date=May 7, 2022}}
The game sold 1.3 million units as of August 2003.{{cite news | last=Kasses | first=Glenn | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97048004/st-louis-post-dispatch/ | title=Video game has best of college football | newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch | publisher=Lee Enterprises | date=August 16, 2003 | page=22 | access-date=March 7, 2022 | archive-date=March 6, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306182646/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97048004/st-louis-post-dispatch/ | url-status=live }}
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/ncaa-football-2003}}
{{NCAA Football games}}
Category:College football video games
Category:Electronic Arts games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games set in 2003
Category:EA Sports College Football
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