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College Football USA '97 (Genesis)

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College Football USA '97 was the last EA college football game on the Genesis.

Unused Stadium Names#

Much like High Score's NHL 96 and College Football USA '96, almost all teams in the game have their stadiums listed, even though this information is never used in gameplay. However there are spelling mistakes, and one school never had its stadium and mascot defined!

Only teams with notable spelling or other mistakes are listed for space reasons. Almost all of these were present in College Football USA '96. Also listed is the Division 1AA mascot information, which is never displayed in game.

Team

Arena

University of Florida

Ben Hill Griffen Stadium
(should be Griffin)

Georgia Tech

Bobby Dod Stadium
(should be Bobby Dodd)

Iowa

Kinnink Stadium
(should be Kinnick)

Ole Miss

Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium
(should be Hemingway)

Penn State

Beavers Stadium
(should be Beaver)

Texas A&M

Kyle Field Stadium
(known as just Kyle Field)

Univ. of Southern California

Los Angleles Memorial Coliseum

North Texas

Stadium
(Neither UNT's stadium or mascot are defined. Team played at Fouts Field)

Boise State (new for '97)

Bronco
(Bronco Stadium)

Division 1AA (new for '97)

EA SPORTS Arena
Mascot: Roms

University of the Pacific#

The University of the Pacific was in College Football USA '96, but they dropped their football program after the 1995 season.

The text displayed in the special endings is implemented in text, and among the available strings of ending text is one for UOP, identical to their appearance in CFB USA '96.

Main Screen Button Combos#

The game comes with three button combos that access hidden items from the main screen:

Sequence

Effect

A B C A A C A A

Print build date
College_Football_USA_'97_Genesis_Build_Date.png

B B C A A C A B

View special endings (Check End Game)
College_Football_USA_'97_Genesis_Ending_Viewer.png

C B C A A C A C

Check Sound
College_Football_USA_'97_Genesis_Sound_Test.png

Build Date#

At 0x774 is a build date:

Mon, Jun 17, 1996 3:45:04 PM

This prints when the game is crashed or with the print build date button combo.

References#

  1. TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT, INC. - COLLEGE FOOTBALL USA 97↩︎
  2. College Football USA 97↩︎
  3. NEXT Generation Issue #22 October 1996, p. 189↩︎
  4. Re: college football U.S.A. 97. "It's been out for over a month now. I've had my copy since Sep. 13th."↩︎

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The EA College Football series

Genesis

Bill Walsh College Football • Bill Walsh College Football '95 • College Football USA '96 • College Football USA '97

SNES

Bill Walsh College Football • College Football USA '97

Sega CD

Bill Walsh College Football