Tecmo Super Bowl Trick

[thebballbeast02]

is this madden 1400???

[MegaJazzdude]

@thebballbeast02 Is this a retarded comment?

[uofm97]

I've played the Genesis version for almost 20 years and the closest I've ever seen to the standings at 0:13 was when 3 out of 5 teams in a division went 7-9 during one of the almost 50 seasons I've played on there. Haven't had it happen on the NES game yet, though.

[xxslayerplayerxx]

hey miami made it to the playoffs. well i'll be a blowjob on a tuesday

[kendizzleful]

Does anyone remember how to set the Buffalo stampede?? Where all the teams in the playoff bracket is the Bills???

[BHoz77]

My favorite trick in this game was hitting reset during the division-clinching screen. You get to play the same game over, plus have the already played game count in the standings. I had an 18-0 season with the Lions as a result. I clinched the division after beating the Vikings, hit rest and played them again. Then in week 17 I beat the Bills, whose loss clinched the division for Miami. Hit reset and got to play the Bills again for an 18-0 regular season.

[140jeff15834]

TOUCHDOWN THURMAN THOMAS!

[gmta28]

Miss this game.

[ChronozG]

The reason, just in case nobody knew, the reason why the Oilers won the division was they had more points in favor then the other teams

[Ragnar1369]

@ChronozG It's not based on points, it's based on differential.

[aazz0099503]

oliers

[Timario007]

wtf is the point?

[Ladiespetmansthreat]

a 3-13 team won the super bowl lmao

[bpisports]

Not really a trick...

[chadthaeclipse]

17 people went 3-13 last season on Tecmo Bowl lol.

[shackaduck]

I thought the NFC West was bad

[jtxhorns]

wtf? i never ever seen that in any football game lol

[eatsumkandy]

30,000 views for this???

[L1011Widebody]

Didn't realize the AFC Central was so weak, maybe that's why half the division eventually relocated.

[JayRidlerastock]

the best teams were the giants the bills the 49ers the raiders the chiefs i have played years and years of this game with family im going for the top spot right now on the xbox live arcade one

[eric829]

one year i played this the chiefs won the AFC west with a 7-8-1 record and i thought that was rediculous i guess anything can happen in the NFL.

[TheGoldcountry]

theoretically, it could happen IRL

[zdog95ster]

how far did they get in the playoffs

[silver0monkey]

Oilers vs Raiders? Bo Jackson vs Warren Moon, that'd be a pretty good game.

[mynameisntsteven]

@silver0monkey oilers were beast in that game. id pick them.

[brasmussen81]

@mynameisntsteven Not as good as the Raiders!

[SuperTugz]

Imagine a division where everyone went 13-3. :O One of the 4 teams would miss the playoffs after an awesome season!

[LILGENTZ2]

no way yo!

[Matt03785]

he played as all those teams and made it happen that way...no way the computer ends up like that cause the Oilers were pretty decent in this game

[norvturner4life]

No glitch IMO. Someone mentioned that the other records would have to be higher. The AFC West all had winning records, and New England finished 7-9...I believe that they play the entire AFC Central and USUALLY they are a 2-5 win team b/c they are the worst team on the game. And yes tie breaker is points, not head to head or conference record or alphabetical, etc.

[jj4allu]

Just make sure they all split the series and make them lose every other game. I do that too. I also like to take the AFC Central and NFC West and get them all in the playoffs. Just simulate when they each other. Generally Houston or SF wins it but it's still fun even today. I miss the Oilers, they're a lot better than the drivel called the Titans. Sorry TN fans, I just really liked the Oilers, not much for the Texans.

[iwear5watches]

that's not a glitch that's just a rare thing that a whole division had an equally terrible season. and someone has to go to the playoffs

[AdamB5000]

I'm pretty sure that, in this game, the tie breaker is point differential. Whoever has the better +point stat (more points scored than points allowed) gets the tie-break.

[mjpipkid]

390-463=-73

363-447=-84

295-399=-104

286-443=-157

[cincykid73]

Why the Oilers? For pete's sake!!

[hayabusakun]

Because Warren Moon is bad-ass.

[keefeberry]

This is impossible because you go against your rivals at least 6 times! If you lose them, the other teams go higher.

[Tonyis1337]

You play each team in your division twice. If every team splits their series 1-1 they'll all go 3-3. Lose every other game and everyone is 3-13.

lrn 2 math and football

[WhiteRose1982]

They had to let someone in that bracket of the playoffs.... what do you want them to do... roll a die for the spot?

[jhbengals07]

Technically you could make them win the division without winning a game. 0-10-6. Make every division game a tie, and lose the rest outside of the division.

[brutus149]

Donovan McNabb doesn't believe you, no such thing as a tie.

[jhbengals07]

LOL, and im not exactly sure how a tie breaker would work there, i might actually try this one day. I'll only have to play 12 games.

[zxcv1234vcxz]

That happened in the NHL during the 1980s, when the first 2 rounds of the playoffs were in-division before the conference final. Fourth placed Toronto Maple Laughs made the playoffs with 50 points in 80 games (2/1/0 for a win/tie/loss) while 2 teams with more than 80 points missed the playoffs.

Nowadays the NHL playoffs are like the NFLs: division winners seeded first, then wildcards. The only way a sub-.500 team can make the playoffs is like the video above: by winning their division.

[StrudelB]

What I want to see is every team in one division go 2-14 in the actual NFL, which is the LOWEST record you can have and still win the division.

There may be lower possible records, if you include ties. My brain hurts now, so I won't try to think of more ways.

[BigRehtt]

Actually you can't go 2-14 and win a division. There are 12 inter-divisional games for each division, meaning that there must be 12 wins among those teams (excluding ties). If everyone went 2-14, that's only 8 combined wins, which means that you're missing 4 of the games...a division winner at 2-14 is impossible, one at 0-10-6, however, is.

[RPFLYERS]

thats sick. One time I got the rams to win their div with a 6-10 record and that took alot of work.

[publicposter]

AFC Central is a mirror image of the real life NFC West. amazing!

[Nevets9719]

I have read that if no teams win their division by week 17 then when the playoffs start all the team will be the Buffalo Bills!

[tool26]

No.

The Bills cheat happens when you see a division champion cutscene after all the regular season games have been played (or simmed, whatever). As you see the cutscene, then push the reset button. Just be sure you do it before they show the whole stadings and the playoff bracket.

[boygenius88]

Has an NFL team ever made the playoffs when their record was under .500?

[SWO4LIFE]

no 4 teams have been 8-8

[MrShowtime22]

No.

9 teams have made the postseason with an 8-8 record, most recently the 2006 New York Giants.

The 1985 Cleveland Browns are the only team to win the division title with an 8-8 record.

[SWO4LIFE]

im not talking about div-winners im talking about 8-8 teams. when they put 6 teams in the playoffs in each confrence in 1990 4-5 teams made wildcards sence then with 8-8 records.

[MrShowtime22]

I wasn't either. I only pointed out the '85 Browns because their the only team to win a division title with an 8-8 record.

And since 1990, seven teams have qualified for the playoffs with an 8-8 record: 1990 New Orleans Saints - 1991 New York Jets - 1999 Dallas Cowboys - 1999 Detroit Lions - 2004 Minnesota Vikings - 2004 St. Louis Rams and the 2006 New York Giants

[SWO4LIFE]

really the o4-rams and 04-viks no shit

[jced29]

The Broncos missed the playoffs that year with an 11-5 record in the AFC West.

[MrShowtime22]

Correct.

And its still an NFL record for the highest winning percentage and best record in a season by a team to not qualify for the playoffs.

The Jets and Patriots also finished 11-5 that season and held tie breakers over Denver.

The Jets had a better conference record over Denver 9-3 to Denver's 8-4.

New England had the better record against common opponents 4-2 to Denver's 3-3.

And it certainly didn't help Denver by losing to the Raiders twice that season, and Oakland finished 12-4.

[jced29]

Do you remember what happend to Cleveland in their Divisonal playoff game that year? Also, do you remember what significant record was set in the NFC Divisonal playoffs later that afternoon?

[Wisconsin3103]

the patriots missed the playoffs THIS YEAR with an 11-5 record

[tatertruck124]

I know that was sad

They could have went again possibly

[Banger82]

not without Tom

[MrShowtime22]

Actually, yes.

In the 1982 season, the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions both made the postseason with losing records.

But it should be noted that it was a strike shortened season and both finished 4-5.

[SWO4LIFE]

oh yea i forgot about that! i bet the nfc-north this year will have a 7-9 div-winner!!!

[MKDAWUSS]

That would deep down the list of tiebreakers, as each team beat only their division rival. I think "points scored" is right above "coin toss".

Try having every team go 8-8 and see what happens :)

[ryantunks]

That's good stuff!!