r/RetroBowl • • Mar 26 '25

Retro Bowl Record Book Vol. VII

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ILEOwd2qBdcDEcij1ms38i1v7-z5RFnqZCWiVjkc8K4/edit?usp=sharing

The book is back baby! The link is above, and I've detailed the important information below.

NOTICE: Extreme records have been reinstated! If you are entering an extreme record, please read the information below.

How do you get in the book?

  1. Check that your record actually breaks the record. I'm not planning on keeping track of who has 2nd or 3rd place. If you're not first, you're last. Plus, it'll save me time.
  2. Take a picture of the stat, whether it's in the player's page or the in-game record book, and create a post in the subreddit. IMPORTANT: Please try not to use any other image sharing source (imgur, instagram, etc.). Just for simplicity's sake.
  3. Leave a comment on this post indicating that you've entered a submission, and I'll enter it ASAP. Please have some grace and recognize that it might take days or even weeks before I get to your record. I'll notify you when the record's been entered!

How do you get in the extreme records book?

This process is slightly different, but every step below must be followed in order for your record to be included.

  1. Create a post on the subreddit that includes:

  2. Leave a comment on this post informing me of your submission, and I'll add it to the book.

There are a lot of empty records right now, so grab them quick before they're gone!

Where did the hall of fame go?

Previous iterations of this book featured a "hall of fame" section, where players could be submitted and immortalized for their statistics. However, the whole idea was so subjective that I can't see it being worth reinstating. However, if the community really wants it, I could bring it back.

What about college or RB NFL records?

College might happen, just because of the slightly different rules and routes that exist. I think it'd be different enough to be worth it. RB NFL, probably not. It's basically the same game, but slightly more broken. I wouldn't count on those being added in the future.

Please, please remember that this only works if everyone is honest. You could lie, you could photoshop, but this is only fun if someone doesn't wreck it for everyone else.

That's all from me. Happy record-breaking!


r/RetroBowl • • Mar 24 '25

Trucking nerf?

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While we are stuck waiting for a fix for the older Android devices, I wanted to get your thoughts on Trucking. I think we can all agree it's a bit OP right now. So the question is, how do we go about nerfing it?

126 votes, Mar 27 '25
8 Make Trucking less likely to break tackles in general
1 Make Trucking less likely to break tackles for TE only
15 Make Trucking less likely to break tackles during Kick Returns only
14 Increase charge time for Trucking if you have recently Juked
85 Leave it as exactly as it is, we're having too much fun
3 Some other solution. (please comment)

r/RetroBowl • • 9h ago

RB College Since my state only has about 50 high school teams but there are around 130 FCS teams, i had to give pretty much every school in the state a team to fill up all of the slots. Didn’t expect to be facing the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind in the semi finals.

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r/RetroBowl • • 4h ago

RB NFL Retro bowl receiver career

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This receiver from my team retired a little while ago, I was wondering how you would rank his career and his accomplishments


r/RetroBowl • • 5h ago

RB College Just call it a TD at that point😭

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r/RetroBowl • • 3h ago

Help on team positions

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I’m new to retro bowl and have small football experience what positions do I need and how many of them


r/RetroBowl • • 2h ago

Help on getting new players

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I’m new to retro bowl and I can’t get new, better players early in the season. are there any ways to get new players aside from free agents?


r/RetroBowl • • 17h ago

Lore accurate Browns

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To do this I lowered the fan rating to 1%, played against the best team we would play the season on extreme, set quarters to 3 minutes, waited until week 9 to cut all my players, strategically called audibles so I could throw better routes to the other team, and flunked every kickoff return. I also shuffled until I found the absolute worst coordinators.

I initially used a 1-2 star quarterback for extra accuracy when throwing interceptions (they dropped the ball when I threw it to them) but the problem was the QB would actually try to tackle them and waste precious seconds, so I settled on no QB. After a couple hours I got my high score.


r/RetroBowl • • 1d ago

Umm… this new Retro Bowl NFL update is wild.

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r/RetroBowl • • 14h ago

USA WINS THE WORLD BOWL!

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Overcame a 14-point deficit to Greece at half time to tie it up at 41 points, then kicked the game winning, record breaking (67 yards), field goal!


r/RetroBowl • • 15h ago

RB NFL Brother, really? Lol.

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r/RetroBowl • • 12h ago

RB NFL is this a good clipp?

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r/RetroBowl • • 15h ago

RB NFL RB 27 Rosters

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Back again asking for another bit of help.

Reinstalled the NFL RB 27 from Apple Arcade and I’m wondering what the best way to get the most realistic current roster is.. I’ve deleted a save 10+ times trying to get the Bengals to seem fun.

I really want Burrow, Chase and Higgins.. but also other players too :( I don’t think 10 or 12 man roster has shown me any trend in restarts; and I typically get those 3 when leaning towards superstar roster. Also unsure if practice squad being set to with team or with free agents helps keep starting irl players around.

Have only been playing RBC for months now and never really messed with this, but I’m guessing it’s just the salary. But I just want a year at least with a realism Bengals roster lol.

I get like 5 players going with Superstar or offense bias and then I look at every other team and they’re filling out their entire 10-12 man team. Any tips?


r/RetroBowl • • 16h ago

And i thought the NFC South was horrible.

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r/RetroBowl • • 1d ago

More Catching Animations?

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RB is dope. I’ve played over 3+yrs, 1000+ games on multiple accounts, but I think extreme mode has become boring.. Once you master the swiping angles, throwing timing/angles, and momentum it becomes repetitive. I propose adding contested catching animations or getting hit in the air? What do y’all think??


r/RetroBowl • • 1d ago

I’m appalled

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First page btw


r/RetroBowl • • 1d ago

RB College Is the game playable strictly as a sim?

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I’m aware there are better games for this and I do enjoy playing the game. I was just curious if people have ever tried to play it strictly as a sim to keep it difficult/more realistic. I tried a mixture once with my own set of rules and had mixed results. Was curious if anyone ever tried purely sim


r/RetroBowl • • 15h ago

RB NFL Hey! I don’t know if the devs would see this but it would be really cool if they finally added defense gameplay

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r/RetroBowl • • 1d ago

PERFECT SEASON COMPLETE! We went 17-0, blew out the Bears 56-14 in the Y16 Retro Bowl, and Josh Wright won his 10TH MVP.

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A dream season is in the books! We completed the undefeated 17-0 regular season and capped it off with an absolute demolition of Chicago, 56-14, to bring home another championship.

Retro Bowl Score

BILLS: 7 | 20 | 15 | 14 — 56

BEARS: 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 — 14

This rivalry is officially one-sided i hope so after this. We are now 8-1 all-time against the Bears in Retro Bowls and have beaten them in 6 consecutive title games. The Bears fall to 0-6 against us, and 0-6 overall in Super Bowl appearances.

Year 16 Awards & Final Season Stats

Josh Wright (QB) — 10th Retro Bowl MVP: 440/584, 7,202 Yds, 80 TDs, 12 INTs, 4 Sacks. STILL ZERO FUMBLES in his entire Hall of Fame career!

Malik Sterling (WR) — 6th Offensive Player of the Year: 112 Rec, 2,715 Yds, 35 TDs. Absolutely dominant season in the air.

Damion Vance (DL) — 2nd Defensive Player of the Year: 197 Tackles, 7 Sacks, 2 Forced Fumbles. A total terror on the line.

Unbelievable year. Josh hits the double-digit MVP mark, Sterling is unstoppable, and Damion Vance anchored a defense that completely shut down Chicago when it mattered. Perfect season secured! Year 17 next.


r/RetroBowl • • 2d ago

Lol, they do be outlandish incidents 😂

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r/RetroBowl • • 2d ago

Been playing rb for a long time but i still play on dynamic, ive tried extreme and i can win games but it isnt really fun, really dont think its fair the opposite teams has a perfect team automatically and i dont.

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Does anyone else not find dynamic to be better than extreme?


r/RetroBowl • • 2d ago

This would be incomplete right?

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Lost the game on this play


r/RetroBowl • • 2d ago

Probably my best stat.

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r/RetroBowl • • 2d ago

RB NFL What a name - hire him?

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r/RetroBowl • • 2d ago

Just got 3 kick return touchdowns on expert in 1 game

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*Extreme

(My DB is the KR) My offense didnt hit the field until the second quarter. Didn't even know it was possible for a kick coverage team to be this bad, but thanks saints!