Patent ID: 6464224
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A board game comprisinga board simulating a football field on which football games are played, the board being rectangular and elongated and having ends and sides, the board having a main playing field thereon of less length and width than the corresponding dimensions of the board, the board having goal lines at the ends of the main playing field, and end zones between the ends of the main playing field and the ends of the board respectively, the board having markings representing transverse yard lines spaced lengthwise of the field, a ball marker pin for indicating the location of a football, a 10-yard marker pin for indicating a ten yard limit constituting a distance which a predetermined number of plays must achieve, the board having holes in a line extending longitudinally of the board located adjacent at least one side of the main playing field and spaced apart at intervals representing 1-yard spacing of the transverse yard lines of the main playing field, the board having yard lines in each end zone extending longitudinally of the board and spaced apart transversely, the board having holes adjacent the lines in the end zones respectively. all of the holes being capable of releasably receiving any of the marker pins, the game including dice for use by the players for determining the number of points obtained by each player, the yard lines in the end zones and those in the main playing field being equally spaced apart and when added together determining the score of a play made by a player, whereby the game is capable of accommodating points of each player greater or less than the number of transverse yard lines in the main playing field.