Patent ID: 8196928

Claim:
A game for simulating American football, comprising: a single deck of action cards, each action card including offensive plays and defensive outcomes, where each of the action cards includes the same offensive plays and each of the offensive plays has a corresponding defensive outcome, where the offensive plays are presented in large text above the smaller text of the defensive outcomes, where the action cards have identical backs so that when they are placed face down they cannot be distinguished from each other, and where the action cards include a chance element of the game and the chance element is introduced by different defensive outcomes for the same offensive plays; a field, where the field simulates an American football field and comprises: perpendicular lines along the longitudinal length of the field reflecting 5 and 10 yard indicators to simulate ball movement along the field, holes on and staggered between the perpendicular lines of the 5 yard indicators, and holes reflecting first through fourth downs; and markers, where the markers attach removably to the holes in the field to monitor the progress of the game, where the game is played by consecutively selecting the action cards and plotting the defensive outcomes of the offensive plays with the markers on the field.