Abstract A gameboard provides a miniature football field having a plurality of spaced parallel yard lines and side lines. A plurality of peg holes are provided down the center of the playing field and along one of the side lines, holes being provided at each yard line. A football shaped peg of a first color, a football shaped peg of a second different color and a plurality of pegs of a third different color are adapted to removably fit in the peg holes. A dice box extends perpendicularly from one end of the gameboard and has a chute formed therein and opening at the surface of the gameboard. A plurality of dice of the first color and a plurality of dice of the second color are provided. A plurality of play cards indicate various offensive plays and all types of playing variations which occur in a football game whereby a player rolls a predetermined number of the dice of one of the colors into the chute of the dice box via the opening thereof to determine a yardage gain or loss after referring to a play card to determine his play. The player places the football peg on the correct yard line in the center of the playing field and the side line peg on the same yard line as the football peg to mark the line of scrimmage before the next play is called.
A football game, comprising a gameboard providing a miniature football field having a plurality of spaced parallel yard lines and side lines and a plurality of peg holes down the center of the field and along one of the side lines, holes being provided at each yard line; a football shaped peg of a first color adapted to removably fit in the peg holes; a football shaped peg of a second different color adapted to removably fit in the peg holes; a plurality of pegs of a third different color adapted to removably fit in the peg holes; a dice box extending substantially perpendicularly from one end of the gameboard and having a chute formed therein and opening at the surface of the gameboard, said dice box having a side facing the field and extending substantially parallel to the yard lines, said dice box having a dimension substantially parallel to said yard lines which is greater than the width of the field and smaller than the width of the gameboard, the opening of the chute being greater than the width of the field; a plurality of dice of the first color and a plurality of dice of the second color; a plurality of play cards indicating various offensive plays and all types of playing variations which occur in a football game whereby a player rolls a predetermined number of the dice of one of the colors into the chute of the dice box via the opening thereof to determine a yardage gain or loss after referring to a play card to determine his play, the player placing the football peg on the correct yard line in the center of the field and the side line peg on the same yard line as the football peg to mark the line of scrimmage before the next play is called; and a pair of scoring wheels on the side of the dice box facing the field, each of the scoring wheels being of a corresponding one of the first and second colors.
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A football game, comprising a gameboard providing a miniature football field having a plurality of spaced parallel yard lines and side lines and a plurality of peg holes down the center of the field and along one of the side lines, holes being provided at each yard line; a football shaped peg of a first color adapted to removably fit in the peg holes; a football shaped peg of a second different color adapted to removably fit in the peg holes; a plurality of pegs of a third different color adapted to removably fit in the peg holes; a dice box extending substantially perpendicularly from one end of the gameboard and having a chute formed therein and opening at the surface of the gameboard, said dice box having a side facing the field and extending substantially parallel to the yard lines, said dice box having a dimension substantially parallel to said yard lines which is greater than the width of the field and smaller than the width of the gameboard, the opening of the chute being greater than the width of the field; a plurality of dice of the first color and a plurality of dice of the second color; a plurality of play cards indicating various offensive plays and all types of playing variations which occur in a football game whereby a player rolls a predetermined number of the dice of one of the colors into the chute of the dice box via the opening thereof to determine a yardage gain or loss after referring to a play card to determine his play, the player placing the football peg on the correct yard line in the center of the field and the side line peg on the same yard line as the football peg to mark the line of scrimmage before the next play is called; and a pair of scoring wheels on the side of the dice box facing the field, each of the scoring wheels being of a corresponding one of the first and second colors.