Football game board

Claim 1

A football type board game comprising: a game board marked to simulate a football field with goal posts at each end; a game piece representing a football to be moved along the game board; a referee random selection means to be utilized on every play; said referee random selection means having at least eight facets, one of said facets bearing indicia thereon denoting a penalty, other facets being unmarked to indicate a play unaffected by an official's call; and a plurality of play random selection means, a selected one of said play random selection means to be utilized on each play; said play random selection means comprising: a plurality of multi-sided scrimmage dice, the sides of each bearing indicia thereon denoting yardage; some of said sides bearing indicia thereon denoting rushing yards, the other of said sides bearing indicia thereon denoting passing yards; said rushing yards displayed to be totalled to determine yards gained when a rushing play is called prior to display, and said passing yards displayed to be totalled to determine yards gained when a passing play is called prior to display; and a plurality of kicking random selective devices to be used selectively in kicking situations; said game further including: a set of rushing penalty cards to be drawn from on a rushing play from scrimmage upon random selection of a penalty facet by use of said referee random selection means; a set of passing penalty cards to be drawn from on a passing play from scrimmage upon random selection of a penalty facet by use of said referee random selection means; and a set of kicking penalty cards to be drawn from on a kicking play upon selection of a penalty facet by use of said referee random selection means.