How to create a football squares board
What is football squares?
Football Squares (also known as Super Bowl Squares or NFL Squares) is a popular game played during football games, especially the Super Bowl. It’s a fun, easy way to get everyone involved in the game, even friends who don’t know that much about football or Super Bowl oddsOur free game uses a 10×10 grid which creates 100 squares. Each square represents a unique combination of the last digit of each team’s score. At the end of each quarter, whoever owns the square matching the last digits of the score wins!
How to play football squares
- Create a board – Use our free tool to generate your 10×10 grid instantly
- Share the link – Send it to friends, family, or coworkers to join
- Claim squares – Players enter their name to claim available squares
- Lock the board – Once all squares are claimed, start the game to randomly assign numbers 0-9 to each row and column
- Watch and win – At the end of each quarter, the square matching the last digit of each team’s score wins!
Example
If the score at halftime is Seahawks 17, Patriots 14, you’d look for the square where the Seahawks column is 7 and the Patriots row is 4. Whoever claimed that square wins the halftime round.
Why use our free football squares generator?
- No sign-up required – Create a board instantly without creating an account
- Easy sharing – Just send a link to your friends, no app downloads needed
- Works on any device – Desktop, tablet, or phone—fully mobile-optimized
- Live score tracking – See real-time scores and winning squares highlighted automatically
- Completely free – No hidden fees or premium features
- Printable – Print your board or export via CSV
Perfect for Super Bowl parties
Football Squares is the ultimate Super Bowl party game. It keeps everyone engaged throughout the entire game, not just football fans. Every quarter brings new excitement as your friends check their squares against the score. Whether you’re hosting a big party or a small gathering, our digital squares board makes it easy to include everyone—even friends joining remotely.
Tips for running a great squares game
- Fill the board – A full 100-square board is most fun, but you can let people claim multiple squares if needed
- Share early – Send your link at least a day before the game so everyone has time to pick squares
- Lock before kickoff – Make sure to start the game before the first snap to randomly assign numbers
- Celebrate winners – Announce each quarter’s winner to keep the energy going
Skip the poster board and spreadsheets. Our free Super Bowl squares generator creates a shareable board in seconds. Your pool claims squares online, numbers are randomized automatically, and the grid tracks the live score during the game. The board is also printable if you want a physical copy for your party.
How to create your board
Use the form above to set up your pool.The board title is optional but helps identify your pool—something like “Mike’s Super Bowl Party” or “Marketing Team Pool” works well. The description field is useful for noting your buy-in, payout structure, or any house rules.Click “Create Board” and you’ll land on a confirmation screen with two links. The public link is what you share with your pool—friends, coworkers, your fantasy league group chat. Anyone with that link can click it, enter their name, and claim squares. The admin link is yours to keep private; that’s how you manage the board and lock it once full.As people join, the board fills up in real time. The status shows remaining squares (95/100 available, then 80/100, and so on). Players can tap individual squares to claim specific spots or use Quick Pick to have the game randomly assign them a set number of squares.Once all 100 squares are claimed, the row and column numbers get randomized automatically. The numbers end up shuffled (something like 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 3, 7, 2, 5, 0 across the top) rather than in order, so nobody can game the system by picking squares with statistically better digits.
During the game
Your board tracks the score and marks winners as the game progresses. When a quarter ends, the winning square gets a badge (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4) and the legend at the bottom shows who won each period. Everyone following along can see instantly whether their squares hit.Need a physical copy for your party? Hit the print button to generate a clean printable version of the grid.
Probability of number combinations hitting
| Combination | Q1 | Halftime | Q3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-7 or 7-0 | 24.2% | 11.1% | 8.5% | 7.3% |
| 0-3 or 3-0 | 16.6% | 9.8% | 7.1% | 5.7% |
| 0-0 | 16.0% | 6.4% | — | — |
| 3-7 or 7-3 | 10.6% | 8.5% | 5.8% | 4.3% |
| 7-7 | 7.5% | — | — | — |
| 4-7 or 7-4 | — | — | 5.6% | 5.6% |
| 0-4 or 4-0 | — | 6.7% | 5.4% | 4.6% |
The 0-7 combination dominates across all quarters, winning nearly 25% of first quarters outright. As the game progresses and more points accumulate, the distribution flattens—but those core digits (0, 3, 4, 7) still appear more often than others.Most people don’t want anything with a 2, 5, 8, or 9. Combinations like 2-2, 5-5, 2-5, and 5-9 hit less than 0.5% of the time. You need a safety, missed extra point, or two-point conversion to land on these squares.