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Super Bowl Squares Pool Hosting
Your Super Bowl squares, ready for game day.
Run a Super Bowl board for your office, friends, or watch party. Members claim squares before the numbers are drawn, then the last digit of each team’s score decides who wins. Choose a winner each quarter, at halftime and the final, or just when the game ends.
One game, with your group’s house rules.
Planning your Super Bowl pool
Get the board settled before kickoff.
You can open claims while the playoff teams are still playing. Decide how many squares to offer and which scores count before you invite your group.
Fit the board to your group.
A 100-square board doesn’t need 100 people; each person can take several squares. For a smaller group, a 25- or 50-square board covers every score combination with fewer spots to fill. Close claims before drawing numbers.
Choose your scoring periods.
Use the first quarter, halftime, third quarter, and final score for four chances to win. Or choose halftime and final only, or just the final. For the last award, choose whether to include overtime or use the score at the end of regulation.
Keep the numbers, or change them each quarter.
One set of numbers gives members the same score combinations to follow all game. Quarterly numbers give each square new combinations without changing who owns it. Either way, members claim squares before the draw.
Your pool’s rules
Set your Super Bowl board’s rules.
Choose how squares are claimed and numbers are drawn, then specify what happens at each scoring period. Add your group’s extra prizes if you use them.
Board and claims
- Team labels
- Start with AFC and NFC, or use the two team names. Keep each team on its original axis after claims open.
- Board size
- Use 100 squares, or a compact 25- or 50-square board with multiple digit combinations per square. Every combination has a place.
- Squares per person
- Allow several squares per member, set a limit, or give everyone the same number of squares.
- Claiming squares
- Let members choose open positions, assign squares yourself, or bring over the owners from last year’s board.
- Claim deadline
- Close claims at kickoff or earlier. Leave time to resolve empty squares, draw the numbers, and share the completed board.
Number draws
- When to draw
- Assign digits after claims close so members choose positions without knowing their score combinations.
- Random or outside draw
- Shuffle 0 through 9 independently on each axis, or enter the results of a draw your group holds in person.
- One draw or four
- Keep one assignment all game, or draw a different set for each quarter while members keep their square positions.
- Overtime numbers
- For quarter-by-quarter draws, use the fourth-quarter assignment for the final or specify a separate overtime set in advance.
Scoring periods and winners
- Scoring schedule
- Count each quarter end, halftime and final only, or the final alone. Use the cumulative score at the end of each period.
- Final versus fourth quarter
- Choose the score after regulation, the final including overtime, or separate awards for both. State whether both awards count if regulation and final are the same result.
- Prize split
- Give scoring periods equal shares or reserve a larger share for halftime or the final. Include any extra awards in the total.
- Repeat winners
- Keep every square eligible throughout the game. With fixed numbers, the same square can win again after a scoreless quarter.
- Score corrections
- Use the official score when that period ends and correct a result if a scoring review changes it.
Empty squares and extra prizes
- Unclaimed squares
- Assign remaining positions before the draw, or leave them empty under a published rollover rule. A partly filled 100-square board differs from a compact board that covers every score.
- Empty-square rollovers
- Carry an unclaimed prize to the next scoring period or into the final award. Decide where it goes if the final winning square is also empty; there is no next game in this pool.
- Adjacent squares
- Add awards for neighboring positions. Define whether diagonals count, whether edges wrap, and how awards overlap.
- Reverse digits
- Award the reverse combination as well: a 4/7 result also pays 7/4. Specify whether matching digits earn both awards.
- Score changes
- Add a winner whenever the score changes. Decide whether a touchdown and its extra point or two-point attempt count as separate scoring moments.
- Adjusted-score awards
- Use an extra result such as adding two to each score before taking the last digits. State how its award and any rollover relate to the main result.
Running the board
- Ownership
- Keep a record of each member’s squares and make any ownership corrections before the draw.
- Sharing
- Give members the completed board, every number assignment, and the scoring rules before kickoff.
- Results
- Record the score and winning square for every scoring period using the number assignment that applies to it.
- Rules text
- Keep the claim deadline, scoring schedule, overtime decision, and empty-square policy together for your group.
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Answers for commissioners putting the board together.
How do the score digits find the winning square?
If the AFC team is across the top and leads 24 to 17 at halftime, use column 4 and row 7. Their intersection is the halftime winner. Use the whole score on the scoreboard, not just the points scored that quarter.
Can we start before the Super Bowl matchup is announced?
Yes. Use AFC and NFC labels while members claim squares, then add the conference champions’ names without swapping the axes. You can collect claims early and leave the number draw until your deadline.
What if our board isn’t full by kickoff?
Follow the empty-square rule you shared with the invitation. You can assign the remaining squares before the draw or leave them empty and use rollovers. Choose what happens if the final winning square is also empty, since there is no later game to carry that prize into.
Do the numbers change at halftime?
Only if that is how you set up the board. Fixed numbers last all game. With quarterly numbers, the halftime winner uses the second-quarter assignment and the third quarter starts with its own set.
Can we bring back last year’s squares?
Yes. Keep the positions your members had, confirm who is returning, and reopen any unused spots. Draw fresh numbers after this year’s claims close if you want everyone to receive a new combination.
Can we use one board for more football games?
Yes. A recurring football squares pool can keep the same owners across selected games and assign new numbers for each game or week. That schedule and its rollover rules belong in a series setup. See Football Squares for a season of games.
For your group
Let’s get your Super Bowl board ready.
Tell us how many people you expect and which scores you want to count. If your group has a board or rules sheet from last year, send it over.