Looking for the best football party games for a Super Bowl party or birthday party? These football themed games are perfect for any watch party, tailgate, or birthday! Play before the game, during halftime, or even for a lot of laughs and entertainment!
Active Football Themed Party Games
So I was listening to the New Heights podcast the other day and they were talking about how the Pro Game works now and how there’s really not a Pro game anymore but like skill challenges (and then some flag football game).
And it made me laugh because I feel like the football games in this post are kind of like those little mini games or skill challenges they do at the Pro Bowl now. They’re all active and perfect for playing before the game to get everyone geared up for the Super Bowl!
And these football party games are perfect whether you’re watching the Super Bowl, a championship game, or even just having a football party!
Football Birthday Party Game Ideas
These games are all perfect for football birthdays and Super Bowl parties. In the past we’ve combined some of these more active football party games with some printable Super Bowl games like Super Bowl Commercial bingo, and this Super Bowl question game for watch parties.
But you could easily just play these games or just play the printable ones! Or do all sorts of Super Bowl party games!
Pick Six
You can either cover a table with a football field tablecloth or not and just play on a regular table. Blindfold whoever is playing.
Cover the table with $1 and $5 bills. I like to do six $5 bills ($30) and 20 $1 bills ($20) for a total of $50. Or you can do less if you’d rather do less.
Give the person playing a spatula and a plate. Have them hold the plate in one hand and the spatula in the other. When you say go, they have 20 seconds to try and scoop as much money onto their plate as they can.
At the end of the 20 seconds, they keep the money on their plate. If they end up with a total of $6 on their plate, they win everything on the entire table (or you can say they win a bonus $20 or something).
If you want to see how this game is played, check out this TikTok video to see it in action! Or there’s also a video in this post you can watch!
Show Me the Money
Cover a table with a football tablecloth and give someone four stuffed mini footballs. Have them stand six feet away (or a little closer for younger kids).
When you say go, they toss their four footballs onto the table. If they land one on the table, they win either points or cash equal to the line they land on, moving a decimal. So if they land in the 10 yard line area, they would win $1.
After they toss all four balls, they win whatever they landed on the table. If they can get all of their four downs to equal up to 100 yards, they win a bonus prize of something like $20.
If you want to see how this game works, check out my TikTok video to see how it’s played.
Face Goal
For this game, you’ll need two players and these mini stuffed footballs.
Have one player stand about 10 yards away from the other player and give them a bucket of small footballs. The second player will stand with their hands upright in field goal/touchdown position.
To play, the first player must hike footballs (like hiking a football) underneath their legs into the the field goal of the other person, without hitting them in the face.
The footballs only count if they go through the player’s arms, not above or around them. First team to hike 7 footballs through the field goal wins.
Linemen
Have players stand at one end of the table and slide Oreo cookies on a football tablecloth, trying to get them to land touching the line.
Players have to land one linemen (Oreo) on each of the lines the fastest (or within a minute) to win.
Go Long
Before the game, tape index cards that say 5 yards, 10 yards, and 20 yards onto a table securely.
To play, players must stand on one side of the table and slide plastic football players across the table, trying to get them to land on the index cards.
To win, they must get their players to land on a total of 100 yards (touchdown!). You can either allow them to go over 100 yards or if they go over, they must start over and try again.
First player to get to 100 yards wins.
Kick Off
This is another two-player team game. Give one player on teach team a bag full of 10 stuffed mini footballs and the other player a plastic sand bucket or other bucket of some kind.
To play, one player must drop punt a football off of their foot to their teammate who must then catch it in the bucket.
First team to catch all (or set a number) of their footballs wins. If they drop any of the footballs, they must retrieve them and continue going until they’ve all been caught.
Tale Gate
Give each player a wrapped Cow Tale candy.
To play, players must race to be the first to eat an entire Cow Tales candy including unwrapping the candy and swallowing.
First player to completely eat the Cow Tales candy wins.
First and Bowl
See who can knock down all of the football pins in this fun First and Bowl Football Bowling game. But don’t think it’s easy, bowling a football is harder than it looks!
Touchdown Toss
This touchdown toss is another fun one for kids (or adults if you make them flick the footballs like we did ind our Thanksgiving games). See who can toss footballs into buckets to score point and win prizes!
Football Bingo
Print out these football bingo cards to play bingo while you watch any football game or just call out the words for a classic bingo game with a football twist!
Cup football
Grab some cups and mini footballs to play this cup football game – it’s way more fun than the name sounds! Players have to use the cups to score and defend, it’s even better if you play it tournament style!
Pick a Play
Everyone gets a set of “play cards” and have to choose which type of play they think is going to come next in the game. If they’re correct, they stay in – if they’re wrong, they’re out. The last player standing wins this pick a play game!
Football Guessing Game
Guess the game – Super Bowl, regular season, or even high school! Guess who will win the coin flip, who will score first, and more in this fun football guessing game!
Football Party Game Prizes
I’ve put together a list of fun prize ideas that would be great for if you’re doing these as individuals trying to win. If you’re going with a group, try something smaller like a bag of candy or nerf footballs or something a little cheaper!
- Gift card to a sports bar like Buffalo Wild Wings
- Football shaped party favor box filled with treats
Other Super Bowl Party Ideas
If you like these Super Bowl party games, check out these other great Super Bowl party ideas!
- Super Bowl commercial bingo – play bingo specific to this year’s game with this fun commercial game!
- Super Bowl guessing game – this fun game will have people guessing who wins the game, the kickoff, and more!
- Super Bowl printables – a full set of football party printables that work great for Super Bowl!
- Super Bowl Squares – printable game that will have everyone guessing the final of the game to win!
- Super Bowl trivia – fun Super Bowl trivia questions to ask before and after the game!
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