One of our Super Bowl traditions every year is to play bingo during the commercials with these free printable Super Bowl commercial bingo cards. It’s a fun way to get everyone involved, even people who may not be the biggest football fans!
And Super Bowl bingo is definitely one of the most fun games out there! Just print out the cards, hand out to everyone, and enjoy the best commercials of the year!
2020 Super Bowl Commercial Bingo
One of my all-time favorite Super Bowl party games to play during the year is Super Bowl commercial bingo. That and Super Bowl Squares. We started doing this four years ago, and it’s been a tradition ever since!
And I know it’s been a big hit with readers at Super Bowl parties, so I keep making new printable cards every year. And this year I made this fun Super Bowl guessing game you can play with this bingo!
I created printable bingo cards that have the names of brands and celebrities that are scheduled to appear in the 2020 Super Bowl commercials this year. Everything on the cards has been confirmed as of publish date on this post but if someone pulls out last minute, sorry!
I tried to mix things up a bit more this year, so there are about 40 different options that could be on each card rather than all of the cards having the exact same options, hopefully that’ll make it a bit less likely for people to bingo at once.
And just as a side note – the real photos in this post are from the 2018 bingo cards BUT the actual PDF cards that you can download are from 2020. I didn’t see the need to rephotograph everything – the only thing that changed are the words on the cards!
If you want more generic cards that might work better for kids, these football bingo cards fit the bill (perfect for playing after this football scavenger hunt). Or if you still want commercial bingo but generic commercial (e.g., car, drink commercial, snack commercial) then try these ones instead.
Super Bowl Bingo Instructions
You’d think that Super Bowl bingo would be pretty self-explanatory, but I still get a lot of questions, so here are some clarifying rules for playing!
If you have more questions, feel free to leave comments, and I’ll do my best to answer. And honestly, it’s just a game so if you want to change things or make up your own rules, feel free!
Give everyone one of the Super Bowl bingo cards along with some markers. We love using things that are actually part of the commercials but this year there really isn’t a brand that’s a good fit (no M&M’s or Skittles), so I’d go with something easy like Cheerios, M&Ms, or uncooked beans.
Or buy these bingo markers you can reuse year after year!
Determine a couple of things before the game and make sure the entire group knows you’ve decided:
- How many times can one person bingo? With large groups, I recommend once. With smaller groups, you could easily do 2-3 with small prizes.
- How many bingos will you play total or will you play until everyone bingos once?
- Once someone bingos, are they done playing or can they go for something like a blackout prize?
Once everyone has a card, the game is on.
How to Play Super Bowl Commercial Bingo
If you see or hear something on your card during one of the commercials, cover it up!
The key word is during the commercials – not during the game, halftime show, or the announcements – this is commercial bingo after all!
Whoever covers five squares in a row (free football space can be included) and is the first to call out bingo wins a prize! If two people bingo at once, they both win prizes (make sure you have at least two prizes).
Five in a row can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
Or like I said – if you want to mix it up and say they have to get four corners or a specific shape, be my guest! It’s your party after all.
Super Bowl Bingo Fine Print
Just a few more clarifying notes for things I’ve gotten questions on in the past about these Super Bowl bingo cards.
A brand name can only be covered when that brand is shown or said.
A celebrity can only be covered when that celebrity is shown or said.
Two or more squares can be covered during the same commercial as long as you see both the brand and the celebrity.
For instance, Chris Rock will be in Facebook’s commercial. You can cover both Chris Rock and Facebook on your card during that commercial assuming you’re paying attention.
If you don’t know who someone is on your card, I recommend looking it up beforehand. Or as the host, you could always print out pictures of the people on the cards and have them hanging up or around for people to look at to help them out. There are definitely a few people who I wouldn’t know right off the bat (but apparently they’re celebrities…).
Super Bowl Bingo Prize Ideas
Since it’s bingo and not a big group thing like these Super Bowl minute to win it games, you can go a little more expensive on the prize. So instead of a bag of candy for instance, a gift card.
I’ve put down a handful of ideas that would be great bingo prizes, ranging from more expensive to not so expensive.
- Gift card to a great place to watch games like Buffalo Wild Wings or any of these others
- A popcorn bowl full of prizes from the Super Bowl advertisers – Cheetos, Mountain Dew, etc.
- Football stadium chips and dips serving set (this is just kind of cool)
- Football socks (just bought these for my husband!)
- A mini or full size football
- A customized football
- Team memorabilia from their favorite NFL team
- Adverteasing – an awesome sounding board game
- Inflatable Football game (with a mini football)
- Invincible or any other football movie
Print Out Your 2020 Super Bowl Cards
Before the party, all you need to do is print out the PDF document below, cut them into four bingo cards, and pass out a the party.
The free printable download below includes 20 unique cards customized to this year’s Super Bowl.
If you need more cards, I’ve created a set of 40 unique cards that you can purchase for a low price by clicking here.
If you need more even more than 40 cards, you can get a set of 80 here! Or a set of 125 unique cards here!
Get the Printable Super Bowl Cards
Enter your first name and email address below to get the set of 20 free printable bingo cards. You’ll be immediately taken to the PDF to download and receive a copy to your email shortly after. If you can’t see the form below, click here to get to the form to enter your info.
Don’t forget to pin these 2020 Super Bowl bingo cards for later!
Peggy Wamble says
This is great! In general, how many times could this be played during the superbowl? I’m sure there are lots of variables to be able to answer this question but I’m just looking for a guesstimate.
BritniV says
I’m not sure what you mean by how many times it can be played? You play until someone bingos (or until everyone bingos).
Cheryl says
Any suggestions on how many prizes to get? I’m thinking about 25 ppl. Would it take the whole game for the commercials to show up? Or is it easier to get a set number of prizes & play until they’ve all been claimed?
Thanks!
BritniV says
It depends on if you want it to be big or small prizes. If you want it to be more of like “who bingos first” or the first five people to bingo, get five prizes and do more expensive prizes. If you want to let everyone bingo, get smaller bingos and just play until they’ve all been claimed. If you’re doing small prizes, you could always do a bigger blackout prize too!
Chris M says
I really enjoy your game ideas! My only suggestion would be to use a plain white background on the cards, instead of a dark color. The dark colors take up so much printer ink and when printing on plain paper, the ink just saturates the paper.
BritniV says
Thank you for the tip. You could also get them professionally printed for about $0.25 each print at fedex or kinkos.
Jeff says
Any ideas on how to track the commercials? so when someone calls bingo you can verify that they correctly covered up a space. for example in regular bingo when someone calls a bingo the callerbchecks it against the balls that were actually called.
BritniV says
Someone could write down all the commercials shown and be the so called “caller”?
Melissa says
What time should I start the game? At kick off or when the coverage starts? Just wondering what to do if a commercial runs early and we miss it. Thanks!
BritniV says
The game is setup to use commercials during the official game so make sure you’re ready at kickoff!
Ken says
OMG! These cards are amazing!
I got the full set of 125 last year as a fun activity for my Sports Marketing Class to do during the “Big Game”. It was a huge hit! That’s not easy to do with a bunch of High School boys! So much so that I got them again this year!! Britni is awesome to work with too. She’s super responsive and always eager to offer a creative idea. HIGHLY recommend her site and her products!
BritniV says
Thank you so much for your kind words Ken! These means a lot to me and I love that they were a huge hit with the high school boys! What are awesome teacher you are!
Diane says
These are updated for each specific year? They will be pertinent to just SB 2020? I’m sure your answer is yes, just checking!
BritniV says
Yes I update them every year. Thank you & enjoy
Patrick Beach says
went to a party last year that had these. I want them this year!
BritniV says
If you enter your first name and email address in the pink form that says “Get the files here” you will be taken directly to the printable PDF file and a copy will also be emailed to you. Thank you
Kimberly L. says
Looking forward to using your cards! I had purchased a set of Bingo cards from a party place and when I opened them up, they were all the exact same. Needless to say, I returned them.
BritniV says
Thank you & enjoy!
Katie says
We loved this last year so I couldn’t wait to get these again this year!! Thank you!!
Melissa says
When should I start the game? Before or after kick off?
BritniV says
The game is setup to use commercials during the official game so make sure you’re ready at kickoff!
Ann says
The link to the kids commercial bingo seems to be going to a recipe instead of the kids bingo? Could you comment with the link?
Thanks!! And cute idea!
BritniV says
The kids bingo cards are in that post, toward the bottom!
Michaela says
Thank you for doing this! It’s our second year using your cards.
BritniV says
YEA! Love this & I hope you all had fun together!
Mikey says
cant wait
BritniV says
Hope you had fun! Enjoy
Laure Turner says
Thanks for your games. I come back to your site for every holiday!!
BritniV says
You are so welcome! This is why I do what I do…for friends like you! Thank you
Terri says
This was a hit at my super bowl party. Thank you!! Those watching the game had trouble deciding when to take restroom break because they din’t want to miss the game or the commercials. Thank you for the free game!!
BritniV says
Oh yes we had that same problem! LOL!! So glad you guys have fun & thank you