Super Bowl 60 between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks kicks off from Levi’s Stadium tonight, and no watch party is complete without a Super Bowl Squares board.
It’s the easiest, most popular Super Bowl party game there is. You don’t need to know anything about football to win, which makes it perfect for every person at your party. PFSN created a free printable 10×10 Squares template so you can get set up in minutes. Drop your email below, and we’ll send it straight to your inbox.
Want to know how it works first? Keep scrolling for the full rules and some tips to make your board even better.
If you’re looking for other games, be sure to check out our FREE printable Super Bowl 60 Bingo Cards and this list of Super Bowl 60 Drinking Games, including a trivia game and football-themed flip cup!
How to Play Super Bowl Squares
Super Bowl Squares is a grid-based game built around the score at the end of each quarter. Here’s how to set it up and play:
- Print out the 10×10 grid from PFSN’s free template. One axis represents the Patriots and the other represents the Seahawks. Have each player write their name in as many squares as they want to claim. If you’re playing for money, set a price per square (common amounts are $1, $5, or $10 per square).
- Once every square is claimed, randomly assign the digits 0 through 9 along each axis. This is important — the numbers must be assigned after people pick their squares so that no one can cherry-pick the best numbers.
- At the end of each quarter, look at the last digit of each team’s score. Find where those two digits intersect on the grid. The person whose name is in that square wins the payout for that quarter.
- For example, if the score at the end of the first quarter is Patriots 10, Seahawks 7, you’d look for the square where Patriots 0 and Seahawks 7 intersect. That person wins the first quarter pot.
Super Bowl Squares Payout Ideas
The most common payout structure splits the total pot across all four quarters, but you don’t have to split it evenly. Here are a few popular options:
- The even split gives 25% of the pot to each quarter’s winner. This is the simplest approach and keeps people engaged all game long.
- The escalating payout weights the later quarters more heavily — 10% for Q1, 20% for Q2, 30% for Q3, and 40% for the final score. This builds excitement as the game goes on and makes the fourth quarter square worth the most.
- The winner-take-all format pays nothing for the first three quarters and awards the entire pot based on the final score. This is the highest-stakes version and creates a massive payoff at the end, but it also means most people are eliminated early.
- You can also add a reverse payout, where the person with the worst square at halftime wins a small consolation prize. It’s a fun twist that keeps everyone in the mix.
Which Numbers Are Best in Super Bowl Squares?
Not all numbers are created equal. Because of how football scoring works (touchdowns worth 7 with an extra point, field goals worth 3), some final digits show up far more often than others.
The best digits to have are 0, 7, and 3 — these appear most frequently in NFL scores. A square with 0 and 0 is the single most valuable square on the board because scoreless quarters and scores ending in 10, 20, or 30 happen often.
The worst digits are 2, 5, and 8. Scores ending in these numbers are rare in football (you need safeties or unusual combinations to land on them), so if you get stuck with a 2-5 square, you’re going to need some luck.
That said, the whole point of randomizing the numbers after squares are claimed is that no one can game it. That’s what makes it fun — everyone has a shot.
Printable Super Bowl 60 Squares Template
Ready to get your board going? Enter your email below, and we’ll send PFSN’s free printable Super Bowl 60 Squares template straight to your inbox. It’s a clean 10×10 grid ready for you to fill in names and assign numbers.
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Lets go! Seahawks for the win!