Free printable football bingo cards

Four boards, ready to mark

Boards A, B, C and D use different selections and positions from the same twelve events. Each has nine labeled spaces and no free square. Pick one per player so you’re watching the same game with different routes to bingo.

The set is for a televised or streamed American-football game. It mixes confirmed plays with things the camera shows. You won’t need to identify a particular penalty or judge a catch yourself; for football terms, use the announcer or screen’s confirmed call.

For more than four people, play in pairs or print extra copies. People with the same board may finish together. These are fixed layouts; downloading again doesn’t generate new cards.

Start together, then spot the events

Hand out the boards and pencils, put the event guide where everyone can read it, and agree when to start. You can begin at kickoff or partway through. Count only things you see or hear after that moment, from either team.

When something matches a square, draw an X or circle its label. Everyone who has that event may mark it. No caller draws words from a bag, and you don’t need to track the game’s score.

Example on board A: the broadcast identifies a kickoff, confirms a first down, then shows a yellow flag. Mark those three spaces along the top row. That’s bingo, even though the events happened on separate plays.

Three marked spaces must form one complete row, column or corner-to-corner diagonal. A bent path or any three scattered marks does not win. Say “bingo,” then point out your line and the events you spotted. If the same event completes more than one player’s line, share the win.

A repeated event doesn’t add another mark: one square is one square. A single play can earn different squares if it meets both cues, such as a confirmed touchdown followed by its replay. Rewatching the touchdown alone cannot mark it twice.

What counts for each square?

Use these cues consistently across the group. The same guide is on page 3 of each PDF, so the website can stay closed while you play.

Touchdown

The announcer or screen confirms a touchdown. Wait for the final call if the play is reviewed.

Field goal

The announcer or screen confirms a successful field goal. An extra-point kick does not count here.

Extra point

The announcer or screen confirms a successful one-point kick after a touchdown. A two-point try does not count.

First down

The announcer or screen confirms a new first down. Wait for the final call if the play is reviewed.

Punt

The announcer or screen identifies a punt. A kickoff, field goal or extra-point kick does not count here.

Kickoff

The announcer or screen identifies a kickoff. Other kinds of kicks do not count here.

Timeout

The announcer or screen announces a timeout. A commercial break by itself does not count.

Yellow flag

You see a yellow penalty flag on the field or a FLAG notice on screen. It counts even if the flag is later picked up.

Replay shown

The broadcast shows an earlier play again. This counts whether or not officials are reviewing it.

Crowd close-up

The camera cuts to spectators in the stands. A wide shot of the field with stands behind it does not count.

Coach close-up

The camera shows someone on the sideline whom the announcer or screen identifies as a coach.

Quarter ends

The announcer or screen confirms the end of a quarter. A stopped clock during the quarter does not count.

For more about football vocabulary, the NFL’s football terms reference explains the game’s terms. The spotting cues above are the rules for this bingo set.

Print two board pages and one shared guide

Choose US Letter for 8.5 × 11-inch paper or A4 for 210 × 297-millimeter paper. Use portrait orientation and Actual size or 100%. Both versions have dark type and lines on white paper; color printing isn’t needed.

Print pages 1 and 2 single-sided for all four boards. Cut through the gap between the two boards on each sheet if you want separate cards, or fold the sheet there so one board faces each player. Keep page 3 whole as the shared guide.

The cells are at least 1¼ inches tall at 100%, with 17-point event labels and room for pencil marks. Check your print preview for clipped edges. The images above show the actual download interiors; use the PDF for full-size printing.

Keep a paper game nearby

Between games, find sport names in the sports word-search puzzles. For two people sharing a table, try tic-tac-toe sheets. Browse the printable library for more games.