Tournament Rules
1. Objective

• Score points by flicking the football completely into your opponent’s end zone (touchdown) or by “kicking” it through their goalposts after scoring.

• Game ends when a player reaches 35 points OR when 4 minutes expire.

• If time expires, the player with the highest score wins.

• Tiebreaker Rule: If a game ends in a tie, each player gets one flick from the same side of the board. The paper football that lands closest to the end zone without tipping over wins the tiebreaker. 

2. Turns

• Start at end zone behind line.

• Each turn = 2 flicks..

• If you touch or rotate football diring play its a penalty and counts as a flick.

3. Scoring

• Touchdown: 6 points

  • The football must come to a complete stop fully inside the opponent’s end zone.

  • If any part of the football is still touching the end zone line, the touchdown does not count.

• Extra Point Kick: 1 point

  • After a touchdown, your opponent forms goalposts with their hands or uses red official goalpost. 

  • Stand the football upright behind the 20 yard line and flick it through to earn 1 extra point.

• No mid-drive field goals: You may only kick after a touchdown.

4. Possession

• paper football flip decides who starts. X/O

• After a touchdown, possession automatically switches.

• If no touchdown is scored during your turn, the next player starts from where the football stopped. You can not rotate paper ball.

5. Boundaries

• If the football goes off the side of the table:

  • Move it back one triangle length from the edge where it went out.

  • Possession switches.

• If it overshoots and slides off the end of the table:

  • No touchdown is awarded.

  • Place it inside the End Zone and switch possession.