Throw the Perfect Event With These 16 Super Bowl Party Games

Are you ready to start planning your Super Bowl party? Watching the Big Game (and halftime show) is the highlight of the celebration. But the food, drinks, company, and party activities make it an event not to miss. 

To help you plan an amazing football party this year, here are 16 Super Bowl party games. Some are perfect for before the Big Game starts, while others are ideal to play during or after the action on the field.

1. Minute to Win It Games

These mini-games are always fun for all ages and will make you laugh so hard you cry during commercial breaks. Split into two teams. One person per team plays and has a minute to win. Here are some ideas:

• Foam Finger Flick: Each contestant puts on a foam finger and balances a mini football on the finger. They have to toss the ball into a container — first one who gets it in wins!
• Helmet Hop: Each player has a football helmet between their knees. They must hop to one marker and back. If they drop the helmet, they go back to the start.
• Oreo Roll: Tape cups of various liquids to the edge of the table, like you see in this video. The liquids can be things like hot sauce, apple cider vinegar, nacho cheese, maple syrup, and mustard. Roll an Oreo to the other side of the table. It’ll land in one of the cups, and you have to eat the Oreo after it takes a dip in the liquid. There’s no winner for this one, unless you count the ones who get lucky and land in the maple syrup.
• Medic!: Contestants have a minute to wrap their teammate in toilet paper or gauze tape. The first person to use up their roll wins, or whoever gets the furthest in a minute.
• Concession Stand Mystery: Blindfold one person from each team and feed them different candy bars. They have to guess what they’re eating! Most correct guesses in a minute wins.

Find endless inspiration by searching for “minute to win it games” on social media or Google.

2. Football Candy Dice

Kiddos will love this game! You need one die and a bag of small candies. Each player starts with 4 pieces of candy. Put the leftover candy in the middle. Roll the die on your turn, and follow these directions.

The first person to 10 candies wins the game (and some delicious candy).

3. Bean Bag Football Toss

Design: Signature Greenvelope | All Access Invitation

Take the old-school game of bean bag toss or cornhole and give it a new Super Bowl Sunday experience. Split your group into two teams and give each a set of three bean bags. Teams take turns to throw their bean bags through the hole on the angled board. The team that makes the most bean bags through the hole wins.

Use bean bags in your favorite team’s colors. You could create your own football field scene on the cornhole board, or decorate it with your favorite mascots, teams, or players. This is usually an outdoor game, but you can bring it indoors — just make sure you have enough space.

4. Super Bowl Squares

In Super Bowl Squares, you create a 10×10 grid on a large sheet of paper. You can use a printable template or a virtual version, too. Label the top with one competing team and the left side with the other.

People can claim squares before the game starts by writing their name in a box until all 100 boxes are filled. For a betting game, each square costs $1 to claim.

Then, randomly assign numbers 0 through 9 to the top row and left column.

During the game, there will be a winner each quarter. At the end of each quarter, look at the last digit of each team’s score. Find the square that correlates with the row and column numbers that match those digits.

For example, if the score is Seahawks 22 – Patriots 15, find the 2 on the Seahawks row and the 5 on the Patriots column. The person whose square lands where the 2 row and 5 column intersect wins.

The winner gets a prize or a payout. If you’re doing the betting version, the first three winners can get 20% of the pot and the final winner can get the last 40% of the pot.

You can also play this game for charity, and donate 50% of the pot to a good cause.

5. Super Bowl Commercial Bingo

Design: Signature Greenvelope | 50-Yard Line Invitation

You don’t have to be a football fan to send out game-day party invitations and gather your buds. Half the fun is watching the commercials, which seem to get more entertaining and bizarre every year. Create a Bingo game to keep everyone engaged.

Take a moment to ponder about which brands you think will advertise during this year’s event — it’s often mainstream brands selling snacks, cars, fast food, soda, and alcohol. Add those brand names to a series of Super Bowl Bingo cards for your guests to use. Alternatively, you can find plenty of free printables online. Just download, print, and you’re ready to play.

6. Super Bowl Trivia Game

There’s always one person in the group who thinks they know the most about the NFL and the Super Bowl. Test their knowledge and see if it’s true with a few friendly rounds of Super Bowl trivia.

This is a great game to play with a group of different ages, as you can include both easy and challenging questions. Feature questions about recent Super Bowls as well as trivia around the history of the event or the National Anthem or Taylor Swift (if you dare). 

Play a round at the end of each quarter, and add up the scores at the end. Award a prize for leaders each round and a special grand prize for the person crowned Super Bowl Trivia King or Queen.

7. Football Ring Toss

Design: Sierra Lee Studio | Game Day Ready Invitation

Ring toss is a classic outdoor game idea that never goes out of style. Bring some football game flair to the activity with a Super Bowl-themed version.

To make this fun game at home, follow this DIY tutorial using copper piping. (You could also use plastic pipe for an easier version.) Place your homemade field goal post on a base of fake grass, complete with field markings, for an impressive DIY ring toss game you can keep and reuse.

8. Themed Word Scramble

For a more relaxing Super Bowl game, why not make some themed word scrambles? These word games are a fun way to celebrate the event, especially for younger guests.

Make a list of all the Super Bowl or football-themed words and phrases you can think of. Then, use a free word scramble maker to create your party game in minutes. Set up an activity corner at your Super Bowl party, complete with word searches, puzzles, and coloring pages for the little ones.

9. Mascot Match-Up

Make a list with two columns: a football team name and a mascot name. Players have to match up which mascot goes with which team. This game is simple and fun. Most players can make educated guesses even if they know nothing!

10. Flag Football

Relive your days on the school ground with a few games of flag football. This is a fun way to kick off the party, but it also works great as a way to end the evening. Because you’re simply capturing flags instead of tackling players to the ground, it makes for a family-friendly party game.

Don’t have any flags handy? Try touch football instead, where instead of flags you simply tap another player to take control of the ball. You could also liven up this sporty activity by adding a few fun Super Bowl props, such as creating your own mascots or using face paint to add your team’s logo or colors on your cheek.

11. Football Scattergories

Play a pigskin version of the classic Scattergories board game by making a template (or buying one for a few bucks) that has four letters across the top (like P-L-A-Y or B-O-W-L) and football-related categories along the side, like:

• Football term
• Tailgate food
• Concession stand snack
• Team colors
• Something on the field
• Something in a locker room
• NFL player’s last name

Game players have to fill out the categories with words that start with the chosen letter. When the time is up, compare answers — if you have the same answer as another player, you both have to cross it out.

12. Super Bowl Baking Competition

Design: Claudia Owen | Game Time Invitation

Any superstar bakers in your friend group? If so, this is one of those Super Bowl party games they’ll love. Take the traditional bakeoff format and add a rule that the cakes and bakes must represent or be inspired by the Super Bowl in some way.

Ask your guests to let their imagination run wild and bring their best-baked goods to your party. Cut the cakes, enjoy some delicious samples, and get your friends and family to vote for their favorite. If you’re planning a fun event like this, be sure to mention it on your digital invitations so people have enough notice to get baking!

13. Rate the Commercials

Love them or hate them, commercials are a huge part of the Super Bowl experience. Add some extra fun to watching the ads by rating the commercials.

Gather your party guests around the big screen and make sure there’s plenty of drinks and appetizers to go around. Hand out scorecards for people to rate their favorites, or keep it simple with a thumbs up and thumbs down. There’s no winner here as it’s all for fun, but it’ll certainly prompt some lively discussions about which commercials make your guests cheer — and sneer.

14. Most Likely To …

Have fun thinking of “most likely” prompts for your guests, like “Most likely to skip practice,” “Most likely to be quarterback,” “Most likely to memorize the playbook,” “Most likely to go viral for their touchdown dance.” Have guests fill out their own sheets and then compare answers. Let the debate ensue!

15. Super Bowl Charades

Break out a party classic and make sure there’s plenty of space in your living room for a few rounds of Super Bowl charades. This is a great game for a family-friendly Super Bowl party, as you can play it as a team game and keep it simple for younger guests.

Before the party starts, pull together a list of famous Super Bowl moments, commercials, or phrases — or find a list of Super Bowl charades ideas online. Write them down on small pieces of paper, and ask players to pick one from a hat to act out. Keep scores and hand over a prize for the winning team or individual at the end of the game.

16. Super Bowl Predictions

Design: Signature Greenvelope | It’s Game Time Invitation

If your guests love to guess things correctly, this lighthearted take on predictions could be a winner at your next Super Bowl party. While you’re not playing for money, it’s still fun to see your predictions come true on the screen in front of you.

Think of fun Super Bowl moments that you could ask guests to predict, such as: 

• Who will win the coin toss
• Who’ll be crowned MVP
• When the first touchdown will be
• Who will be the first team to score
• Who will lead at the end of the first quarter
• Which team will win 

If you’re short on ideas, there are fantastic printable Super Bowl score prediction cards online. All you need to do is print out enough for all your guests and make sure you have some pens handy so your guests can make their predictions before the drinking games start.

Host a Winning Event with Fun Super Bowl Party Games

You can’t control whether your team wins or loses, but you can throw a sensational bash that keeps everyone in a great mood. Complement your stellar hosting skills with delicious food, plenty of drinks, and the best Super Bowl party ideas.

Whether you’re hosting family and friends for a close-knit get-together or inviting the neighborhood over to watch, set the tone by sending out Super Bowl invitations to your crew. We’ve got tons of football-related designs that will have people RSVP-ing ASAP.