Super Bowl Squares Printable PDF: Rules, Tips, and a Printable Grid for Super Bowl 60
Few events get people as excited about friendly competition as the Super Bowl. Even fans who never place a bet all season often enjoy adding a little extra suspense to the big game. If you’re watching the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots this Sunday, Feb. 8 (6:30 p.m. kickoff), a Super Bowl squares pool is one of the easiest ways to make things more fun at your party.
With a simple printable squares board, everyone can join in by claiming boxes and winning prizes based on the score at the end of each quarter. Many online sportsbooks even run their own digital versions of Super Bowl squares contests.
Printable Super Bowl Squares Board
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How Super Bowl Squares Works
Getting started is simple:
- Print a blank squares grid: A standard board includes 100 boxes arranged in a 10×10 format.
- Label the numbers 0 through 9: Along the top row and the left column, you’ll eventually write digits that represent the last number of each team’s score.
- Sell squares to participants: Everyone can purchase as many boxes as they want for an agreed price.
- Example: At $10 per square, buying five squares would cost $50.
- Assign names to purchased boxes: Once someone buys squares, write their name into the boxes they own.
- Randomly draw the row and column numbers: Digits from 0–9 are drawn and placed across the top and side of the board, creating unique score combinations.
- From there, each person tracks the score digits they’ve been assigned.
How Winners Are Chosen
Payouts are based on the last digit of each team’s score at the end of every quarter.
Example:
If the Seahawks lead 7–3 after the first quarter, the winning square is the one that matches:
- Seahawks = 7
- Patriots = 3
If a team has a two-digit score, only the second digit matters.
So a score of 14 counts as “4” on the board.
Prize and Payout Options
The person running the pool decides how the money is split, but a common structure looks like this:
- 20% of the pot for Q1
- 20% for Q2
- 20% for Q3
- 40% for the final score
Overtime is usually included in the final score payout, not treated as a separate quarter.
Example with a $500 pool:
- $100 awarded for each of the first three quarters
- $200 awarded for the final score winner
If not all 100 squares are sold, house rules may allow unclaimed payouts to roll into the next quarter or award the prize to the closest square if the final score lands on an empty box.
Which Numbers Are Best in Super Bowl Squares?
Since football scoring often comes in increments of 3 and 7, certain digits appear more frequently in final score endings.
Most common winning digits tend to be:
- 0
- 3
- 7
With modern trends like missed extra points and more two-point conversion attempts, score patterns have become less predictable, but historically, some digits show up less often.
The least favorable numbers have typically been:
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2, 5, 6, 8, and 9
Meanwhile, digits like 1 and 4 can be more valuable because common totals such as 14, 21, 24, and 31 land there often.
