Abstract: A game for simulating the play of American football with poker hands. The game includes a game playing board that is divided into two sides, each side having a plurality of parallel bands with each band itself having a plurality of demarcated spaces, and a single, undivided intermediate band located between the two sides, with the spaces on the game playing board representing yard positions on a playing field, and with two end zones located at opposite ends of the playing field, with each end zone being represented by a band having a plurality of demarcated spaces, and a goal area adjacent to each end zone. Chips are used to represent players and points on the playing field, and a first down marker is also provided. The first team to capture all of the other team's chips wins. The game can be a physical game or computer game.