Abstract: A game for simulating the play of football to be played by at least two opposing players wherein an action sled is movably mounted adjacent a playing field board which simulates a football field and is movable along the length of the board, the action sled having devices therewith provided for selecting the type of play and the direction of the play of each of the opposing players for their respective offensive and defensive simulated football plays and including a mechanism for randomly selecting penalty and non penalty situations for either of the opposing players during each simulated football play. A further feature includes a timing device for signalling the expiration of intervals of time. A further feature includes a random selection device having a rotatable head mounted on an upstanding base portion wherein a movable element is disposed within a cavity formed within the head to be randomly moved about to a plurality of positions in the cavity by rotation of the head.