Out door Football Toss
Purchase two hula hoops at your local dollar store or Walmart. Have the kids line up into two teams. Next have an adult hold a hula hoop a few feet from each child at the front of each line. The first child has to throw the football through the hoop. Then, for the next child, move the hula hoop another foot back and repeat until the distance gets challenging. Whichever team throws the most balls through the hoops wins.
For prizes have goodie baskets made up with popcorn, pretzels, soda (all the healthy stuff!) or give nerf footballs to the kids. Depending on the ages of the kids, you might want to give the losing team a gift too! Maybe give the winning team first choice of prize.
Beer Commercial Game
Obviously for the 21 and over crowd at your party! Serve the most popular kinds of beer, the ones that pay millions to advertise on Super Bowl Sunday!! When a particular beer commercial comes on and someone in the room is drinking that particular beer, they win and they have to do a shot, or you can choose to give them a prize instead. You can even change it up to where that person can pick a person to do a shot. Have fun and be creative with this game.
Trivia
Trivia is always great fun. Don't forget prizes!
Ingredients
- Index Cards
- Markers
To Play
- Play trivia either before the game or after.
- Read off each of the trivia questions. The person who gets the right answer wins a prize.
- Turn this into a drinking game by making all of the losers drink up.
So here is a little, or a lot, of football History for you to make your trivia game:
It's hard to believe it's been more than 40 years!
The very first Super Bowl was played in 1967. Yep. It was at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on January 15 (seems early--but these are the facts). Who played? Well, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League and the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League went at it and the Packers blew the Chiefs away with an impressive 35-10 victory.
How did it come to be? "On August 14, 1959, Dallas businessman, Lamar Hunt, called for the formation of the American Football League. This league was organized and began play in 1960. Others in football thought the idea of the new conference was so crazy that the teams that formed this new conference were referred to as the 'Foolish Club.'
"As it turns out, this newly founded American Football League had a profound effect on pro football. On June 8 of 1966, the AFL and the NFL announced a merger. At the end of the 1966 season these new conferences played against each other in the first ever Super Bowl."
And the rest is history. And now it is a tradition. Over 22,000,000 TVs are tuned into the Super Bowl and of these 22,000,000 households, 13.5 million are having parties. These figures are, of course, pure fiction. But I wanted to emphasize the importance of celebrating the Super Bowl.
Super Bowl XIX, January 20, 1985... The San Francisco 49'ers beat Miami, 38 to 16. Played at Stanford Stadium. I was there!! I sat on the fifty yard line two rows below Tony Bennett, who was surrounded by women!! Dad was coaching at Stanford at the time and was given three tickets. My sister Jan and her husband Pat sat on the other side of the field in the end zone. I was the lucky one and had no problem going alone to sit on the fifty yard line!! I met so many people, and it was a memory that will last a life time for me! Here is my proof! I sure wish I could fit into that jacket again!!
Okay, sorry, enough of my walk down memory lane.... now for some more Trivia facts for you to use at your party:
Question:
Who was the MVP of the first Super Bowl?
Answer:
Bart Starr was MVP of the first two Super Bowls.
Bart Starr was MVP of the first two Super Bowls.
Question:
Besides Bart Starr, what other player was awarded MVP for two consecutive super bowls?
Answer:
Terry Bradshaw ’79, then ’80; not consecutive: Tom Brady & Joe Montana
What state leads with five Super Bowl MVPs? California, followed by Ohio and Florida with 4 each.
Question:
What state leads with five Super Bowl MVPs?
Answer:
California, followed by Ohio and Florida with 4 each.
Question:
Which MVP had his helmet stolen at the 1994 Super Bowl?
Answer:
Dallas Cowboy, Emmitt Smith. It was safely and anonymously returned.
Question:
What player holds the record for most career fumbles in a Super Bowl?
Answer:
Roger Staubach coughed up the ball five times in four Super Bowl appearances.
Question:
Three individuals appeared in Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach, and then a head coach, who are they?
Answer:
Dan Reeves, Mike Ditka and Tony Dungy
Question:
This player scored 7 touchdowns, in three Super Bowls.
Answer:
Jerry Rice
Question:
What player rushed for 204 yards, the most in a Super Bowl?
Answer:
Timmy Smith in Super Bowl XXII
Question:
Which Jets quarterback, when asked if he preferred grass or Astroturf, replied: "I don't know ... I never smoked Astroturf"? Answer:
Joe Namath
Question:
What was the first team to win five Super Bowls?
Answer:
The San Francisco 49ers became the first team to win five Super Bowls
Question:
Which team set the record at 602 for most yards gained in a Super Bowl?
Answer:
Washington Redskins, with 6 touchdowns vs Denver, 1988.
Question:
What team had the most Super Bowl losses at 7?
Answer:
Los Angeles Rams
Question:
In 2006, how much did it cost for a 30-second commercial?
Answer:
$2.5 million
Question:
The San Francisco 49ers won two Super Bowls back to back, under two different head coaches. Who were they? Answer:
Bill Walsh XXIII and George Seifert XXIV
Question:
Who was the first African American coach to win a Super Bowl?
Answer:
Tony Dungy, with the Colts’ victory over the Bears, in 2007.
Okay, there ya go!! It's a good start Don't ya think?
Stay tuned everyone... there is so much more to come!!
Recipes, more game ideas, Party Tips too!!
Have a Wonderful weekend!!
Love all of this trivia--am going to have to steal some for my Super Bowl column next week! Am SO loving your blog--love, your biggest follower!
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