Academic Football adapted from Positive Classroom Discipline by Jo Lynne Talbott Jones and Fredric H. Jones, Ph.D

It's time to review for a test! Let's play academic football!

How to Play

1. The class should split into two groups.
2. A member of the offense is asked by the umpire to pick the level of difficulty of their question – 10 yards, 20 yards, 30 yards or 40 yards.
3. The umpire selects and asks a 10 yard, 20 yard, 30 yard or 40 yard question.
4. If the student answers correctly, the ball advances the appropriate number of yards on the field.
5. If the question is answered incorrectly, a "bad pass" is called, and the question goes to a player of the team that is "on defense."
   • After "bad pass" is called, there will be pause before a defensive player is called to answer the question.
   • Answering the question correctly gives the defense the opportunity to "sack the quarterback" for a ten yard loss when the offense picks a 10-yard question, or to intercept a 20, 30, or 40-yard pass play when the respective pass play was selected. Sacking a quarterback in the offensive endzone is worth 2 points.
   • If the defensive player misses the question, the pass has been dropped and play continues without a change in the yard line.
6. After each touchdown, the ball begins on the offensive team's 20 yard line.
7. An offensive team has 4 downs to gain 10 or more yards. If 10 or more yards are attained in 4 or less downs, then the offensive team is awarded another 4 downs to gain 10 or more yards.
8. There are no fieldgoals.
9. On fourth down, the offensive team can select to punt. No question is asked on a punt. The defensive team gains possession of the ball on their 20 yard line.

Scoring

• When the red endzone is clicked, the blue team's score is incremented by 7. Similarly, when the blue endzone is clicked, the red team's score is incremented by 7.
• When a saftey occurs, simply click the defensive team's score box and type in their new score.