Run Football Squares Online
One live board your whole group opens on their phones, keeping the score and every quarter's winner in the same place.
How It Works
Set up the board online
Pick the NFL or college football game your group is watching, choose a board size, and decide how each quarter gets scored, which takes a few minutes.
Send one link to everybody
Players open it on their phones or scan the board's QR code, then claim the squares they want before the numbers get drawn.
Let the board handle game day
Scores update in real time, the grid shows who's on track to take the quarter being played, and the winning square gets worked out for every period.
See For Yourself
100 squares available
Playing as: You. Choose your squares!
Players (8)
Why Hosts Move Their Pool Online
Built on three core principles: Easy, Fun, and Fast. If this is the first board you've run without a printed sheet, our full guide to hosting a football squares pool walks through every step from setting up the grid to calling the last quarter.
Players claim their own squares
They open your link, tap the squares they want and add a name and email, which makes those squares theirs on the spot with no app to download and no account to set up.
Scores and winners handled for you
We pull the live score for the NFL and NCAA football and work out the winning square at the end of every quarter, so nobody has to sit through the game with a pen.
See who's winning while it's still being played
The grid highlights the square that takes the quarter if the score holds where it is, so players can check for themselves instead of messaging you about it.
Pick the board size that suits your group
Run the classic 100-square grid, or switch to a 25, 10 or 4-square board when you'd rather the squares get claimed in an afternoon than over a week.
Fill your board from a single link
Send the same link or QR code to a group chat, a work channel, or an email list, and watch the open squares disappear as people claim them.
Built for phones first
Almost everyone will only ever see your board on a phone during the game, so that's what the whole thing is designed around.
Score it however your group plays
Score all four quarters, add the reverse score rule, or write a custom rule of your own, and the board keeps track of every winner for you.
The same board for Saturdays and Sundays
Run an NFL board one weekend and a college football board the next, then carry the same pass into NCAA basketball, the NBA, and baseball.
How We Compare
| Our App | PDFs/Sheets | Other Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic winner detection | Sometimes | ||
| Real-time updates | No/Manual | Sometimes | |
| Mobile-optimized | Yes/Limited | Varies | |
| Setup time | <5 minutes | 10-15+ minutes | 5-10 minutes |
| Fun animations | Rarely | ||
| Flexible payment options | Sometimes | ||
| Multiple games on 1 board | Rarely | ||
| Board Creation Limits | Unlimited | Per board | Per board |
| Cost | One Game Pass - $12.99 | Free | Free to $25/board |
What Hosts Are Saying
Real feedback from people running Play Squares boards.
“After years of using pen and paper, this was such a welcome upgrade. It was easy to set up and share for our Super Bowl party.”
“As a host, this saves so much time and eliminates manual errors. The interface is easy for players, and I'll use this for every event I host.”
“Even my older uncle had no issues picking squares. I felt confident sharing it with everyone, and it was completely worth the price.”
What Changes When You Run Football Squares Online
Running football squares online puts your group on one shared grid that everyone opens from their own phone, instead of a printed sheet that stays with whoever brought it. It's the same game whether your crowd calls it squares, a box pool or a block pool, so the rules don't change and only the place the board lives does.
The board answers the questions people used to text you
Anybody who has hosted a paper pool knows the routine, because the same three messages keep arriving all afternoon: which numbers do I have, did my square just win, and who took the first quarter. An online board answers all of them without you picking up your phone, and it goes one further by showing the pending winner rather than only the settled one. While the second quarter is still being played, the grid highlights the square that takes it if the score stays where it is, so everyone watching has something to follow instead of waiting for you to announce it at halftime.
Pick a board size before you send the link
The classic board has 100 squares, but a smaller one gets claimed faster and still gives every square a real shot, because each of its squares covers more than one score. You choose the size when you set the board up, and the grid groups the digits for you.
| Board | Layout | One square covers |
|---|---|---|
| 100 squares | 10 by 10 grid | One exact pairing of last digits, 1 of the 100 |
| 25 squares | 5 by 5 grid | Two digits for each team, so 4 of the 100 pairings |
| 10 squares | A single strip of 10 | One digit, matched to the last digit of both scores added together |
| 4 squares | 2 by 2 grid | Five digits for each team, so 25 of the 100 pairings |
Run it for any game on the schedule
Most people first meet a squares board at a Super Bowl squares party, but an online board works for any NFL or college football game, from the Thursday and Monday night games to Thanksgiving and the playoffs. You can also put several games on one board, so a group that wants to follow a whole Sunday doesn't need a separate link for every kickoff.
The rules are identical online and on paper, and the awkward moments almost always come from something nobody agreed on beforehand, which is why our rules guide covers overtime, ties, and repeat winners. If your whole group is around one table and would rather write names on a sheet, our printable football squares template is the better fit, and if you're running the board for a team or a cause, a football squares fundraiser works off the same grid.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
The host pass is the only thing Play Squares charges for, and it's the same flat price whether your board has four squares or a hundred.
One Game Pass - $12.99
Best for single-event hosts.
- Host a squares pool for 1 game
- Players join for free
- One-time purchase (no subscription)
One Month Pass - $29.99
Best for hosting multiple pools over a short period, such as playoffs, tournaments, or busy game stretches.
- Host unlimited squares pools for 30 days
- Add multiple games to a single board
- Players join for free
- One-time purchase (no subscription)
One Year Pass - $79.99
Best for frequent or season-long hosts.
- Host unlimited squares pools for 1 year
- Use across all sports and seasons
- Players join for free
- One-time purchase (no subscription)
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