US 5,207,433 A · Football game, apparatus and method of play

Abstract

The present invention relates to a variation of the traditional American football game concentrating on the passing aspects which demands virtually all of the athletic skills of traditional football, but capable of being played by a minimal number of players, preferably varying from three to five players. The subject game including new apparatus and method of playing employs a number of the refinements of the professional football passing game, based upon its timing and spacing aspects to provide a real athletic challenge, which game may be played on a smaller field, on both inside and outside facilities, the playing field consisting of a level open space at least 40 yards long and 30 yards wide. Spaced-apart markers are used to designate the offensive receiver positions for thrown passes and varied defensive alignments to prevent successful passing into a plurality of stationary nets or baskets.

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Combined apparatus for playing a football passing game to be played by 3 to 5 players including one quarterback offensive player and the remainder defensive players comprising

a) a field area of substantially rectangular configuration having dimensions of at least about 30 by 40 yards,
b) a football,
c) an upright platform positioned behind the line of scrimmage from which the quarterback player obtains the football to initiate a given play,
d) a plurality of movable upright football-receiving net members equal to the number of defensive players to be positioned downfield at five, ten or twenty yard intervals from the line of scrimmage at the option of the quarterback player, and
e) a plurality of markings of fixed defensive player positions marked on said field at prescribed spaced distances from said net members for initial positioning of the said defensive players upon initiation of a given play to prevent the quarterback player from advancing said football by successfully passing said football into one of said net members.

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The method of playing a football passing game to be played by 3 to 5 players including one quarterback player and the remainder defensive players comprising the steps of

a) providing a football,
b) marking a playing field area of substantially rectangular configuration having dimensions of at least about 30 by 40 yards,
c) positioning an upright platform behind the line of scrimmage from which the quarterback player obtains the football to initiate a given play,
d) positioning a plurality of movable upright football-receiving net members equal to the number of defensive players at five, ten or twenty yard intervals from the line of scrimmage at the option of the quarterback player, and
e) marking a plurality of fixed defensive player positions on said field area at predetermined spaced-apart locations interiorly of said net members for initial positioning of said defensive players at spaced-apart distances from and within the periphery of said net members to prevent the quarterback player from advancing said football by successfully passing said football into one of said net members.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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