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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Football Squares, Ready Before Kickoff

Run a squares board for the Thanksgiving Day games. Share one link, fill the grid before the first kickoff, and let your table sweat every quarter along with the turkey.

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  • 1,124 boards created
  • 6,533 players with squares on a board
  • 1,847 winners marked

What Are Thanksgiving Football Squares?

Same 10x10 grid as any football squares board: 100 squares, names go in, digits 0 through 9 get drawn for the rows and columns once the grid fills. The last digit of each team's score at the end of every quarter picks a winner. Thanksgiving has meant NFL football for decades, and the tradition usually puts more than one game on the schedule, which makes it a good day to run more than one board if your group wants to follow all of them.

Somebody's uncle is already asking who has the good squares before the turkey's carved.

A football squares board with the numbers drawn and the quarter winners marked
A live football squares board. Works the same way for the Thanksgiving slate as it does any other week.

Running a Board for the Holiday

Set the board up before the family shows up. Name it, share the link in the group chat, and let everyone claim squares from their phone while the food's still in the oven. Once the grid fills, numbers shuffle randomly and the board takes it from there, marking each quarter winner automatically. If more than one Thanksgiving game is on your radar, start a separate board for each: one link per game keeps the scoring simple and keeps the group chat from mixing up two grids.

Thanksgiving Games on the Schedule

Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions
Thu Nov 26, 1:00 PM ET
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Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys
Thu Nov 26, 4:30 PM ET
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Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills
Thu Nov 26, 8:20 PM ET
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Tips for a Thanksgiving Squares Pool

  • One board per game. Trying to track two matchups on one grid gets confusing fast.
  • Sell squares first, randomize numbers second, same as any other week.
  • Decide your overtime rule before kickoff, not during the fourth quarter.
  • Set a deadline. Family members trickle in all day; give everyone a clear cutoff to claim a square.

Running it on paper at the table instead? Print a free blank grid and draw the digits with our number generator.

Create Your Thanksgiving Squares Board

Free. Share a link. 100 squares. Four winners per game.

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Beyond Thanksgiving

The football calendar keeps moving after the holiday. football squares covers any NFL game on the schedule, and Super Bowl squares is the dedicated home for the championship. Once the regular season wraps, NFL playoff squares covers Wild Card weekend through the conference championships, and College Football Playoff squares covers bowl season and the 12-team field. Hosting again on December 25th? Christmas football squares has that one too.

FAQ

Yes, one board per game. Thanksgiving has meant NFL football for decades, and the day usually has more than one game worth watching. A fresh board for each game keeps the scoring simple.

After every square on the grid is claimed, same as any other football squares board. Get your group's squares filled before the first kickoff, then the digits 0 through 9 shuffle randomly across the grid.

No. Creating a board and claiming squares on Pick My Square is free. We never collect anything from players or hold anything for your group.

Yes. Type in any two teams and any date, and the board works the same way. Families running a backyard flag football game or a local high school rivalry on Thanksgiving morning use it too.

That depends on the board. The host picks, in the board's settings, whether the last winner uses the score at the end of regulation or the final score after overtime. Settle it before the first kickoff of the day.

Same board, same rules. This page is just built around the Thanksgiving slate specifically, with the actual games pulled from our schedule data once they're set.
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