🏈 Field & Teams
• Field: 40 - 50 yards long, 25 - 30 yards wide
• 1st down: 15 yards
• End zones: 10 yards deep
• Players:
- Offense: 6 (QB + 5 skill positions only)
- Defense: 7
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⏱ Game Format
• Game length: 20 minutes (running clock)
• Timeouts: No timeouts
• 30 second play clock
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🏆 Playoff Format
• Game length: 20 minutes (running clock)
• Final 2 minutes: Clock stops on dead balls
• Timeouts: 1 per team per game (PLAYOFFS ONLY)
• Top 6 teams make the playoffs
• Top 2 seeds get game 1 bye
• 3 seed vs 6 seed
• 4 seed vs 5 seed
• Higher seed gets ball 1st
• 1 seed plays lowest winning seed
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⚙️ Offensive Rules
• QB has 4 seconds to throw (use ref count or audible count)
• No QB runs (unless rushed after count expires—optional rule) 8U ONLY
• Snaps: Center snap or cone snap
• Motion: One player at a time
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🛡 Defensive Rules
• No pass rush (or rush allowed after count expires)
• Man or zone coverage allowed
• Interceptions: Live return (NO HELMET REQUIRED)
• No press coverage after 5 yards
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🚫 Contact Rules (Very Important)
• Non-contact
• No:
- Chucking / bumping
- Holding
- Face guarding
- Screens with contact
- One-hand touch or two-hand touch = down (choose one and enforce strictly)
• P.I. - 10 yards 1st down
• Holding - 5 yards 1st down
• Delay game - 5 yards loss
• False start - 5 yards loss
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🏆 Scoring
• Touchdown: 6 points
• Extra point:
- 5 yards = 1 point
- 10 yards = 2 points
- T/O on downs = 2 points
- Interception = 3 points
- Pick six = 6 points (able to go for conversion after)
- Interception on one point conversion: Dead ball
- Interception on two point conversion: 2 points IF RETURNED
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🟨 Penalties (Simple & Fast)
• Forfeit: 12-0 Loss
• Defensive holding / PI: Ball at spot or automatic 1st down
• Offensive PI: Loss of down
• Delay of game: Loss of down
• Unsportsmanlike: 10 yards or ejection (ZERO TOLERANCE)
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🧮 Tie-Breakers
1. Head-to-head
2. Point differential (cap at +15 per game)
3. Points scored
4. Sudden-death possession (starting at 10-yard line)
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🧠 Roster Rules
• Minimum players: 5 to start
• Substitutions: Anytime between plays
• QB wristbands allowed
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🧠 Misc Rules
• COACHES MUST CHECK IN WITH FULL TEAM THEN LOCATE FIELD MANAGER
• 8u gets 1 rush and 1 blitz per drive
• All calls are from the refs and will be none negotiable, coaches and players will be thrown out the tournament if they do not control their emotions.
• EXCESSIVE CELEBRATIONS, TAUNTING AND CURSING IS AN AUTOMATIC 4 POINTS FOR OPPOSING TEAM
• Field: 40 - 50 yards long, 25 - 30 yards wide
• 1st down: 15 yards
• End zones: 10 yards deep
• Players:
- Offense: 6 (QB + 5 skill positions only)
- Defense: 7
⸻
⏱ Game Format
• Game length: 20 minutes (running clock)
• Timeouts: No timeouts
• 30 second play clock
⸻
🏆 Playoff Format
• Game length: 20 minutes (running clock)
• Final 2 minutes: Clock stops on dead balls
• Timeouts: 1 per team per game (PLAYOFFS ONLY)
• Top 6 teams make the playoffs
• Top 2 seeds get game 1 bye
• 3 seed vs 6 seed
• 4 seed vs 5 seed
• Higher seed gets ball 1st
• 1 seed plays lowest winning seed
⸻
⚙️ Offensive Rules
• QB has 4 seconds to throw (use ref count or audible count)
• No QB runs (unless rushed after count expires—optional rule) 8U ONLY
• Snaps: Center snap or cone snap
• Motion: One player at a time
⸻
🛡 Defensive Rules
• No pass rush (or rush allowed after count expires)
• Man or zone coverage allowed
• Interceptions: Live return (NO HELMET REQUIRED)
• No press coverage after 5 yards
⸻
🚫 Contact Rules (Very Important)
• Non-contact
• No:
- Chucking / bumping
- Holding
- Face guarding
- Screens with contact
- One-hand touch or two-hand touch = down (choose one and enforce strictly)
• P.I. - 10 yards 1st down
• Holding - 5 yards 1st down
• Delay game - 5 yards loss
• False start - 5 yards loss
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🏆 Scoring
• Touchdown: 6 points
• Extra point:
- 5 yards = 1 point
- 10 yards = 2 points
- T/O on downs = 2 points
- Interception = 3 points
- Pick six = 6 points (able to go for conversion after)
- Interception on one point conversion: Dead ball
- Interception on two point conversion: 2 points IF RETURNED
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🟨 Penalties (Simple & Fast)
• Forfeit: 12-0 Loss
• Defensive holding / PI: Ball at spot or automatic 1st down
• Offensive PI: Loss of down
• Delay of game: Loss of down
• Unsportsmanlike: 10 yards or ejection (ZERO TOLERANCE)
⸻
🧮 Tie-Breakers
1. Head-to-head
2. Point differential (cap at +15 per game)
3. Points scored
4. Sudden-death possession (starting at 10-yard line)
⸻
🧠 Roster Rules
• Minimum players: 5 to start
• Substitutions: Anytime between plays
• QB wristbands allowed
⸻
🧠 Misc Rules
• COACHES MUST CHECK IN WITH FULL TEAM THEN LOCATE FIELD MANAGER
• 8u gets 1 rush and 1 blitz per drive
• All calls are from the refs and will be none negotiable, coaches and players will be thrown out the tournament if they do not control their emotions.
• EXCESSIVE CELEBRATIONS, TAUNTING AND CURSING IS AN AUTOMATIC 4 POINTS FOR OPPOSING TEAM
