Everything you need to know for Super Bowl squares contests

First quarter: Eagles lead 7-0, so the square for Eagles 7 and Chiefs 0 is the winning square.

Second quarter: Eagles lead 24-0, so the square for Eagles 4 and Chiefs 0 is the winning square.

Third quarter: Eagles lead 34-6, so the square for Eagles 4 and Chiefs 6 is the winning square.

Fourth quarter: Eagles won 40-22, so the square for Eagles 0 and Chiefs 2 is the final winning square.

The 2024-25 NFL season comes to a close on Sunday evening when the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs face off in Super Bowl 59 at the Superdome in New Orleans. The game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET and the Chiefs are a 1.5-point favorite at FanDuel Sportsbook.

There will be plenty of betting going on before and during the game, but if you’re not looking to engage in that kind of action, there is also Super Bowl squares to give you a little something extra to track during Super Bowl 59. This is a contest you can play with friends and if you’re hosting a Super Bowl party, it’s all the more intriguing.

Squares contests are a straight forward concept. You print out a 10x10 grid of 100 squares and assign a number to each row and column, from 0 to 9. One team represents the X axis and one team represents the Y axis. The numbers represent the last digit in a team’s score after each quarter. Most contests allow people to play multiple squares, but it just depends on how many people participate. It makes every possible score an exciting experience!

You need a 10-by-10 grid to provide the 100 squares that cover all possible numbers. If you don’t want to manually create a grid, you can print one out via sites like PrintYourBrackets.com. You can also play online using these various sites. Here’s a printable grid with the two cities added in.

The first step after you get the grid is have each participant pick their squares. Each person picks a random square and squares are picked until the grid is full. Usually, people will pick multiple squares, but maybe you’ve got 99 friends to play. Go you!

The contest will involve assigning digits 0-9 to the top row and the far left column of the grid. You can draw them from a hat or use a random number generator. This creates the necessary intersection of two numbers for determining who wins.

There are a variety of ways to provide for winners, but the most common is based on the score at the end of each quarter. For example, if the Eagles lead the Chiefs 10-7 at the end of the first quarter, the Super Bowl square participant whose square intersects with “0” for the Eagles and “7” for the Chiefs would win for that quarter. You go through each of the four quarters, and potentially overtime to figure out winners. You can break it up however you want, but winners by quarter is usually the easiest way to track the game.