Billiard football game

Abstract

Method and apparatus to play a football contest which is realistically simulated on a pocket billiard table surface; comprising of a plurality of billiard balls having football field, football and player indicia thereon to be placed on said supporting surface and selectively driven into pockets by a hand held device such as a cue stick. The apparatus includes a set of ten billiard balls representing field yard line balls, football/goal-line ball, a cue ball and an offensive center player ball. Each ball is associated with a specific player i.e.; field yard line balls and goal-line/football ball for the offense to pocket, and center ball and football/goal-line ball to be pocketed by the defense. Players take turns on playing on offense and defense. A winner is declared when all drives have been completed and to the player with the most points.

1 . Apparatus for a billiard football game comprising a plurality of game balls to be played on a pocket billiard table playing surface; 
   
   
       2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a game billiard ball consists of a green yard line ball with white indicia thereon representing the ten yard line. 
   
   
       3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a game billiard ball consists of a green yard line ball with white indicia thereon representing the twenty yard line. 
   
   
       4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein two game billiard balls consists of a green yard line ball with white indicia thereon representing the thirty yard lines. 
   
   
       5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein two game billiard balls consists of a green yard line ball with white indicia thereon representing the forty yard lines. 
   
   
       6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a game billiard ball consists of a green yard line ball with white indicia thereon representing the fifty yard line. 
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a game billiard ball consists of a white offensive center ball with green indicia thereon representing an offensive center football player. 
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a game billiard ball consists of half of ball with football indicia thereon and the other half of ball in green with white indicia thereon representing the goal-line yard line. 
   
   
       9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a game billiard ball consists of half of ball in green with white indicia thereon representing the cue ball defense X and the other half of ball in white with green indicia thereon representing the cue ball offense O. 
   
   
       10 . A method of playing a game on a pocket billiard table, comprising the steps of (A) placing a plurality of billiard balls in a diamond configuration on a supporting pocket billiard table surface to start a game or drive; (B) striking said balls with a billiard cue stick; (C) allowing players to choose rules and format for difficulty of play; (D) starting the game with players flipping a coin to determine who will be visitors team and who will be the home team; (E) having visitors start the first drive and the game on offense and starting on the twenty yard line; (F) having visitor and home players/teams alternate drives on offense and rack the balls when on defense; (G) having the cue ball represents the offensive/defensive players that will be used to break the rack and pocket balls during the game; (H) giving each player an equal number of opportunities during the game on offense; (I) allowing offensive players during their drive to score a touchdown, a field goal, a two-point conversion, or they can punt, turn the ball over on downs, throw an interception, fumble, or be charged with a penalty; (J) allowing defensive players opportunities to cause a turn-over such as a fumble, or a safety, or be charged with a penalty; (K) allowing any player to be penalized for fouls such as holding—anytime the cue ball is pocketed or is propelled and stays off the table surface after a shot has been made with exception to break shot or; (L) having an off sides foul occur—where a failure to contact a required object ball first or failure to drive any ball to a cushion after contact has been made with a required object ball; (M) allowing offensive drives to end if the offense scores a touchdown or field goal, a field goal attempt is missed, a fumble occurs, the quarterback throws an interception, offense must punt, a turn-over-on downs, or a defensive safety has occurred; (N) having player with the most points at the end of all drives to win the game; (O) allowing the game to utilize a scoring sheet to track the progress and statistics of the players competing. 
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10 , whereas balls are racked in a diamond configuration of nine balls with the offensive center ball at the head of rack, football/goal line ball in middle of rack and the seven yard line balls i.e. thirty, forty, thirty, forty, thirty, twenty, ten balls in random order or if players decide sequential order with offensive center ball at head of rack, with next row consisting of the ten yard line ball (left) and twenty yard line ball (right), with next row consisting of the thirty yard line ball (left) and the goal-line/football in (middle) and the thirty yard line ball (right), with the next row consisting of the forty yard line ball (left) and the forty yard line ball (right), with the last row consisting of the single fifty yard line ball at back of rack. 
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 10 , whereas the offense will score a touchdown for seven-points when all seven yard line balls and the goal-line/football ball have been pocketed. 
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 10 , whereas the offense will score eight-points on a touchdown otherwise known as a two-point conversion if the offensive center ball is still on the table surface after the touchdown is scored and it is then also pocketed. 
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 10 , whereas the offense will score six-points on a touchdown otherwise known as a two-point conversion miss if the offensive center ball is still on the table surface after the touchdown is scored and it is then missed on the pocketed attempt. 
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 10 , whereas an offensive player on the beginning of a down will score a field goal of three-points as long as a minimum of four yard line balls have been pocketed on previous downs, the defense has been notified of the attempt, and then the football/goal-line ball is successfully pocketed. 
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 10 , whereas the defense will score two-points for a safety if the offense fails to pocket a yard line ball before the defense can pocket the offensive center ball and the football/goal-line ball on the same turn. 
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 10 , whereas an offensive interception will occur whenever the offensive player known as the quarterback on the 1 st  down break/pass shot pockets the cue ball or causes cue ball to be propelled and stay off the billiard table surface after the break shot/pass has been completed. 
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 10 , whereas a fumble will occur and the offense will end their drive whenever the offensive center ball has been pocketed and the football/goal-line ball have been pocketed by a defensive player. 
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 10 , whereas a punt will occur if the offensive player/team has failed to pocket a minimum of four yard line balls after three downs have been played.