Football was incorporated into the game in the 1990s and was one of the major sports played. Football was played on different sized fields with different sized footballs. Field goals and extra point kicks involved punting the ball past the end zone without going out of bounds. Eventually, conversions replaced extra points, but kicking the ball instead of running it into the end zone resulted in 2 points. In the Eternal City Era, both conversions and extra points are worth 1 point by default.
City Era
In c.1993, local star athlete Manfred Manheim planned on joining the game just to play football for the Woodland Warriors. The problem was that he was so good that he completely dominated the games. In response, the R.O.K. Bombers began playing violently in an attempt to remain competitive. This made Manfred quit within a week in order to avoid potential serious injuries to fellow players. In the first game he played at Soldier Field, the hardest hit of the sport ever occurred. Manfred, who was extremely muscular, was running down the field at full speed with only 1 defender left to stop him. The player was Kent Luxtari of the R.O.K. Bombers, who was of decent size, though a couple years younger. Manfred and Kent both put their shoulders down for the impending contact, and what came next was the loudest collision ever heard at Soldier Field. The impact was so strong that other players claimed there was a flash of gray and that the ground shook. This attempted tackle made Manfred wobble and barely stay in bounds, but he managed to stay on his feet and stumble into the end zone. Remarkably, Kent was still standing after this hit, which highly impressed everyone, including Manfred. Manfred's final game was in the territory of Greenland, where Scottie Smith of the R.O.K. Bombers became so aggressive that he made Marvin Zuave of the Woodland Warriors cry several times. All games in the series with the Manfred were blowouts in favour of the Woodland Warriors.
Intergame Era
From the 2nd half of 1996 through 1999, several scrimmage matches were played. In 2021 and 2022, the players that would later form the Kelm Cool Guys and Avengerdonia Turtle wings played a couple games in what would later become Nidraw, both convincingly won by the future Kelm Cool Guys.
Pre Eternal City Era Rankings
| # |
INTERGAME ERA (estimate) |
| 1. |
Scottie Smith |
| 2. |
Chris Smith |
| 3. |
Kent Luxtari |
| 4. |
Greg Smith |
| 5. |
Fred Taylor |
| 6. |
Geoff Luxtari |
| 7. |
Bruno Mondragon |
| # |
CITY ERA TEAMS (estimate) |
| 1. |
R.O.K. Bombers |
| 2. |
Woodland Warriors |
| 3. |
Boboron Barons |
| 4. |
Cana Cannons |
| 5. |
? |
| 6. |
? |
| 7. |
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| 8. |
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| 9. |
? |
| # |
CITY ERA (estimate) |
| 1. |
Manfred Manheim |
| 2. |
Scottie Smith |
| 3. |
Alex Connor |
| 4. |
Troy Vanderbilt |
| 5. |
Chris Smith |
| 6. |
Paul Braune |
| 7. |
Kent Luxtari |
| 8. |
Ben Williams |
| 9. |
Shane Elliot |
| 10. |
Karl Marksman |
| 11. |
Marvin Zuave |
| 12. |
Antonio Adams |
| 13. |
Fred Taylor |
| 14. |
Greg Smith |
| 15. |
Jared Gelinski |
| 16. |
Kalvin Zuave |
| 17. |
Ryan McDowery |
| 18. |
Dustin Marksman |
| 19. |
Eric Goldstein |
| 20. |
Reginald Goldstein |
| 21. |
Geoff Luxtari |
| 22. |
Donovan Radway |
| 23. |
Jake Peterson |
| 24. |
Phil Hurelito |
Age & Gender Adjustments (standard scoring usually used if all players are about the same age)
| 2025-present |
F & M under 5 |
F & M 5-9
F 60+ |
F & M 10-14
F 50-59
M 60+ |
F 15-49
M 50-59 |
M 15-49 |
| safety |
-0.5
| -1.0 |
-2.0 |
-3.0 |
-4.0 |
| extra point & conversion |
4.0
| 3.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
| field goal |
12
| 9 |
6 |
3 |
1.5 |
| touchdown |
24
| 18 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
| 06NOV24-2025 (changed over time) |
under 10 |
10-15 & 50 and up |
16-49 |
| safety |
-1.0 |
-2.0 |
-4.0 |
| extra point kick & conversion |
3.0 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
| field goal |
6.0 |
3.0 |
1.5 |
| touchdown |
12 |
6 |
3 |