Scoring a Football Game with Down and Distance
How to run the American Football scoreboard in CineSportCam 2.0: quarters, possession, down and distance, the game clock, timeouts, and overtime.
American Football is new in CineSportCam 2.0, and it is the most involved scoreboard in the app. Here is how to run it without missing a play.
Pick the layout
Standard
- Score, quarter, possession
- Overtime, shown as OT
- Everything a parent in the stands needs
Advanced
- Everything in Standard
- Running game clock
- Down and distance, like 3rd & 7
- Timeouts left per team
Running the game
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Select American Football
In Scoring mode, tap the Sport button and choose American Football. Choose Standard or Advanced. You can switch mid-game without leaving the screen.
The sport picker with American Football selected
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Set possession
Tap Pos in the action bar when the ball changes hands. It also resets the down to 1st & 10. The remote scorer has a possession button too.
Scoring screen with the possession control next to the quarter
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Update down and distance
On the Advanced board, use the DOWN bar after each play: set the down, adjust the yards, or tap 1st&10 for a new set of downs. This is the part the scorer will thank you for handing them.
Down and distance controls
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Score, with the right points
Touchdown (TD), field goal (FG), and one-point and two-point conversions (1PT, 2PT) each have their own button, so the total is always right. Score a safety with 2PT.
Touchdown, field goal, and conversion buttons
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Manage the clock and timeouts
On Advanced, start and stop the game clock from the scoring screen and tap a timeout to take one off the board. When regulation ends tied, step into overtime and the board reads OT.
The Advanced controls, shown here on basketball. Football adds possession and down and distance.
Sports with a game clock
Football joins basketball, soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse as the clock sports. For every board and button, see the American football scoreboard guide.
- Auto sets. The app tracks the sets or games for you. On Advanced and Vertical boards, the next one starts on its own.
- Auto outs and innings. Three outs flip the half-inning. Balls and strikes reset for you.
- Game clock. A game clock you can start, pause and set from the scoring screen.
- Rally or side-out. Pick the scoring style your league uses, with a Side Out button on the scoring screen.
- Down and distance. Down, distance, and possession on the scoreboard, from the scoring screen or the remote scorer.
- Compact layout. A smaller scoreboard you can switch to mid-game. Part of CineSportCam Pro.
- Advanced. More of the game on air: past set scores, fouls, timeouts or the clock, depending on the sport. Part of CineSportCam Pro.
