How to Read a Flag Football Box Score

A flag football box score is a structured table of what happened in a game. Final score, who threw, who ran, who caught, and who made plays on defense. This guide explains every section so a coach can read it fast and act on it.

Score summary

The top of the box score is the score by half plus the final. Use it to answer two questions.

• Did your team play better in the first half or the second?
• Where did the game turn? A 14-0 first half flipped to 14-21 final is a halftime adjustment problem.

Score by half is the simplest team-level signal you have.

Passing

The passing section lists every player who threw a pass.

• COMP. Completions.
• ATT. Attempts.
• YDS. Passing yards in Yardage Mode.
• CMP%. Completion percentage. The most useful single QB number.
• TD. Passing touchdowns.
• INT. Interceptions.
• SCK. Sacks taken.

What to look for. A quarterback with a strong completion percentage and more touchdowns than interceptions had a good game. Yards matter, but efficiency matters more.

Rushing

The rushing section appears in formats that allow running. Pass-only formats like 5v5 Air-It-Out skip this entirely.

• CAR. Carries.
• YDS. Rushing yards in Yardage Mode.
• AVG. Yards per carry.
• LNG. Longest run.
• TD. Rushing touchdowns.

What to look for. Yards per carry tells you whether the run game is actually working or whether one long play is doing all the work.

Receiving

The receiving section lists every player who caught a pass.

• REC. Receptions.
• YDS. Receiving yards in Yardage Mode.
• AVG. Yards per reception.
• REC TD. Receiving touchdowns.

What to look for. Average per reception tells you what kind of receiver each player is. High average and fewer receptions means a deep threat. Lower average and more receptions means a reliable underneath option. Both are useful.

Defense

Defensive stats are the most overlooked and often the most useful.

• FLAG PULLS. The flag football equivalent of a tackle. The single most important defensive stat.
• INT. Interceptions.
• INT TD. Interception return touchdowns.
• PBU. Pass breakups.
• SACKS. Flag pulls on the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
• FF. Forced fumbles when they happen.

What to look for. Flag pulls per game is the cleanest signal of who is reading plays and finishing them. A defender averaging three or more pulls per game is one of your most reliable players.

Team stats

The bottom of the box score totals up the team.

• Total touchdowns, conversions made, safeties.
• Turnovers committed and turnovers forced. The difference is your turnover margin.
• Team yards in Yardage Mode.
• Points per drive, free in StatHawk, tells you how often your offense converts a possession.

If the team passing yards do not equal the sum of receiving yards in the box, something was mis-logged. That is the quickest data check.

What coaches should look for after the game

• Quarterback completion percentage. Trend it across games.
• Top three flag pull leaders. Acknowledge them in the next practice.
• Touchdown distribution. If one player has every score, your offense is predictable.
• Turnover margin. Two giveaways with zero takeaways is the loudest signal in the box.
• Points per drive across the season. The truest measure of offensive improvement.

How StatHawk builds the box score

StatHawk builds the box score live as you tap plays. When the game ends, every section above is ready on the postgame screen with no math.

• Free PDF box score export, game, player, and team-season.
• Free AI Game Recap that reads the box score and writes a short summary.
• Free postgame share card with offensive and defensive MVPs.
• GameView live link parents open in any browser. No app, no account.
• For high school programs, a MaxPreps export file. StatHawk is an official MaxPreps Stat Import Partner.

For the sideline workflow that produces this box score, see How to Track Flag Football Stats During a Game. For the list of stats worth tracking, see Flag Football Stats: What Coaches Should Track.

FAQ

Why are some columns missing in my box score? Pass-only formats skip the rushing section. Classic Mode skips yardage columns.

Can parents see the box score? Yes. Share the GameView link before the game and the box score is in the same view after it ends.

Can I export it as a PDF? Yes. Game, player, and team-season PDFs are free.

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