You'll need
- Your team and roster in BreakAway
- Your season's dates, opponents and fields
- A charged phone with the BreakAway app
Start with your team and your roster if they are not in BreakAway yet.
1.Add your season on the web
Web app
On the web, open Games and choose Create game. Fill in:
- Opponent (required). New team? Type the name and create it right there.
- Date (required) and time
- Time zone
- Field number
- Rule set (required)
Tip: Tick Create another game before you save. The form stays open, so the whole season goes in at once.
Playing away? Use Switch home and away. Part of a tournament? Pick it from the list.
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2.Or add a game from your phone
Phone app
On the phone, tap +, then Stat a Game.
- Pick the opponent. Choose a recent one, search, or create a new team.
- Set the date, time and time zone.
- Add the location and field number. Tap the location to auto-detect where you are.
- Tap Create Game.
It's now on your schedule. The web shows the same game.
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3.Pick the rule set
Web or phone
The rule set is how the game is played: field length, downs, scoring, punts and overtime.
Start from a preset, like NFL FLAG 5v5, IFAF or Illinois HS Flag.
- Phone: Tap the rule set, then Use this rule set. Or Customize what your league does differently.
- Web: The Rule set field on Create game.
Your choice is saved to your team for next time.
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4.Share the game with families
Phone app
Send the game feed to your team's group chat before kickoff.
Anyone who opens it can follow the game live, play by play.
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Sharing the game feed (0:34). Open the lesson 5.Start statting on game day
Phone app
Open the game on your phone and tap Stat This Game. First, the app checks that:
- You're allowed to stat
- Your roster is in
- Every athlete has a jersey number
- There's an opponent
Fix anything it flags right there. Then, on Pre-Game Kickoff, choose a stat mode:
- Final Score Only: Just the score.
- Key Moments: The easiest start.
- Basic Play-by-Play: Every play, the basics. Marked Recommended, and picked to start.
- Olympic Level: Every detail.
Choose both teams or just yours. Then tap Start Game.
Tip: Never statted before? Run the practice game first. Same screens, nothing on the line.
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The check catches a missing jersey number. Type it in, then Save & Continue. Basic Play-by-Play is picked to start. New to statting? Key Moments is the easiest. 6.End the game and send stat cards
Phone app
Final whistle? Tap End Game. Then send the stat cards. Every athlete's card is waiting for them.
Tip: Left the statting screen mid-game? Continue on Home takes you back to the exact play.
For everything between kickoff and the final whistle, read how to stat a flag football game.
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Ending the game and sending stat cards (0:36). Open the lesson
Your team setup
0 of 4 guides- Set up your team
- Build your roster
- Schedule your gamesYou're here
- Stat a gameUp next
Schedule on either, stat on the phone
Build your schedule wherever is easiest:
- Web: Quickest for a whole season at once.
- Phone: Handy for a game you add at the field.
Statting happens on the phone. The game you scheduled is waiting there, with your roster and rule set already on it.
Statting the game itself
Every play between kickoff and the final whistle, from a completion to a flag pull to the extra point, is in the stat guide. Read how to stat a flag football game.