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I’ve used the APBA Football Master game to replay several seasons.  The Master game provides the “ebb and flow” of an actual contest and allows the “coach” the opportunity to deploy multiple personnel packages to mirror today’s game or the single platoon system of yesteryear. On numerous occasions, I’ve matched team records and have come extremely close to replicating team and individual statistics.

My original purpose for creating this blog was solely to present my current and previous replays, offer “method of play” alternatives, share innovations, provide tools for evaluating individual cards, post links and informational tips to assist with preparing for and conducting season replays.

Of course, season replays will always remain the focal point, however, it’s my goal and ambition to cover all aspects of APBA Football ranging from historical, solo tournaments, league play and the finer points of Face-to-Face play. To accomplish this, I’ve enlisted the help of the finest minds in all APBA Football. My team of authors have been former card makers for the game company, innovators, league commissioner, writers for the APBA Journal, and APBA Hall of Famers.

Site authors are Mr. Mark Zarb, Mr. Ray Dunlap, Mr. Dave Urban, Mr. Greg Wells, Mr. Phil Molloy, Mr. Dan Flynn, Mr. Doug Reese and Mr. Scott Griffin.

I’ve created a quick reference site directory to aid visitors searching for the 20 most popular topics not found in the upper site menu (Home, Method of Play, YPC Ratings, etc).

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For any APBA Football related questions, feel free to contact me at oguard62@yahoo.com.

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Evaluating “Touchbacks in Landing Zone” (TBLZ) – Innovation

On September 17, 2025, I created Touchbacks in the Landing Zone innovation to simulate touchbacks that were placed on the 20-yard line. Whenever a touchback occurred, an additional dice roll was required, and dice roll results of 11 through 65 were placed on the 30-yard line. Dice roll 66 was treated as a TBLZ and placed at the 20-yard line.

In accordance with “The Football Database” website there were 1,803 touchbacks (TB) during the 2024 NFL season with 39 being classified as TBLZ (Touchbacks in Landing Zone). Armed with this information, we know that 1,764 of those touchbacks were placed on the 30-yard line and the remaining 39 were placed on the 20-yard line.

After completing the regular season of my 2024 NFL replay (272 games), I wanted to see if  the innovation was hand-grenade close to actual statistics. There was a total of 1,846 touchbacks with 49 being classified as TBLZ during the replay resulting in 10 over actual.

I consider this satisfactory and will continue to use this innovation for applicable seasons.