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'''''Backyard Football''''' is a series of [[video game]]s for various systems. Currently all the games in the series have been developed by [[Humongous Entertainment]] and published by [[Atari]]. It is one of several sub-series in the ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' series, and is the first to feature professional players as kids, examples being [[Steve Young (American football)|Steve Young]] and [[Barry Sanders]].
'''''Backyard Football''''' is a series of [[video game]]s for various systems. The series was developed by [[Humongous Entertainment]] and published by [[Atari]]. It is one of several sub-series in the ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' series, and is the first to feature professional players as kids, examples being [[Steve Young (American football)|Steve Young]] and [[Barry Sanders]].


''Backyard Football'' attempts to recreate the experience of playing [[American football]] as children.
''Backyard Football'' attempts to recreate the experience of playing [[American football]] as children.

In one of Chuck Downfield's remarks before the game he tries to remember when he played for either the Ravensdale Roughriders or The Ravensdale Rough Riders. A spoof of a time where the Canadian Football League had two teams with almost identical names: the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and the Ottawa Rough Riders.

NOTE: THE YEAR IN PARENTHESIS IS THE YEAR THE GAME WAS RELEASED.

These are the pros featured in each game(in the order of what game they were put on). BACKYARD FOOTBALL(1999): [[Randall Cunningham]]; [[Brett Favre]]; [[Dan Marino]]; [[Barry Sanders]]; [[Steve Young]]; [[Drew Bledsoe]]; [[Jerry Rice]]; and [[John Elway]]. BACKYARD FOOTBALL 2002(2001): [[Drew Bledsoe]]; [[Brett Favre]]; [[Cade McNown]]; [[Rich Gannon]]; [[Steve McNair]]; [[Ricky Williams]]; [[Terrell Davis]]; [[Junior Seau]]; [[Jevon Kearse]]; and [[Donovan McNabb]]. BACKYARD FOOTBALL 2003(2002): [[Jerry Rice]]; [[Rich Gannon]]; [[Jeff Garcia]]; [[Donovan McNabb]]; [[Ricky Williams]]; [[Micheal Vick]]; [[Terrell Davis]]; [[Jevon Kearse]];[[Brett Favre]]; and [[Peyton Manning]]. BACKYARD FOOTBALL 2004(2003): [[Michael Vick]]; [[Donovan McNabb]]; [[Jeff Garcia]]; [[Marshall Faulk]]; [[Curtis Martin]]; [[Marvin Harrison]]; [[Brian Urlacher]]; [[Jerome Bettis]]; [[David Boston]]; and [[Zach Thomas]]. BACKYARD FOOTBALL 2005/2006(2005): [[Daunte Culpepper]]; [[Tom Brady]]; [[Michael Vick]]; [[Donovan McNabb]]; [[Matt Hasselbeck]]; [[Priest Holmes]]; [[LaDainian Tomlinson]]; [[Marvin Harrison]]; [[Torry Holt]]; [[Brian Urlacher]]; [[Peyton Manning]]; [[Michael Strahan]]; [[Tony Gonzalez (tight end)|Tony Gonzalez]]; and [[Ahman Green]]. BACKYARD FOOTBALL 2007(2006): [[Ben Roethlisberger]]; [[Daunte Culpepper]]; [[Tom Brady]]; [[Michael Vick]]; [[Donovan McNabb]]; [[Matt Hasselbeck]]; [[Priest Holmes]]; [[LaDainian Tomlinson]]; [[Marvin Harrison]]; [[Torry Holt]]; [[Brian Urlacher]]; [[Peyton Manning]]; [[Michael Strahan]]; [[Tony Gonzalez (tight end)|Tony Gonzalez]]; and [[Ahman Green]]. BACKYARD FOOTBALL 2008(2007): [[Tom Brady]]; [[Vince Young]]; [[Reggie Bush]]; [[Peyton Manning]]; [[Shaun Alexander]]; [[Brian Urlacher]]; [[Michael Strahan]]; [[LaDainian Tomlinson]]; [[Frank Gore]]; [[Champ Bailey]]; [[Jason Taylor (American football)|Jason Taylor]]; [[Chad Johnson (American football)|Chad Johnson]]; [[Larry Johnson (American football)|Larry Johnson]]; [[Marvin Harrison]]; and [[Steve Smith (wide receiver, born 1979)|Steve Smith]]. BACKYARD FOOTBALL 2009(2008): [[Champ Bailey]]; [[Ronde Barber]]; [[Tom Brady]]; [[Reggie Bush]]; [[Ronnie Brown]]; [[Braylon Edwards]]; [[Lee Evans (American football)|Lee Evans]]; [[Larry Fitzgerald]]; [[Vernon Gholston]]; [[Frank Gore]]; [[A.J. Hawk]]; [[T.J. Houshmandzadeh]]; [[Calvin Johnson]]; [[Steven Jackson]]; [[Maurice Jones-Drew]]; [[Ray Lewis]]; [[Tony Romo]]; [[Peyton Manning]]; [[Eli Manning]]; [[Darren McFadden]]; [[Donovan McNabb]]; [[Adrian Peterson]]; [[Ben Roethlisberger]]; [[Matt Ryan]]; [[Steve Smith (wide receiver, born 1979)|Steve Smith]]; [[Lofa Tatupu]]; [[Jason Taylor (American football)|Jason Taylor]]; [[LaDainian Tomlinson]]; [[Brian Urlacher]]; [[Mario Williams]]; [[Vince Young]]; and [[Chris Cooley (American football)|Chris Cooley]]. BACKYARD FOOTBALL 2010(2009): [[Mario Williams]]; [[Lee Evans (American football)|Lee Evans]]; [[Tom Brady]]; [[Darren McFadden]]; [[Maurice Jones-Drew]]; [[Adrian Peterson]]; [[Jason Witten]]; [[Eli Manning]]; [[Frank Gore]]; [[LaDainian Tomlinson]]; [[Kurt Warner]]; [[Michael Turner (American football)|Michael Turner]]; [[Matt Ryan]]; [[Peyton Manning]]; [[Calvin Johnson]]; [[Larry Fitzgerald]]; [[Matt Hasselbeck]]; [[Reggie Bush]]; [[Randy Moss]]; [[Brian Urlacher]]; [[Champ Bailey]]; [[Steven Jackson]]; [[Drew Brees]]; [[Ronnie Brown]]; [[Ben Roethlisberger]]; [[Steve Smith (wide receiver, born 1979)|Steve Smith]]; [[Tony Romo]]; [[Chris Cooley (American football)|Chris Cooley]]; [[Donovan McNabb]]; [[Ronde Barber]]; [[Ray Lewis]]; [[Matt Cassel]]; [[Braylon Edwards]]; [[A.J. Hawk]]; and [[Chris Johnson (running back)|Chris Johnson]].



==Installments==
==Installments==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.backyardsports.com/backyardgames/index.php/ Backyard Football 2008]
* [http://www.backyardsports.com]


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Revision as of 01:22, 5 February 2014

This article describes the video game. For the underlying sport, see Street football (American).
Backyard Football
The current Backyard Football logo.
Developer(s)Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)Atari
SeriesBackyard Sports
Platform(s)Current platforms:
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
Past platforms:
Game Boy Advance(Advance SP and Game Boy Micro), Nintendo GameCube, Macintosh
Release1999-present
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single player, Multiplayer

Backyard Football is a series of video games for various systems. The series was developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari. It is one of several sub-series in the Backyard Sports series, and is the first to feature professional players as kids, examples being Steve Young and Barry Sanders.

Backyard Football attempts to recreate the experience of playing American football as children.

Installments

Title Year Platforms
Backyard Football 1999 Macintosh, Microsoft Windows
Backyard Football 2002 2001 Macintosh, Windows
Backyard Football 2003 2002 Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube
Backyard Football 2004 2003 Windows
Backyard Football 2005 2005 PlayStation 2
Backyard Football 2006 2005 Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Windows
Backyard Football 2007 2006 Game Boy Advance
Backyard Football '08 2007 Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows
Backyard Football '09 2008 Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows
Backyard Football '10 2009 PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360
Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush 2010 PC, Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360
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