Note: All fields not shown in above presentational example are optional.
Usage
This template, {{AFB game box start}}, is to be used in conjunction with two other templates: it may optionally first be followed by {{AFB game box scoring entry}} and must be lastly followed by {{AFB game box end}}.
When combined, the three templates will provide a thorough box score for an American football game.
This template duplicates many features of {{Americanfootballbox}}, an alternative American football box score template that spans the width of the page. Editors should not change from one to the other without good reason or broad consensus
Fields required for a game that ends in regulation time (copy and paste text below and then delete parameters that aren't needed or are unknown)
V1, V2, V3, V4: Visiting team's point total in each successive regulation quarter
VOT, VOT2, VOT3, VOT4, VOT5, VOT6, VOT7, VOT8, VOT9: Visiting team's point total in each successive overtime period. Only include fields for OT periods that were played
Host: Name of host team
H1, H2, H3, H4: Host team's point total in each successive regulation quarter
HOT, HOT2, HOT3, HOT4, HOT5, HOT6, HOT7, HOT8, HOT9: Visiting team's point total in each successive overtime period. Only include fields for OT periods that were played
Date: Enter date of game in MMMM DD format or MMMM DD, YYYY. Do not wikilink. (Example: For example, enter "September 25" or "September 25, 2009" in this field.)
Location: Enter name of stadium, city, and state
StartTime: Time of kickoff
TimeZone: Enter abbreviation of time zone. (EST, CST, MST, PST, or HAST)
ElapsedTime: Total elapsed real time of game
Attendance: Number of people in attendance at game
Weather: Examples: Sunny, Cloudy, Heavy rain, etc.; temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (°F); wind speed and direction
Referee: Name of head referee
TVAnnouncers: Names of television announcers, if televised
{{AFB game box start 2 periods
|Title=[[2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game]]
|Visitor=[[2007 Navy Midshipmen football team|Midshipmen]]
|V1=0 |V2=14
|Host=[[2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Fighting Irish]]
|H1=7 |H2=14
|Date=2007-11-03
|Location=[[Notre Dame Stadium]], [[South Bend, Indiana]]
|StartTime=2:30 p.m.
|TimeZone=CST
|ElapsedTime=
|Attendance=80,795
|Weather=
|Referee=
|TVAnnouncers=[[Tom Hammond]] and [[Pat Haden]]
|TVStation=[[Notre Dame Football on NBC|NBC]]
}}
{{AFB game box end}}