Free Printable American Football Coloring Pages

Explore American football with helmets, passing and catching practice, goalposts, flag football and a friendly fox player. Choose a page to print and give each uniform your own colors.

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A laced American football rests in front of a helmet with a faceguard and chin strap.

American Football and Helmet

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A helmeted quarterback holds the football in both hands while looking across the practice field.

Quarterback Ready to Pass

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A young player extends one arm as an American football travels through the air.

A Forward Pass

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A player bends their knees and raises both hands toward an incoming football.

Ready to Catch the Football

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A young player runs with the football tucked against one side and the other arm bent.

Running with the Football

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One player holds out the football while a teammate reaches forward with open hands.

Getting Ready for a Handoff

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A crouching center rests one hand on the football on the grass and looks ahead.

Center Ready for the Snap

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A player draws one foot back beside a football on a kicking tee, with goalposts behind.

Place-Kick Practice

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A player extends a kicking leg beneath an airborne football, with both hands held forward.

Practicing a Punt

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An American football rests on the grass below tall goalposts and two clouds.

Football and Goalposts

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A child runs with an American football, wearing shorts and a belt with two hanging flags.

Flag Football Runner

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Two children wearing flag belts pass one football across a clear space on the field.

Flag Football Passing Practice

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Helmet details or a moving player?

Pick large gear shapes or a flag-football action scene.

Helmet and ball

The open face mask and ball laces invite careful white space.

American Football and Helmet →

Flag catch

Two children pass the ball, with flag strips at their waists. Choose it to describe cooperation.

Flag Football Passing Practice →

Keep small openings white

Print the original line drawing linked below. The numbered areas match the color key and steps; use the colored example as a starting point, then choose your own colors if you prefer.

Try it on paper

Original coloring page: American Football and Helmet →

Blue helmet, brown football and white face mask. — A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.

1. Blue helmet
2. Brown ball
3. White mask

Color the helmet shell blue; leave stripe, openings and fittings white.
Color the football brown, keeping end stripes and laces white.
Keep the face mask white and its open spaces clear.

The ball remains separate from the helmet. The picture is a color study, not a guide to fitting protective equipment.

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Choose a page

Start with the ball and goalposts for broad spaces, or choose a player to color the helmet, pads and laces. The coach and team scenes add more small details.

Try it together

Color two teammates in matching colors, then talk about passing, taking turns and water breaks. Compare the flag belts with the padded uniforms shown on other pages.

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