Backyard Football (video game)
| Backyard Football | |
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Jewel case variant of the cover art featuring a child version of Steve Young (background) and Backyard Sports characters Jocinda Smith (foreground, left) and Amir Khan (foreground, right). | |
| Developer | Humongous Entertainment |
| Publisher | Humongous Entertainment |
| Series | Backyard Football Backyard Sports |
| Engine | SCUMM |
| Platforms | Windows, Classic Mac OS |
| Release | Windows, Classic Mac OS
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| Genre | Sports video game |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Backyard Football is an American football video game developed and published by Humongous Entertainment. It is the third installment of the Backyard Sports franchise, and the first installment of the Backyard Football series. Backyard Football became the first Backyard Sports title to include teams from a major league and real-life sports players, which would become a tradition for almost every other Backyard Sports game to follow. Backyard Football was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac via a hybrid CD-ROM on October 28, 1999. Similar to most other installments in the Backyard Sports franchise, Backyard Football was followed up by various sequels. Steve Young appears on the game's cover of the original release, redrawn as a kid.
The game was re-released under the title Backyard Football '99, on Windows (via Steam) and Android and iOS mobile devices on September 9, 2025. Due to licensing issues, this release replaced the names and logos of NFL teams with additional fictional teams and replaced Brett Favre with Chuck Downfield's little brother Chase Downfield.