Template:NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader

[edit] Template documentation

This template employs intricate features of template syntax. You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages. Remember that you can conduct experiments, and should test all improvements, in either the general Template sandbox or your user space before changing anything here.

This template is to be used on articles about individual college football (American football) games.

[edit] Usage

[edit] Complete

{{NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader
|Name=
|Year=
|Type=
|Image=
|Date=
|Stadium=
|City=
|Visitor Name Short=
|Visitor Nickname=
|Home Name Short=
|Home Nickname=
|Visitor Record=
|Home Record=
|Visitor Coach=
|Home Coach=
|Visitor1=
|Visitor2=
|Visitor3=
|Visitor4=
|Visitor5=
|Visitor6=
|Visitor7=
|Visitor8=
|Visitor9=
|Visitor10=
|Visitor11=
|Home1=
|Home2=
|Home3=
|Home4=
|Home5=
|Home6=
|Home7=
|Home8=
|Home9=
|Home10=
|Home11=
|Visitor AP=
|Visitor Coaches=
|Visitor BCS=
|Home AP=
|Home Coaches=
|Home BCS=
|MVP=
|Odds=
|Anthem=
|Referee=
|Halftime=
|Attendance=
|US Network=
|US Announcers=
|Ratings=
|Intl Network=
|Intl Announcers=
}}

[edit] Additional

Below are the new fields that were not present in the old design in case you are just wanting to update the old design.

|City=
|Image=
|MVP=
|Odds=
|Anthem=
|Referee=
|Halftime=
|Attendance=
|US Network=
|US Announces=
|Ratings=
|Intl Network=
|Intl Announcers=

[edit] Parameters

[edit] Mandatory

Name

The name of the game the article is about. Can simply be the teams played or the commercial name of the game or the reason the game is significant.

2007 Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns, or 2007 Red River Rivalry, or Highest scoring game in history, etc.

Year

The year in which the season took place (not the year the game took place although these may often be the same)

Date

The date the game took place.

[[2007-12-31]] or [[December 31]], [[2007]]

Stadium

The stadium where the game took place

[[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]

City

The location where the game took place. The parameter is titled city, but please enter city and state

[[Dallas, TX]]

Visitor Name Short and Home Name Short

The short name of the teams competing in the game. University of Oklahoma would be Oklahoma, Louisiana State University would be LSU. This is used to create link to the team's specific article page.

Visitor Nickname and Home Nickname

The nickname or mascot of the school. USC would be Trojans, and Nebraska would be Cornhuskers.

Visitor Coach and Home Coach

The head coach of the teams competing in the game.

[[Brian Kelly (coach)|Brian Kelly]]

Visitor_1-11 and Home_1-11

The scores by quarter of the competing teams. 1 through 4 are for the regulation four quarters; 5 through 11 are for overtime quarters.

[edit] Optional

Type

The type of game it was. Use one of the parameters below:

nc = Non-Conference Game

c = Conference Game

bg = Bowl Game

ccg = Conference Championship Game

ncg = National Championship Game

Image

The image representing the game the article is about. Be sure to follow Wikipedia's image guidelines and non-free image policy.

[[Image:Example.png]]

Vistor AP, Visitor Coaches, Visitor BCS and Home AP, Home Coaches, Home BCS

The AP, Coaches and BCS rankings of the competing teams, if applicable. These rankings should be accurate for the week before the teams played, not the week after or the end of the season.

MVP

The MVP(s) of the game. Only applicable for post-season games (conference championship, national championship, or bowl game).

[[John Doe]] (offense)<br/>[[Jim Doe]] (defense)

Odds

The odds/point spread of the game. Be sure to cite source.

WLSU favored by 2.5 points

Anthem

The person/group who sang the national anthem prior to the game.

Referee

The referee(s) for the game.

Halftime

The person/group/etc that performed during halftime of the game.

Attendance

The official attendance of the game.

US Network

The network that aired the game in the United States.

[[ESPN on ABC|ABC]]

US Announcers

The announcers for the game on the US network.

Ratings

The Nielson Ratings of the game.

Intl Network

The network that aired the game outside the United State.

Intl Announcers

The announcers for the game on the international network.

[edit] Examples

The Bestest Game Ever
Conference Game
South Carolina Gamecocks Clemson Tigers (11-1) (12-0) 0 8 Head coach:  Steve Spurrier Head coach:  Charlie Weis AP Coaches BCS 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clemson 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8
Date	January 1, 2000
Stadium	Rose Bowl
Location	Pasadena, CA
National anthem	Jimi Hendrix
Referee	John Bible
Halftime show	Grambling State Marching Band
Attendance	89,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Bob Barry, Sr.
Nielsen Ratings	18.9
International TV coverage
Network	TSN
Announcers	Jose Jesus

{{NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader
 |Name=The Bestest Game Ever
 |Date=[[January 1]], [[2000]]
 |Year=2006
 |Image=[[Image:Example.png]]
 |Visitor School=University of South Carolina
 |Visitor Name Short=South Carolina
 |Visitor Nickname=Gamecocks
 |Visitor Record=11-1
 |Visitor AP =
 |Visitor Coaches =
 |Visitor BCS =
 |Visitor Coach=[[Steve Spurrier]]
 |Visitor1=0
 |Visitor2=0
 |Visitor3=0
 |Visitor4=0
 |Visitor5=0
 |Visitor6=0
 |Visitor7=0
 |Home School=Clemson University
 |Home Name Short=Clemson
 |Home Nickname=Tigers
 |Home Record=12-0
 |Home AP =1
 |Home Coaches =1
 |Home BCS =1
 |Home Coach=[[Charlie Weis]]
 |Home1=0
 |Home2=0
 |Home3=0
 |Home4=0
 |Home5=0
 |Home6=0
 |Home7=8
 |Type=c
 |Stadium=[[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]
 |MVP=test
 |Referee=John Bible
 |US Network=ESPN
 |Attendance=89,000
 |City=Pasadena, CA
 |Halftime=Grambling State Marching Band
 |Anthem=[[Jimi Hendrix]]
 |US Announcers=Bob Barry, Sr.
 |Ratings=18.9
 |Intl Network=[[The Sports Network|TSN]]
 |Intl Announcers=Jose Jesus
}}

[edit] Changes

This template was created as a replacement for a prior version that was deleted. It was designed to use as many of the same parameter names as possible to ease the transition, but there are some differences. This template used to be used at the top of game articles but was nominated for TfD for violations of MoS. This new design makes it a normal Infobox and also deprecates {{Infobox CollegeFB Bowl}} which was used to individual bowl games. This template is a combination of the old design and the Bowl template.

[edit] See also

• {{Collegebowl}}