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🏈 American Football Emoji — Meaning & Usage
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Description
American football with white laces. Super Bowl Sunday alone generates more emoji activity than most holidays — wings, beer, this ball, and a lot of 📺. College football has its own massive following too. Outside the US, people see this and think "oh, the other football."
When to Use
NFL, Super Bowl, college football, or tailgating.
Example Usage
- “Super Bowl party at mine, bring wings 🏈”
- “TOUCHDOWN 🏈🎉”
- “Draft day — let's see who gets picked 🏈”
Popular Combinations
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Super Bowl
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Football and beer
How American Football looks across platforms
Open-source emoji designs. Each project maintains its own visual style — colors, shapes, and details may differ from what you see on your device.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does 🏈 mean in a text message?▼
American football with white laces. Super Bowl Sunday alone generates more emoji activity than most holidays — wings, beer, this ball, and a lot of 📺. College football has its own massive following too. Outside the US, people see this and think "oh, the other football." NFL, Super Bowl, college football, or tailgating. The tone can shift depending on context — a message to a friend reads differently than one to a coworker.
Where can I use 🏈?▼
You can use the American Football emoji in any app or platform that supports Unicode emoji — including iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and email. It also works in documents, spreadsheets, and most modern software.
How is 🏈 encoded in Unicode?▼
The American Football emoji is encoded as U+1f3c8 in the Unicode Standard. In HTML, you can use 🏈 and in CSS content: "\1f3c8". This standardized encoding ensures it works consistently across the web.
What is the shortcode for 🏈?▼
On platforms like Slack and Discord, you can type `:football:` to insert the American Football emoji. On GitHub, the same shortcodes work in issues and comments.
Unicode
U+1f3c8
Category
Activities
Added
Unicode 1.0
Shortcodes
:football:Keywords
sportsballsNFL
When to Use 🏈 American Football
NFL, Super Bowl, college football, or tailgating.
- •Send 🏈 when you want to express or reference "american football" in a message — it instantly conveys the meaning without extra words
- •Use 🏈 in conversations about sports or balls to add visual emphasis and make your point clearer
- •React with 🏈 American Football on social media posts, stories, or comments related to american football
- •Combine 🏈 with related emoji in captions or bios — works well when talking about sports, balls, NFL
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
Open your system emoji picker to type any emoji directly:
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Windows
Win + .🍎
Mac
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