Seahawks vs Patriots Fantasy Football Math Worksheet for Kids – Week 1 (2026)

A new football season is a good reason to sharpen a pencil. This free fantasy football worksheet for kids brings the Seahawks-Patriots Week 1 matchup into a short math and reading activity for home, homeschool, or the classroom. Children calculate five real players' fantasy points, make a score prediction, and explain what they read.

Download the free student worksheet (2-page PDF)

Download the separate answer key (1-page PDF)

No email, account, or payment is needed. Print the student PDF at fit-to-page on US Letter or A4 paper. Keep the answer key for the adult. Allow about 20-30 minutes, with a pencil and an optional calculator. The activity is intended for ages 8-13, with adult support for younger learners working with decimals.

Seahawks vs Patriots: the Week 1 matchup

The New England Patriots visit the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, with kickoff scheduled for 8:20 p.m. ET / 5:20 p.m. PT. The season opener is a Super Bowl LX rematch. The schedule and matchup are confirmed in the Patriots' official Week 1 game preview.

Seattle won the February meeting 29-13. This Seahawks Patriots worksheet uses verified statistics from that game, recorded in the official NFL Super Bowl LX gamebook, to prepare for the September rematch. These are February 8, 2026 statistics, not September Week 1 results or player projections. You can finish the main worksheet before kickoff and return to the prediction check afterward.

1. Five real-player fantasy-point calculations

For this football math worksheet, use PPR, which means points per reception. A reception is a catch. The exercise gives each player 1 point per catch, 0.1 point per rushing or receiving yard, and 6 points per rushing or receiving touchdown. None of these five players lost a fumble in the February game. There are no bonuses in this exercise.

Fantasy points = catches + (receiving yards + rushing yards) / 10 + touchdowns × 6.

These are the worksheet's scoring rules; they do not describe LitZone's in-app scoring. Fantasy leagues can use different rules. Our fantasy football scoring calculator explains the difference between PPR, half-PPR, and standard scoring.

All touchdowns in these five rows were receiving touchdowns. Each player is listed on the corresponding Seattle roster or New England roster as checked on September 8. The historical statistics remain useful even if a player's availability changes before kickoff.

Work across one row at a time. First add receiving and rushing yards. Divide that total by 10. Then add the catch points and the touchdown points. Write the whole calculation on your worksheet so someone else can follow it.

Decimal helper: 27 divided by 10 is 2.7, because each yard is worth one tenth of a point. Keep one decimal place instead of rounding to a whole number. For Rhamondre Stevenson, remember to include his rushing yards as well as his receiving yards.

Two extra challenges: Who earned the most points under these rules? What is the combined fantasy-point total for all five players? This is a five-player math exercise, so you do not need to fill a legal fantasy lineup or choose a quarterback.

2. Score prediction math

Now make your own prediction for the September game. NFL scoreboard points and individual fantasy points are different quantities. Do not add the fantasy totals above to predict either team's scoreboard total.

1. Write a possible final score: Seattle ___, New England ___.
2. Add the two scores to find the combined score: ___.
3. Subtract the smaller score from the larger to find the winning margin: ___.
4. Write your predicted winner, or write “tie,” and explain your thinking in one sentence.

For a practice example, a 24-21 score means 45 combined points and a 3-point margin. That is an arithmetic example, not a prediction from LitZone. A tie has a margin of zero. There is no single correct score prediction before the game.

After the game, record the actual final score. For each team, subtract the smaller of your predicted and actual scores from the larger. Add those two differences to find your total prediction error. A result of zero means both scores matched exactly. Talk about what you learned, even if your chosen team did not win.

3. Short reading and comprehension

Read the passage below, then answer in your own words. A parent or teacher can read it aloud first and ask the child to point to the sentence that supports each answer.

The Seattle Seahawks host the New England Patriots at Lumen Field on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. Eastern Time, or 5:20 p.m. Pacific Time. This Week 1 game opens the NFL regular season. It is a rematch of Super Bowl LX, which Seattle won 29-13 on February 8, 2026. A rematch means the same two teams play again. A new game can have a different result. The numbers on this worksheet come from that February game. They are facts about the past. Your September score prediction is an estimate about a new game. Explain your thinking, then compare your estimate with the final score after the game.

1. Which team hosts the Week 1 game, and at which stadium?
2. What does rematch mean in the passage?
3. Is Seattle's 29-13 February win a fact or a prediction? Explain.
4. Why might your September score prediction differ from February's result?

The goal is to distinguish a reported fact from a prediction and explain an answer using the passage. A child does not need to know football terminology before beginning: the text explains “rematch,” and the math section explains “reception.”

Answer key for parents and teachers

Try the five calculations before reading this section. The downloadable answer key keeps these worked solutions on a separate page for classroom printing.

1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 4 + (27 + 0) / 10 + 0 × 6 = 6.7 points.
2. Cooper Kupp: 6 + (61 + 0) / 10 + 0 × 6 = 12.1 points.
3. AJ Barner: 4 + (54 + 0) / 10 + 1 × 6 = 15.4 points.
4. Hunter Henry: 3 + (31 + 0) / 10 + 0 × 6 = 6.1 points.
5. Rhamondre Stevenson: 5 + (40 + 23) / 10 + 1 × 6 = 17.3 points.

Most points: Rhamondre Stevenson with 17.3. All five players together: 57.6 points. If your total is different, check the division by 10 and Stevenson's additional 2.3 rushing-yard points.

For the reading questions: Seattle hosts at Lumen Field; a rematch is another game between the same teams; the February score is a fact because the game already happened; and September can have a different result because it is a new game. Accept equivalent explanations that are supported by the passage. Prediction answers vary; check the arithmetic and reasoning.

Use this NFL Week 1 math worksheet at home or school

For a younger learner, complete the first row together, color-code the three kinds of points, and allow a calculator. Ask the child to explain why dividing by 10 changes 27 to 2.7. The explanation is more useful than rushing through every row.

For an older learner, remove the catch points to compare these PPR results with standard scoring. Does the highest scorer change? Ask them to support the answer with calculations. For a mixed-age group, pair learners and have one read the stats while the other checks the arithmetic, then switch roles.

You can use the reading and prediction sections in one sitting and the fantasy math in another. No live game viewing is required. For activities beyond this matchup, see our football math worksheets and games and fantasy football lesson plans. For comparing possible lineup choices, try the separate Week 1 start/sit math challenge.

Build your own team in LitZone

Once the worksheet is finished, let your child turn player names into a team of their own. Build your own team in LitZone with a parent, choose real NFL players, and give the team a name. Fantasy play is free; LitZone's reading and math features are a separate paid offering. The worksheet and answer key on this page remain free to download.

Sources checked September 8, 2026: the official Patriots game preview for kickoff details, the NFL gamebook's Final Individual Statistics on PDF page 3 for all five player stat lines, and both official team rosters for player identities. The fantasy totals are LitZone's calculations using the scoring rules printed above.