When marking a football field for the first time and subsequent seasons how many points or intersections should you be staking? Here's my quick calculations and why these are staking points for pulling a string line when marking a football field.

 "Mandatory" staking points
4 - Four primary corners of the football field playing boundary, a squared field
4 - Goal line on both sides and ends of the field
36 - Each 5 yard line on both sides and ends of the field, 9 x 4 (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45)
2 - 50 yard line both sides
4 - Midfield hash mark, cross hash, both sides and both ends, different distances for high school (53' 4"), college (60'), pro from the sideline
50 - Subtotal


"Optional" staking points
4 - 9 Yard Mark, 27' offset from the sideline to top of the Sideline Numbers
4  - Coach / Bench Player zone, 6 foot off the sideline at 25 yard line mark
4 - Media safety zone, 12 foot off the sideline from four major corners
4  - Optional sideline number pylons
4  - 4 inch hash mark offset from the sideline to support 5-yard lines and 4" x 24" hash mark
20 - Subtotal 

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