Printable Cornhole Score Sheet

A round-by-round grid to 21 with a proper net points column for cancellation scoring, running totals for both teams, and doubles team boxes. Free, no ads, no signup — one sheet per game.

How cornhole scoring works

Bag values. Each player throws four bags per round (an "inning" in ACL language). A bag in the hole is 3 points; a bag that finishes on the board is 1 point. A bag that touches the ground first — even if it bounces up onto the board — is dead and scores nothing (take it off the board before it interferes). Put all four in the hole and that's a perfect 12-point round: the "four-bagger" the crowd is waiting for.

Cancellation scoring. Here's the part casual scoreboards get wrong: the two teams' points in a round cancel each other out, and only the difference — the net points — goes on the scoreboard. If Team A lands 3-in-the-hole plus a board bag (10) and Team B manages one in the hole and two on the board (5), the round is worth 5 net points to Team A, not 10 and 5. Equal rounds score zero for both teams — a "wash". Write each team's raw points in their column, the net in the middle, and add it to the winning team's running total only.

First to 21. The first team to reach 21 or more at the end of a round wins — under ACL rules you don't need to land exactly on 21 and there is no win-by-2. Many backyard house rules do play "exact 21" with a bust back to 13 or 15 if you overshoot; the sheet works for either, just agree the rule before the first bag flies. The team that scored in a round throws first in the next one.

Doubles. In doubles, partners stand at opposite boards: two opponents throw one round from one end, then their partners throw the next round back the other way. Nobody walks, and the same cancellation math applies. Write both players into each team box so the throwing order stays straight.

Using the sheet: one row per round — raw points, net, running total. Fifteen rounds is plenty for a game to 21; if a wash-heavy grudge match runs longer, keep going on a second sheet. Running a backyard bracket with more than two teams? Seed it with the free tournament bracket generator and give every board one of these sheets.

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Teams

Team	Player 1	Player 2 (doubles)	Bag colour
Team A
Team B

Rounds — first to 21

Raw points per team, then the difference as net points to the round winner. Only the net changes the running score.

Round	Team A points	Team B points	Net points (to whom)	Team A total	Team B total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final