Mid-America Pop Warner

Pop Warner Football has been around since the inception of the league in 1929 by founder Joseph J. Tomlin as a four-team conference in Northeast Philadelphia. Since then, participation has steadily increased to today's record numbers. Over 240,000 youths participated in Pop Warner-sanctioned football programs in 2004, and those numbers are continuing to grow.

Kids compete with kids of similar age and size. Pop Warner is the ONLY youth football program (local, regional and national) that sets and enforces a strict AGE & WEIGHT MATRIX that reduces the risk and reality of injuries.

Did you know that Pop Warner football is safer than soccer? Pop Warner football has 12% fewer injuries per capita among 5-15 year olds than organized soccer in the same age range! (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, NEISS)

logo Weight and Division Matrix

Age/Weight Division

Age

Certification Weight Range

TINY-MITE

(older/lighter)

5-6-7

No older/lighter

35-75 lbs

No older/lighter

MITEY-MITE

(older/lighter)

7-8-9

N/A

45-90 lbs

N/A

JUNIOR PEEWEE

(older/lighter)

8-9-10

11*

60-105 lbs

60-85 lbs

PEEWEE

(older/lighter)

9-10-11

12*

75-120 lbs

75-100 lbs

JUNIOR MIDGET

(older/lighter)

10-11-12

13*

85-135 lbs

85-115 lbs

MIDGET

(older/lighter)

11–12–13–14

15*

105-160 lbs

105-140 lbs

JUNIOR BANTAM

(older/lighter)

12-13-14

15*

120-170 lbs

120-150 lbs

UNLIMITED

(older/lighter)

12-13-14

No older/lighter

170+ lbs

No older/lighter

BANTAM

(older/lighter)

13-14-15

16*

135-185 lbs

135-165 lbs

* Maximum weight at certification (beginning of season). Players are allowed 1lb. per week during the season.

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