UCF Cornhole boards

by Dustin
(Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA)

My best friend (Dave) and I started talking about 6 months ago about making our own Cornhole boards for the upcoming UCF (University of Central Florida - Knights) football season. We both graduated from UCF and our now season ticket holders. Dave discovered the game on a trip to Ohio when he started playing with family. Being (very) amateur carpenters we figured we could build them cheaper and better than we could buy them, and also add a custom paint job.

This summer I searched the net for Cornhole Dimensions. I found a couple sets but decided on using the plans provided by this site. They were the easiest to follow and seemed the most complete out of any others I could find. Being that these boards are for tailgating I made a couple modifications, while sticking to the overall idea. Our boxes are 2' x 3' (as opposed to standard 4'). I also made the top board of the frame out of a 1x4, which spans the wide of the board (2 feet) and caps the 2x4's on the side. I designed the the legs just as described, which are attached with bolts and wing nuts. I dropped the height to 10.5 inches to maintain a similar angle, due to them being only 3'.

One customization I added was 42 small holes (2 rows of 21) on the 1x4. Then, using appropriately colored golf tees (to match the bags) you move the tees to keep score.
I completed construction and then handed them off to Dave to be primed and painted. Dave and his wife did an awesome job making them look truly finished. To get the logo she actually printed it out; laid carbon paper on the primed board; laid the logo over the top and traced it. The carbon paper did its job and put the out line of the logo right on the board. A few detailed coats of paint later and a coat of clear-coat spray “paint” and they are done. Football season starts at the end of this month and were stoked to break these babies out, wow the crowd and play some Cornhole.