Chicagoland Pop Warner Conference

Football

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)

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*	115-165 lbs 115-145 lbs
UNLIMITED (older/lighter)	12-13-14 No older/lighter	170+ lbs No older/lighter
BANTAM (older/lighter)	13-14-15 16*	130-175 lbs 130-160 lbs