 In September 1974, "Popular Mechanics" magazine published an article written by Carolyn Farrell about a similar game called "Bean-bag Bull's-eye".Bean-bag bull's-eye was played on a board the same width of modern cornhole boards (24"), but only 36" long as opposed to the 48" for cornhole.The hole was the same diameter (6") but was centered 8" from the back of the board as opposed to the 9"-center of cornhole boards.