Sixteen plates and forty napkins is a ratio worth reading closely — two and a half napkins per plate. That is not an arbitrary bundle; it is the consumption pattern of a tailgate, where people take one plate and use napkins repeatedly. Buying the pieces separately, most people buy plates and napkins one to one and then run out of napkins.
For a first tailgate, a kit is the shortest path to a table that matches. Fifty-six pieces for $20.99 works out at about 37 cents a piece, which is at or below what the same items cost bought individually from this catalog.
The 4.8 rating from 49 people is shared with the Ohio State kit — the two listings carry identical figures, because the feedback belongs to the kit format rather than to either school.
On the table
- Serves 16: sixteen plates and forty napkins, fifty-six pieces total.
- Two and a half napkins per plate — the ratio a game day actually uses.
- About 37 cents a piece, at or below buying the parts separately.
- The 4.8 from 49 ratings is shared with the Ohio State kit.
Specifics from the listing
- Each Indiana University Paper Plate and Napkin Party Kit contains: 16 Indiana University Paper Plates and 40 Indiana University Napkins.
