With football season just around the corner, Pug Winkler is hoping for a Hail Mary.

He needs to find a buyer for the Las Vegas property he’s called home for 23 years — to the tune of $1.15 million — and perhaps he can score a touchdown by passing it to another football die-hard.

While the residence doesn’t have an indoor pigskin-shaped pool, or a full-size football field in the yard, 2590 E. Viking Rd. boasts one of the world’s largest collections of football helmets.

“I got into collecting them by accident,” Winkler, a 77-year-old Brooklyn native, told The Post of his impressive array of brain buckets, which can be seen on display in a number of the listing’s marketing images.

Fifty years and nearly 2,000 collegiate football helmets later, Winkler’s priceless collection has outgrown his 6,000-square-foot abode. And it’s not like he’s limited to keeping it all in a man cave or basement.

“I have no wife to answer to, and if I did, and she said no, she wouldn’t be my wife anymore,” said Winkler, who has literally decked all his halls with helmets. They’re even in the kitchen and bathrooms. In fact, there are at least 60 surrounding the marble Jacuzzi in his master bath.

The first thing guests notice, however, are the hundreds of helmets hanging from the wooden beams in the common areas, most of which have vaulted ceilings.

The home doesn’t have to come with all the hard hats, 600 of which were worn in games. Winkler is having a hard time imagining a buyer who can take on his collection, which isn’t included in the asking price.

“Obviously there’s a price for everything, but I would never break them up and sell them individually,” Winkler said.

Winkler, who didn’t play college football, but “loves watching the kids play,” started acquiring helmets after he sold his first collection of sports memorabilia. From the sale of that collection alone, he was able to retire, build a home and travel the world with his son, Billy. While criss-crossing the country — and he’s been everywhere but Alaska and Montana — they visited 80 colleges and universities.

“I’d ask athletic directors, equipment managers and coaches for helmets,” he said. “Most gave them to me. But if it wasn’t a highly paid coach, money may or may not have changed hands.”

Winkler isn’t comfortable assigning a value to the collection. But with a new football helmet at Dick’s Sporting Goods averaging $500, it could easily be worth a million bucks.

According to Anna Kitras, who is co-listing the house with Taylor Cozik, the helmets are equal parts distraction and attraction.

“Some people can’t envision the potential of the home because of the helmets,” she said.

Others don’t come for the house, they come for the helmets. For example, Kitras recently showed the house to a football enthusiast from Southern California who drove out just to see how the collection was displayed. There was another party interested in the dwelling so they could turn it into a museum of sorts. With all its built-in shelving and custom molding to hold the helmets, it would be perfect for displaying any kind of collection. But Winkler wasn’t down with that idea. He says his ideal buyer is a multi-generational family or someone looking for an income property on-site.

That said, the property is actually two houses. Last year, Winkler added an attached guesthouse with a separate entrance and yard. The main house, built in 1978, is 3,770 square feet, and features four bedrooms and three bathrooms.

In addition to the Jacuzzi, the well-appointed owner’s suite comes with a sauna and two walk-in closets, where Winkler currently stores his wardrobe of 150 football uniforms.

His obsession doesn’t stop at sports.

The 2,169-square-foot guesthouse, which can fetch upwards of $4,800 per month in rent, offers another four bedrooms and three bathrooms, as well as a west-facing balcony with views of the Strip.

Winkler says his favorite thing about his slice of heaven — which is just two blocks off of East Flamingo Road and near great restaurants, schools and shopping — is the location. Kitras agrees it’s the property’s biggest selling point. She’s had interest from people looking to use the home as an Airbnb party house due to its proximity to downtown. It’s also caught the eye of a local swingers club looking to add another location in Sin City.

The main house is also plastered with probably 1,000 photos of Winkler and his son posed with the rich and famous.

“I’m the closest thing to Hollywood some people will ever see,” said Winkler who used to work in TV in Los Angeles.

One huge wall, which he calls the “presidential wall,” features photos of him shaking hands with heads of state.

“I’ve been with all presidents since 37,” he added. “Well, except for 45.”

When asked if he’s willing to part with that collection, he answered, “Why the hell would anyone want my photos?”

So why does Winkler want to sell?

“You don’t stay in a house for more than 23 years unless you love the house,” he said. “I love the house, I’m just tired of the city and the traffic. Vegas isn’t what it used to be in the ’50s and ’60s. The great entertainers are gone.”

“People don’t know what the city used to be, so they visit anyway because it’s Las Vegas,” he added. “Forty-two million fools come out here every year!”

Despite this, Winkler is optimistic that he’ll find a buyer. And when he does sell it, Winkler wants to move to Arizona. No plans yet to get into collecting baseball helmets, but the Grand Canyon State is ground zero for spring training, so he’s keeping his options open.