| DOLPHINS | Miami ........, American football team (8) |
| REDSKINS | Washington ........, American football team who changed their name to Washington Football Team in 2020 (8) |
| CAROLINA | & 13D NFL American football team defeated by Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 in 2016 (8,8) |
| PATRIOTS | New England ___ , American football team based in Boston (8) |
| SEAHAWKS | Seattle ........, American football team (8) |
| STEELERS | Pittsburgh American Football team who were the 1979 Superbowl champions (8) |
| TAMPABAY | ..... ... Buccaneers, Florida based American football team (5,3) |
| GREENBAY | --- --- Packers, American football team based in Wisconsin (5,3) |
| PANTHERS | see 1dn, NFL American football team defeated by Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 in 2016 |
| MIAMI | and 2 American Football team that won Super Bowl VIII in 1974 (5,8) |
| NEWENGLAND | American football team that beat St Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI (3,7,8) |
| RAMS | Name of a Los Angeles American Football team, and nickname of Derby County Football Club (4) |
| BRONCOS | Denver ___: American football team. (7) |
| BEARS | Chicago's American Football team. (5) |
| JETS | New York ...., American football team (4) |
| DENVER | -- Broncos, American-football team (6) |
| DALLAS | ___ Cowboys, American football team (6) |
| GIANTS | New York American football team (6) |
| RAIDERS | Oakland ___ , American football team (7) |
| NEWORLEANSSAINTS | American Football team; Super Bowl XLIV winners in 2010 |