| 100% | LIONS | 5 | N.F.L. team for which Barry Sanders played |
| 57% | NYJETS | 6 | N.F.L. team for which Joe Namath was a QB |
| 55% | KNICKS | 6 | Team for which 1970 N.B.A. M.V.P. Willis Reed played |
| 54% | SHAYNE | 6 | N.F.L. kicker Graham who played for 14 teams |
| 48% | THEDETROITLIONS | 15 | Team for which George Plimpton once played |
| 47% | CHICAGOCUBS | 11 | Team for which 25-/35-Across played: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BOCA | 4 | ___ Juniors, soccer team for which Diego Maradona once played |
| 47% | DALLASCOWBOYS | 13 | Team for which 18-Across plays: 2 wds. |
| 46% | METS | 4 | N.L. East team for which Tom Seaver pitched |
| 45% | JAX | 3 | N.F.L. team with teal jerseys, for short |
| 45% | PATS | 4 | New England’s N.F.L. team, for short |
| 45% | BILLS | 5 | N.F.L. team that plays in royal blue |
| 45% | LIONS | 5 | N.F.L. team that plays at Ford Field |
| 45% | RAMS | 4 | N.F.L. team that plays in a college stadium |
| 45% | NYGIANTS | 8 | N.F.L. team that plays in Jersey, strangely enough |
| 45% | LIONS | 5 | N.F.L team that plays in honolulu blue |
| 45% | BEARS | 5 | N.F.L team that plays in navy blue |
| 44% | LAKERS | 6 | Los Angeles ___, NBA team for which LeBron James started playing in 2018 |
| 43% | JAX | 3 | 1995 N.F.L. expansion team, for short |
| 43% | MILWAUKEEBUCKS | 14 | Wisconsin NBA team for which 19-Across plays: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ARI | 3 | N.F.L. team with a logo of a bird's head, for short |
| 42% | RAMS | 4 | Only N.F.L. team to win championships for three different cities |
| 42% | RAYS | 4 | Florida baseball team for which Wade Boggs played |
| 42% | BUFFALOBILLS | 12 | Only N.F.L. team that plays its home games in New York |
| 41% | BYEWEEK | 7 | Time off for an N.F.L. team |
| 41% | BYEWEEK | 7 | Idle stretch for an N.F.L. team |
| 41% | TAXISQUAD | 9 | Practice roster for an N.F.L. team |
| 41% | LI/ONS | 6 | First N.F.L. team ever to go 0-16 for a season (2008) |
| 41% | THERAVEN | 8 | Poetic basis for an N.F.L. team name |
| 40% | BIRDS | 5 | What Seattle, Arizona, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Baltimore's N.F.L. teams are named for |