| 100% | RAVENS | 6 | N.F.L. team named after a poem |
| 59% | RAVENS | 6 | N.F.L. team whose name is a literary reference |
| 57% | THERAVEN | 8 | Poem that inspired an N.F.L. team name |
| 54% | ARSENAL | 7 | English soccer team named after a place to store weapons |
| 52% | UMBRIEL | 7 | Moon in Uranus named after a character of a poem |
| 51% | RAMS | 4 | N.F.L. team that plays in a college stadium |
| 51% | CHARGERS | 8 | N.F.L. team whose helmet features a 37-Across |
| 51% | NYJETS | 6 | N.F.L. team for which Joe Namath was a QB |
| 51% | LIONS | 5 | N.F.L. team that last won a championship in 1957 |
| 50% | DOLPHINS | 8 | Only N.F.L. team with a perfect season (1972) |
| 49% | RAVENS | 6 | NFL team named for a Poe poem |
| 49% | ARI | 3 | N.F.L. team with a logo of a bird's head, for short |
| 49% | EAGLE | 5 | Member of the N.F.L. team whose mascot is named Swoop |
| 47% | JAZZ | 4 | N.B.A. team with a non-plural name |
| 47% | LI/ONS | 6 | First N.F.L. team ever to go 0-16 for a season (2008) |
| 47% | CLEVELANDBROWNS | 15 | Only N.F.L. team that doesn't have a logo on its helmets |
| 47% | LIONS | 5 | N.F.L. team that hosts a game every Thanksgiving |
| 47% | THERAVEN | 8 | Poetic basis for an N.F.L. team name |
| 46% | BIRDS | 5 | What Seattle, Arizona, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Baltimore's N.F.L. teams are named for |
| 45% | ALIAS | 5 | Name after a name |
| 45% | ODYSSEY | 7 | A great adventure named after the Greek epic poem |
| 44% | RENO | 4 | Union General Jesse L. ___, after whom a city in Nevada was named |
| 44% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | Writer buried in 15-Across who wrote a poem that inspired 47-Across' team name: 3 wds. |
| 44% | KRAKEN | 6 | N.H.L. team with a mythological eponym |
| 43% | PHILS | 5 | M.L.B. team named after its city, familiarly |
| 43% | ORIOLES | 7 | Team named after its official state bird |
| 43% | TEDDY | 5 | Toy named after a politician |
| 43% | EURO | 4 | Currency named after a continent |
| 43% | AETNA | 5 | Corporation named after a mountain |
| 43% | LEMONYELLOW | 11 | Color named after a fruit |