Across
- 3. Detroit's big cat team, traditional Thanksgiving Day hosts
- 4. Cleveland team whose mascot is a dog
- 5. Charlotte cat team that shares its state name with Carolina
- 7. Green Bay team famous for its cheesehead faithful
- 11. Atlanta flyers and 1998 Super Bowl runners-up
- 12. San Francisco team named after the California Gold Rush prospectors
- 13. Los Angeles team sharing its stadium with the Chargers
- 14. Baltimore's dark bird team; Super Bowl XXXV winner
- 19. Kansas City team and perennial Super Bowl favourite
- 20. Miami's aquatic mammal team
- 22. Pittsburgh team known for its six Super Bowl championships
- 23. Indianapolis team whose name refers to young horses
- 25. New Orleans team who play their home games in the Superdome
- 28. Las Vegas team formerly based in Oakland and Los Angeles
- 30. Jacksonville's big cat team from the AFC South
- 31. Philadelphia's bird of prey team
Down
- 1. Dallas's "America's Team"
- 2. Buffalo team famous for its four consecutive Super Bowl appearances
- 4. Tampa Bay team named for pirates
- 6. New York team famous for its "Sack Exchange" defence
- 8. Washington D.C. area team who changed their name in 2022
- 9. Seattle bird team known for the "Legion of Boom" defence
- 10. Chicago's "Monsters of the Midway"
- 15. Minnesota team named after Scandinavian seafaring explorers
- 16. Denver team named after a wild horse
- 17. Los Angeles team formerly of San Diego
- 18. Houston team founded in 2002
- 21. Cincinnati tiger team sharing an AFC North rivalry with the Steelers
- 24. Tennessee team that narrowly lost Super Bowl XXXIV
- 26. Arizona bird team playing out of State Farm Stadium
- 27. New York team that shares MetLife Stadium with the Jets
- 29. New England team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts