Find The Hidden NFL Team in Each Sentence (Pt 3) Quiz

Answer: Name is related to their city's nickname "Athens of the South"

You can find the team member in the sentence: "If you geT IT, A New..."
The Tennessee Titans began life as the Houston Oilers in 1960 and stayed that way until 1996 when they moved to Nashville, Tennessee and became the Tennessee Oilers for two seasons. Owner Bud Adams almost renamed them the Pioneers, but after forming a committee to come up with a new name more connected to the city of Nashville, which had the nickname the "Athens of the South", they came up with Titans, an homage to Athenian mythology.

Answer: Named after a Wild West figure

You can find the team member in the sentence: "...help your gerBIL Learn tricks..." The first Buffalo Bills team was part of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in 1946 and originally called the Bisons. For the next season, owner James Breuil held a contest to rename the team. James F. Dyson won $500 for his essay comparing the team to a team of "Buffalo Bills" referencing them to William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, the 1880s showman. Breuil, also owned the Frontier Oil Company, and liked that the name also was a tip of the hat to his company's name.

But then, when the AFL formed in 1959, franchise owner Ralph Wilson kept that Buffalo Bills name for his new team.

Answer: City and team name are an example of alliteration

You can find the team member in the sentence: "...when a ninJA GUARds his..."
The alliterative Jacksonville Jaguars, play in Florida, located in the southeast United States. A fan contest had chosen the name "Jaguars" which was announced on December 6, 1991. It would be two years until the city was actually awarded the franchise--November 30, 1993. Other contenders for the team's name were the Sharks, Stingrays and Panthers, which would become the name of the Carolina NFL franchise.

Answer: Named after a mammal

You can find the team member in the sentence: "There is a particiPANT HERe that..."
Yes, the aforementioned Carolina Panthers nickname was almost the name of the Jacksonville franchise. Panthers used to be common in the area of the Carolinas before becoming nearly extinct there in the early 20th century. Owner Jerry Richardson was aware of that state's fauna heritage and wanted a team name signifying sleekness and strength, and the Panther nickname fit the bill back in 1993, their inaugural season.

Answer: Began as an expansion team in 2002

You can find the team member in the sentence: "She wore laTEX ANd knee-high boots..."
The Houston Texans were founded by owner Bob McNair, and began as an expansion team in 2002. As a matter of fact, there was a Dallas Texans football team when they were in the NFL for one season in 1952, and then again when they were an AFL team from 1960 to 1962 whereupon they then moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs. None of those Dallas Texan teams are related to the Dallas Cowboys however.
When Houston was awarded a franchise in 1999, focus groups were employed to choose a name, and it came down to the Bobcats, Stallions, Wildcatters, Apollos and Texans. Owner Bob McNair decided on The Texans.

Answer: family Ursidae

You can find the team member in the sentence: "Al Capone's BEARd was not..."
The bear is a doglike carnivoran mammal belonging to the family Ursidae, from the Latin "ursinus" meaning "resembling a bear."
In 1919, The Decatur Staleys were named after the A.E. Staley Company food starch company, and that team's general superintendent George Chamberlain, called George Halas and hired him to build the team into one that could compete successfully with the semi-professional and the best industrial teams in the country. When the agreement to keep the Staleys name expired in 1922, Halas moved the team to Wrigley Field in Chicago where the Major League Baseball Cubs played. Halas decided to rename the team the Bears, a bigger version of the Cubs.

Answer: Started out with the same name as the city's MLB team.

You can find the team member in the sentence: "The TV show 'Remington STEELE' Relied..."
At first, in 1933, the Pittsburgh Steelers were named after the city's baseball team, The Pirates. Then, before the 1940 season, owner Art Rooney Sr. held a name-the-team newspaper contest in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. There were thousands of submissions, but the winner was submitted by a worker in the Pittsburgh steel mills named Joe Santoni, picking the "Steelers".
In Greek mythology, Hephaestus, also known as Vulcan in Roman mythology, worked closely with metal including steel. They were the gods of blacksmiths, craftsmen, and metallurgy.

Answer: Name is a bird and a missile

You can find the team member in the sentence: "...by FALCO Never fails to make me..." The Atlanta Falcons were established in 1965. A local radio station held a contest for fans to come up with a name for the city's team. Over 500 names were submitted including the Vibrants, the Confederates, the Firebirds, the Peaches, etc.

Many people submitted the name "Falcons" including a schoolteacher who cited "the falcon is proud and dignified with great courage and fight." The name also happened to be a tip of the hat to the "Falcon" missile, which at the time was being developed by the Martin Marietta company, based in Atlanta's home state Georgia.

Answer: red and white uniforms

You can find the team member in the sentence: "...their yellow handkerCHIEF from their..." The Kansas City Chiefs uniform design has been essentially the same over the team's history, consisting of a red helmet, and either red or white jerseys. They were originally the Dallas Texans in 1960, but then moved to Kansas City before the 1963 season.

They took on the nickname of Kansas City's mayor, H. Roe Bartle, who people called "the Chief." Mayor Bartle was very influential in securing an NFL team for Kansas City convincing the Texans franchise owner, Lamar Hunt to move the team from Dallas.

Answer: Ford SUV model, and a 1990 Clint Eastwood role

You can find the team member name in the sentence: "LeBRON COmpletely dominated..."
The Ford Bronco was that company's first SUV vehicle and was sold from 1966 to 1996, before making a reappearance in 2021. Clint Eastwood famously played Bronco Billy in the eponymous 1990 film.
Although it was a preseason game, the Denver Broncos were the first American Football League team to win a game against a National Football League team, when they defeated the Detroit Lions 13-7 on August 5, 1967. Seven years earlier the Broncos had also won the first AFL game ever played when they beat the Boston Patriots 13-10, on September 9, 1960. The Broncos, by the way also had the first African-American placekicker in NFL history, when Gene Mingo played for them from 1960 to 1964. He also played halfback.