List of National Football League mascots
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The following is a list of mascots of National Football League teams:
| American Football Conference | ||||||
| Team | Mascot(s) | Description | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Ravens | Poe | A Raven, named after Edgar Allan Poe. | ||||
| Buffalo Bills | Billy Buffalo | An 8-foot tall buffalo. | ||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | Who Dey | An orange Bengal Tiger-like figure | ||||
| Cleveland Browns | Chomps | dog-like figure, based on the team's Dawg Pound section at Cleveland Browns Stadium | ||||
| Denver Broncos | Miles | A white, horse-like figure | ||||
| Houston Texans | Toro | A dark blue bull-like figure | ||||
| Indianapolis Colts | Blue | A blue, horse-like figure | ||||
| Jacksonville Jaguars | Jaxson de Ville | A jaguar-like figure | ||||
| Kansas City Chiefs | K. C. Wolf | A grey-colored wolf-like figure | ||||
| Miami Dolphins | T.D. | A dolphin-like figure | ||||
| New England Patriots | Pat Patriot | A caricature of a patriot from the American Revolution; named after the nickname of the team's original logo. | ||||
| New York Jets | None | |||||
| Oakland Raiders | None | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Steely McBeam | A burly steelworker with a Bill Cowher-like jutting chin, wearing a hard hat; based on the Steelers' pre-Steelmark logo in the 1950s-early 1960s. | ||||
| San Diego Chargers | None | |||||
| Tennessee Titans | T-Rac | A raccoon, the state animal of Tennessee is a racoon. | ||||
| National Football Conference | ||||||
| Team | Mascot(s) | Description | ||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Big Red | A red cardinal-like figure | ||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Freddie Falcon | A caricature of a falcon | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Sir Purr | A black panther-like figure | ||||
| Chicago Bears | Staley Da Bear | A bear-like figure; named after the team's original name, the Decatur Staleys, as well as Bears founder A. E. Staley. | ||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Rowdy | A caricature of a cowboy | ||||
| Detroit Lions | Roary | A lion-like figure | ||||
| Green Bay Packers | None | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Ragnar, Viktor | Currently, Ragnar is the only official "human" mascot in professional North American sports (i.e. not in any animal or caricature costume), Ragnar is dressed as a Viking. Viktor is a smiling Viking caricature whose head looks similar to the Vikings logo. | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Gumbo, Sir Saint | A dog-like figure; apparently named after Gumbo, a dish that is very common in the southern part of Louisiana. | ||||
| New York Giants | None | |||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | Swoop, Air Swoop | Swoop is an eagle-like figure. Air Swoop is an air-filled eagle caricature and similar to Swoop appearance-wise. | ||||
| St. Louis Rams | Rampage | A ram-like figure | ||||
| San Francisco 49ers | Sourdough Sam | A caricature of a 49er, a person who went to California to seek a fortune in the 1849 California Gold Rush | ||||
| Seattle Seahawks | Blitz | A large blue anthropomorphic bird. | ||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Captain Fear | A caricature of a pirate | ||||
| Washington Redskins | None | |||||
External links [edit]
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