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Sports Teams by State Quiz

For each selected team, guess the state in which they play. Each state is used only once.
Including DC!
We are aware that some of these teams appear in multiple states. Guess the most prominent one.
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Last updated: September 14, 2015
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First submittedJuly 11, 2012
Times taken87,476
Average score68.2%
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Team
State
Beavers
Oregon
Bengals
Ohio
Blackhawks
Illinois
Blue Devils
North Carolina
Blue Hens
Delaware
Celtics
Massachusetts
Cornhuskers
Nebraska
Crimson Tide
Alabama
Diamondbacks
Arizona
Fighting Sioux
North Dakota
Gamecocks
South Carolina
Gators
Florida
Grizzlies (NCAA)
Montana
Hawkeyes
Iowa
Hokies
Virginia
Jackrabbits
South Dakota
Jayhawks
Kansas
Jazz
Utah
Lakers
California
Lobos
New Mexico
Mountaineers
West Virginia
Nanooks
Alaska
Team
State
Nationals
Washington D.C.
Orioles
Maryland
Pacers
Indiana
Packers
Wisconsin
Phillies
Pennsylvania
Razorbacks
Arkansas
Rebels
Mississippi
Rockies
Colorado
Royals
Missouri
Saints
Louisiana
Scarlet Knights
New Jersey
Seahawks
Washington
Sooners
Oklahoma
Spurs
Texas
Vandals
Idaho
Vikings
Minnesota
Volunteers
Tennessee
Warriors (NCAA)
Hawaii
Wildcats
Kentucky
Wolverines
Michigan
Yankees
New York
Yellow Jackets
Georgia
AK
KY
NY
AL
LA
OH
AR
MA
OK
AZ
MD
OR
CA
ME
PA
CO
MI
RI
CT
MN
SC
DC
MO
SD
DE
MS
TN
FL
MT
TX
GA
NC
UT
HI
ND
VA
IA
NE
VT
ID
NH
WA
IL
NJ
WI
IN
NM
WV
KS
NV
WY
68 Comments
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Level 50
Jul 11, 2012
missed pretty much all the college teams
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Level 52
Jul 11, 2012
Wayhey, 3/44!
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Level 30
Oct 12, 2012
Wildcats needs to accept Arizona, Kansas and Illinois. Nevada also needs to be accepted for Rebels. (UNLV)
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Level 66
Dec 1, 2017
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Level 49
Jan 17, 2024
And New Hampshire.
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Level 45
Apr 9, 2013
Easy... 100% like a boss!!!
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Level 21
Apr 11, 2013
You literally could not have had any more basketball teams and any less NHL teams. I would've got 100 if you had more NHL teams!
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Level 58
Jan 28, 2015
No No No... You would have more if YOU had interess for other things than NHL Teams haha !!
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Level 48
May 17, 2013
No Wyoming Cowboys?
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Level 83
Apr 28, 2014
Agreed. And DC is not a state.
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Level 76
Mar 2, 2019
The problem with the Wyoming one is that the Wyoming Cowboys are just a shade less prominent than the Dallas Cowboys.
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Level 78
Aug 17, 2021
About 50 shades less
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Level 59
Aug 19, 2021
Cowboys (NCAA) would work for our hint.
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Level 73
Jun 22, 2013
The reason that warriors is the least guessed answer is because the mascot of the University of Hawaii is the RAINBOW Warriors. It is like saying that the mascot for the University of Arizona is the Cats. And on another note U of A is much more successful athletically than the University of Kentucky.
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Level 45
Jan 26, 2019
AGREED. RAINBOW warriors. There are a sh*t ton of "Warriors" out there. It'd take all day to sort thru them.
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Level 43
Jun 17, 2024
more successful athletically?? lol that is the overstatement of the year. Arizona is a good school for sure, but Kentucky overall has been more successful in the past 20-25 years in all sports as a whole.
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Level 45
Jun 26, 2013
100% with 1:49 left.
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Level 58
Nov 1, 2013
A couple of updates are needed. North Dakota is no longer the Fighting Sioux (should probably just use Bison for NDSU) and Hawaii is now the Rainbow Warriors.
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Level 67
May 26, 2014
Here are some suggestions for the missing seven states:

(1) Connecticut -- Huskies (U Conn)

(2) Maine -- Mules (Colby College)

(3) Nevada -- Wolf Pack (University of Nevada)

(4) New Hampshire -- No name (Dartmouth, which abandoned the old name "Indians" long ago and never replaced it. If you want a less provocative but more confusing choice, there are always the Ravens of Franklin Pierce and the Wildcats of UNH. Or the Pilgrims of New England College, although I doubt many people have heard of the college, much less the team.)

(5) Rhode Island -- Friars (Providence College)

(6) Vermont -- Knights (Vermont Technical College)

(7) Wyoming -- Cowgirls (University of Wyoming)

And while we are at it we might as well change Fighting Sioux, since UND has no nickname or mascot until 2015, to the Bisons for North Dakota State, and Warriors to Rainbow Warriors, since the University of Hawai'i has now readopted that name for all its teams.

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Level 69
Feb 4, 2015
Being a college hockey fan, I was looking for the University of Maine Black Bears.
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Level 89
Mar 2, 2019
Yeah, I've lived in Maine all my life. Bowdoin, Bates and Colby are considered Little Ivy League colleges and are perennial Top 25 small colleges, costing more than Harvard. But I have never heard of the Mules. Bowdoin is okay in hockey. But the University of Maine at Orono's hockey and women's basketball have made names for themselves over the years.
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Level 48
Apr 14, 2016
The first school that comes to mind for Huskies is Washington. I thought of that - and the ambiguity with UConn - when bemoaning the choice of Seahawks to represent the state.
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Level 45
Jan 28, 2017
I just googled it, and Dartmouth is called the Big Green now, so maybe Quizmaster could use that
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Level 49
Jan 17, 2024
Dartmouth uses Big Green. Could also use the Eastern League Fisher Cats.
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Level 86
Sep 14, 2014
100% with 1:30 left. I agree should make it complete and come up with teams from the missing seven states. Also having the chart of states makes it easier since you can see towards the end what you are missing.
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Level 65
Feb 24, 2015
I typed Washington DC, but without the dots(periods) after the D and C.
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Level 81
Apr 17, 2019
good for you. That wouldn't have made a difference, though. Did you move the yellow box?
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Level 30
Mar 15, 2015
Hawaii is the Rainbows again
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Level 48
Mar 23, 2015
My dad's all into sports so I let him take this test and he got all except hawaii
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Level 73
Sep 27, 2015
No CT? Disappointed
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Level 68
May 21, 2017
Hey don't forget about the world renowned Connecticut Sun!
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Level 55
Nov 24, 2015
Put Spartans instead of wolverines for Michigan!
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Level 45
Jan 26, 2019
Nope.
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Level 81
Apr 17, 2019
Wolverines more recognizable to this non-sports-fan
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Level 45
Nov 22, 2019
If Eastern Michigan had done better with their naming after being forced to change from Hurons, we could have put the emu's. Instead they chose the very boring eagle as their mascot.
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Level 48
Apr 14, 2016
Most pitiful is that the mascot for California is one chosen for its team when they were from Minnesota. Very few lakes in CA, 10,000 lakes in MN.
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Level 76
Jan 1, 2017
Almost as funny as the Utah Jazz. Well, actually, nothing is remotely as funny as the Utah Jazz.
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Level 56
May 25, 2016
You could use "Huskies" for Connecticut and maybe soon "Raiders" for Nevada
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Level 38
Jan 12, 2017
You could definitely use a better one for Texas instead of the spurs like the Cowboys or the Rangers.
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Level 47
Apr 3, 2017
Rangers are in New York and they have won the Stanley Cup. Where the Rangers from Texas have not won anything
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Level 81
Apr 17, 2019
The Spurs was one of the few I got. Seems like a good clue to me.
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Level 70
May 5, 2017
isn't Hawaii the Rainbow Warriors?
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Level 68
May 21, 2017
Rebels for Nevada? UNLV.
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Level 66
Dec 1, 2017
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Level 65
May 22, 2017
Hawaii is the Rainbow Warriors
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Level 22
Nov 7, 2017
you should specify what team the wildcats are. Most people will associate wildcats with Villanova or Arizona
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Level 72
Jan 26, 2018
I liked how my brain had to bounce back and forth between the Pro and College memory areas of my brain. That made it fun even though I got them all.
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Level 47
Feb 19, 2018
Nevada could be added with the Vegas Golden Knights. (Or wait a few years for the Raiders)
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Level 70
Aug 6, 2018
"Prominent" is a very relative term considering the notoriety (or lack thereof) of some of these teams
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Level 81
Apr 17, 2019
yeah really
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Level 47
Apr 2, 2019
It was kind of broke for me? If you skip any, you can't go back at the end and fill them in. Also why not accept the state abbreviation since that's what's listed?
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Level ∞
Apr 3, 2019
You can go back. Not sure what you're talking about.
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Level 81
Apr 17, 2019
My high school team mascot was the Wildcats. I tried typing in Virginia but it wasn't accepted. Actually isn't Wildcats the most common and generic sports mascot there is and that's why they used it in High School Musical?
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Level 76
Jul 7, 2019
Vegas has a hockey team now and will have a football team in the near future (haha Oakland)
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Level 39
Mar 31, 2020
When you don't get your favorite team the Beavers.
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Level 74
Oct 3, 2021
Go Beavs!
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Level 62
Mar 31, 2020
100% with 0:30 left
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Level 73
Sep 14, 2020
There are a lot of wildcats in NCAA alone, I first thought kansas state for that. Hilltoppers could be a good one
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Level 51
Sep 14, 2020
The rebels almost got me! Shew!!!!
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Level 56
Sep 14, 2020
Maine Black Bears

Vermont Catamounts

Dartmouth (New Hampshire) Big Green

Providence (Rhode Island) Friars

Hartford (Connecticut) Whalers

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Level 46
Nov 13, 2020
Thank you for including DC! It is so often excluded in quizzes.
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Level 78
Aug 17, 2021
Never would have gotten it without the chart showing the states I already guessed, but I'll take what I can get!
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Level 67
Sep 12, 2021
This quiz really should be renamed

"US Sports Teams by State Quiz"

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Level 39
Feb 21, 2022
Georgia having the Yellow Jackets represent them is a shame tbh
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Level 67
Mar 14, 2022
RIP Connecticut. Missing the Whalers right about now.
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Level 69
Apr 8, 2023
*Brass Bonanza intensifies*
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Level 83
Aug 19, 2022
There are 50 states but only 44 answers here--and one of them is not a state. I think we need some revision to include the six missing states so as not to offend anyone (like me, for example--my state is not on here).
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Level 56
Nov 30, 2022
It's so hilarious that there's team called Gamecocks!