Dallas Cowboy fans are certainly not the most popular bunch among the NFL’s 32 fanbases. In fact, I think that most Dallas Cowboy fans would agree that they would probably be considered the LEAST popular according to fans from the NFL’s OTHER 31 teams. What Cowboys fans might not agree on so easily, is which of the other 31 NFL teams fanbases are the least popular according to fellow Cowboys fans. Thanks to a recent fan compatibility survey conducted by Bookies.com, that argument can be settle once and for all.
In this recent survey, 50 fans from every fanbase across the league were asked whether they would date a fan of another team. Quite literally, they determined in which rivalries there is “no love lost” between fans. Not surprisingly, Dallas Cowboys fans were chosen as those that opposing fans would be least likely to date. What was surprising, was the fanbase that the 50 Dallas Cowboy fans interviewed determined was the least compatible.
It wasn’t their historic rival The Washington Football Team. That rivalry has faded over the years although Washington did make the top 5 least compatible list. It was not the New York Giants (who also made the top 5 list), and no it was not even those hated, despicable, deplorable Eagle fans. I would have bet the farm on the Eagles but they actually finished a distant second place. So who is this mysterious non-divisional rival whose fanbase is considered so incompatible according to these 50 Dallas Cowboys fans who were surveyed? It has to be the Steelers right? No, it isn’t them. Maybe the Patriots? Everybody hates the Patriots right? Wrong! It is NOT Bill Belichick’s evil empire. What about the 49ers? Close, but no cigar. San Francisco did also crack the top 5 but they were not the #1 team on the list. The number one, least compatible fanbase with the Dallas Cowboys is….The Denver Broncos. The Denver Broncos? Really? I mean, there is some history there but come on…that can’t be right. Well, have a look at the results:
The top 5 fanbases they wouldn’t date (the percentage shows % of fans who wouldn’t date a fan of said team)
| Supporters of: | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| Arizona Cardinals | Atlanta Falcons (60%) | Cleveland Browns (26%) | Detroit Lions (16%) | Baltimore Ravens (12%) | Chicago Bears (12%) |
| Atlanta Falcons | Chicago Bears (12%) | Buffalo Bills (12%) | Arizona Cardinals (12%) | Miami Dolphins (10%) | Baltimore Ravens (8%) |
| Baltimore Ravens | New England Patriots (14%) | Pittsburgh Steelers (14%) | Green Bay Packers (10%) | Chicago Bears (8%) | Houston Texans (8%) |
| Buffalo Bills | Carolina Panthers (34%) | Cleveland Browns (24%) | Detroit Lions (18%) | Arizona Cardinals (12%) | Atlanta Falcons (10%) |
| Carolina Panthers | Dallas Cowboys (14%) | Los Angeles Chargers (14%) | Green Bay Packers (12%) | Detroit Lions (10%) | Atlanta Falcons (10%) |
| Chicago Bears | Green Bay Packers (24%) | Baltimore Ravens (10%) | Buffalo Bills (10%) | Carolina Panthers (10%) | Dallas Cowboys (8%) |
| Cincinnati Bengals | Pittsburgh Steelers (26%) | Carolina Panthers (14%) | Los Angeles Chargers (14%) | Arizona Cardinals (12%) | Cleveland Browns (12%) |
| Cleveland Browns | Pittsburgh Steelers (20%) | Carolina Panthers (10%) | Baltimore Ravens (10%) | Cincinnati Bengals (10%) | Arizona Cardinals (8%) |
| Dallas Cowboys | Denver Broncos (14%) | Philadelphia Eagles (10%) | New York Giants (8%) | San Francisco 49ers (8%) | Washington Football Team (8%) |
| Denver Broncos | Kansas City Chiefs (16%) | Green Bay Packers (14%) | Minnesota Vikings (14%) | Cleveland Browns (12%) | Miami Dolphins (12%) |
| Detroit Lions | Green Bay Packers (16%) | Minnesota Vikings (14%) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10%) | New York Giants (10%) | New England Patriots (6%) |
| Green Bay Packers | Dallas Cowboys (20%) | Chicago Bears (16%) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10%) | Minnesota Vikings (8%) | New England Patriots (8%) |
| Houston Texans | Las Vegas Raiders (14%) | Cincinnati Bengals (10%) | New York Giants (10%) | Miami Dolphins (10%) | Carolina Panthers (10%) |
| Indianapolis Colts | Jacksonville Jaguars (14%) | Pittsburgh Steelers (12%) | New York Giants (10%) | Cleveland Browns (10%) | Seattle Seahawks (10%) |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | New England Patriots (12%) | New York Giants (10%) | Detroit Lions (10%) | Seattle Seahawks (8%) | Cincinnati Bengals (8%) |
| Kansas City Chiefs | Buffalo Bills (8%) | Las Vegas Raiders (8%) | Houston Texans (6%) | New York Jets (6%) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6%) |
| Las Vegas Raiders | Minnesota Vikings (18%) | Pittsburgh Steelers (18%) | Detroit Lions (18%) | Los Angeles Chargers (16%) | Cleveland Browns (14%) |
| Los Angeles Chargers | Los Angeles Rams (32%) | Detroit Lions (10%) | Indianapolis Colts (10%) | Jacksonville Jaguars (10%) | New York Giants (10%) |
| Los Angeles Rams | Indianapolis Colts (14%) | Los Angeles Chargers (14%) | New York Giants (12%) | Jacksonville Jaguars (8%) | Las Vegas Raiders (8%) |
| Miami Dolphins | New York Giants (18%) | Minnesota Vikings (16%) | Las Vegas Raiders (14%) | Los Angeles Rams (12%) | Indianapolis Colts (10%) |
| Minnesota Vikings | Green Bay Packers (16%) | Las Vegas Raiders (10%) | Detroit Lions (8%) | Pittsburgh Steelers (8%) | Cleveland Browns (6%) |
| New England Patriots | New York Giants (14%) | New Orleans Saints (12%) | Las Vegas Raiders (10%) | New York Jets (10%) | Miami Dolphins (10%) |
| New Orleans Saints | Pittsburgh Steelers (14%) | New England Patriots (12%) | Miami Dolphins (10%) | Los Angeles Rams (10%) | New York Giants (8%) |
| New York Giants | New York Jets (30%) | Dallas Cowboys (16%) | Los Angeles Rams (12%) | Indianapolis Colts (10%) | Las Vegas Raiders (10%) |
| New York Jets | New York Giants (16%) | Carolina Panthers (12%) | New England Patriots (12%) | New Orleans Saints (12%) | Kansas City Chiefs (12%) |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Dallas Cowboys (20%) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (18%) | New England Patriots (14%) | New York Giants (8%) | Las Vegas Raiders (8%) |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Dallas Cowboys (12%) | New England Patriots (8%) | Buffalo Bills (8%) | Baltimore Ravens (8%) | Cincinnati Bengals (6%) |
| San Francisco 49ers | Dallas Cowboys (12%) | Seattle Seahawks (12%) | Arizona Cardinals (10%) | Detroit Lions (8%) | New England Patriots (6%) |
| Seattle Seahawks | San Francisco 49ers (18%) | New England Patriots (12%) | Washington Football Team (10%) | Dallas Cowboys (8%) | Arizona Cardinals (8%) |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Indianapolis Colts (10%) | New York Jets (10%) | Philadelphia Eagles (8%) | Atlanta Falcons (8%) | New Orleans Saints (8%) |
| Tennessee Titans | Las Vegas Raiders (14%) | New Orleans Saints (12%) | New England Patriots (10%) | New York Jets (6%) | Kansas City Chiefs (6%) |
| Washington Football Team | Indianapolis Colts (14%) | Las Vegas Raiders (10%) | Atlanta Falcons (10%) | Miami Dolphins (10%) | Los Angeles Rams (10%) |
Further information can be found on site here: https://bookies.com/news/nfl-rivals-the-least-compatible-football-fans
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