What were they drinking?
Tennessee Titans followers are the drunkest fans in the NFL, while New York Giants fans are sober as judges, a new study found.
Tennessee Titans fans had an average blood-alcohol content (BAC) on gameday of .093%, according to BACtrack, which posted it findings on X.
Tennessee finished in the AFC South cellar at 6-11 and fired coach Mike Vrabel after back-to-back losing seasons.
Rounding out the most inebriated Top 5 were soused supporters of the Pittsburgh Steelers (.088%), the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons (both .085%) and the New Orleans Saints (.080%).
The teetotalers? Fans of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs (.051%), the woeful Washington Commanders and Giants (.058%); the Baltimore Ravens (.059%) and the Los Angeles Chargers (.062%).
“Given the Giants play the last decade I’m going to ask for a new study,” joked Big Blue superfan Joe Ruback, aka “License Plate Guy.”
The data used in the study was obtained from over 28,000 breath tests collected anonymously from users of the BACtrack app, which syncs with smartphone breathalyzers, used by participants who want to know their BAC levels before getting behind the wheel.
From 6 a.m. the day of regular season games until 6 a.m. the following day, BACtrack measured the result recorded each time an NFL fan took a BAC test.
“To identify where fans of each NFL team are located, we utilized a map of NFL fan allegiance using Twitter data in order to associate BAC results with NFL teams across the country,” BACtrack spokesman Shawn Casey explained.
The survey found that fans of the final four playoff teams — Chiefs, Ravens, San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions — had lower average blood alcohol content (BAC) levels than the rest of the league — meaning success possibly breeds sobriety.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the perennial loser New York Jets didn’t even rate on the survey — due to “insufficient data.”
“The NFL fan allegiance map only had two counties with majority Jets fans, Nassau and Suffolk counties, and there were not enough BAC points to appropriately determine a season-long average,” BACtrack’s Casey said.
