| BOWLGAME | College football competition |
| WORLDCUP | Crowd wound up about league football competition |
| FACUP | Football competition (1,1,3) |
| AFL | Aussie football competition, abbrev (3) |
| EPL | UK football competition, abbrev (3) |
| FA | English knockout football competition, - Cup (2) |
| EUROPA | ___ League, football competition (6) |
| CUPTIE | Match in a football competition (3,3) |
| COPA | ___ America (international football competition) |
| VFA | Football competition formed in 1877 (1,1,1) |
| CUPFINAL | Last match in a knockout football competition (3,5) |
| UEFACUP | European football competition whose first winners were Tottenham Hotspur |
| FAIRS | The Inter-Cities ___ Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971 |
| DURAND | This domestic football competition was first held in Shimla in 1888. (6) |
| PAFL | Perth's top Australian football competition (1,1,1,1) |
| BOWLGAMES | Postseason football competitions |
| GOLDFISHBOWLS | Football competitions for Pepperidge Farm employees? |
| CALHUBBARD | Member of the Baseball, College Football, and Pro Football Halls of Fame |
| TEDLASSO | TV comedy series about a US college football coach hired to run an English football side (3,5) |
| NEBRASKA | 1995 college football champs |