San Antonio is the largest city in the United States that’s not home to an NFL team.
Currently the seventh-largest American city — and the second-largest in the state of Texas, behind only Dallas — San Antonio is home to more than 1.4 million people. San Diego is the only other non-NFL city with a population of at least 1 million.
Largest Cities Without an NFL Team
| Rank | City | Population |
| 1 | San Antonio, Texas | 1,472,909 |
| 2 | San Diego, California | 1,381,162 |
| 4 | Austin, Texas | 974,447 |
| 3 | San Jose, California | 971,233 |
| 5 | Columbus, Ohio | 907,971 |
| 6 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 694,800 |
| 7 | El Paso, Texas | 677,456 |
| 8 | Portland, Oregon | 635,067 |
| 9 | Louisville, Kentucky | 624,444 |
| 10 | Memphis, Tennessee | 621,056 |
Largest State Without an NFL Team
Virginia is the most-populous state — with approximately 8.7 million resident — that’s not home to an NFL team. That could change, however, if the Washington Commanders’ new ownership builds a new stadium in the country’s 12th-largest state.
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