Statistics for Each State's First Surviving Sports Franchise

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State	Years	Team	% Correct
Georgia	1966-Present / 1966-Present	Atlanta Braves / Atlanta Falcons	96%
North Carolina	1988-2002 & 2014-Present	Charlotte Hornets	96%
Texas	1960-Present / 1960-1996 / 1960-1962	Dallas Cowboys / Houston Oilers / Dallas Texans	96%
Oklahoma	2008-Present	Oklahoma City Thunder	96%
Utah	1979-Present	Utah Jazz	96%
Ohio	1890-Present	Cincinnati Reds	91%
California	1946-1994 & 2016-Present	Los Angeles Rams	91%
Florida	1966-Present	Miami Dolphins	91%
Oregon	1970-Present	Portland Trail Blazers	91%
Missouri	1892-Present	St. Louis Cardinals (Browns)	91%
Tennessee	1997-Present	Tennessee Titans (Oilers)	91%
Illinois	1876-Present	Chicago Cubs (White Stockings)	87%
Colorado	1960-Present	Denver Broncos	87%
Michigan	1901-Present	Detroit Tigers	83%
New Jersey	1977-2012	New Jersey Nets	83%
Louisiana	1967-Present	New Orleans Saints	83%
Massachusetts	1876-1952	Boston Braves (Red Stockings or Red Caps)	78%
New York	1883-1957	New York Giants (Gothams)	78%
Pennsylvania	1883-Present	Philadelphia Phillies (Quakers)	78%
Arizona	1968-Present	Phoenix Suns	78%
Nevada	2017-Present	Vegas Golden Knights	78%
Connecticut	1979-1997	Hartford Whalers	74%
Washington D.C.	1901-1960	Washington Senators	70%
Wisconsin	1901*	Milwaukee Brewers	65%
Washington	1967-2008	Seattle SuperSonics	61%
Minnesota	1948-1960	Minneapolis Lakers	57%
Maryland	1901-1902*	Baltimore Orioles	48%
Nebraska	1972-1975	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	30%
Indiana	1948-1957	Fort Wayne Pistons	17%