50 Best Country Songs About NFL
Top Country Songs Connected to NFL Moments
There’s a certain mood that creeps in when the season kicks off. The stadium noise hits before you even walk through the gate, and the tailgate smoke hangs in the air with the smell of cheap beer and burgers. Someone’s got a speaker blaring a track that makes your chest buzz a little, the kind that feels stitched into game day itself. Country music has a way of holding onto that grit and swagger, mixing the smell of turf with late-night parking lot chatter after the final whistle. It’s part tradition, part chaos, and all the way tangled up in the energy that comes alive on Sundays.
Not every track tied to football glory is smooth or polished. Some feel rowdy in the way only a stadium crowd can make them. Others sit low and slow, leaning into the storytelling side of the sport, the long weeks, the small-town pride, and the heartbreaks that hang around long after a playoff run ends. These aren’t the tracks trying to compete with pop, rock, country, and R&B songs on a national chart. They’re the ones that roll out from pickup truck speakers, cut through cold breath in the bleachers, or spill from bars packed with people who know the lyrics before the first chorus.
It’s not all wins and celebration. Sometimes it’s the sound of a fan base holding its breath, or the quiet moment before a drive that could change everything. There’s a lived-in feel to the way these songs match the rhythm of a season, catching the high points and the gut punches with the same unshaken voice. Here are the best country songs tied to NFL moments.
Top 10 NFL and Football Country Songs
1. 'The Boys of Fall'—Kenny Chesney
2. 'Waiting All Day for Sunday Night'—Carrie Underwood
3. 'All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over for Monday Night Football'—Hank Williams Jr.
4. 'Drinkin' Town with a Football Problem'—Billy Currington
5. 'Country Nation'—Brad Paisley
6. 'The Champion'—Carrie Underwood featuring Ludacris
7. 'I Like It, I Love It'—Tim McGraw
8. 'South on Ya'—Luke Combs
9. 'Had Me by Halftime'—Morgan Wallen
10. 'Friday Night'—Brantley Gilbert
Country Hits With a Football Vibe #11—20
11. 'The Ball'—James Otto
12. 'Indian Summer'—Brooks & Dunn
13. 'Parking Lot Party'—Lee Brice
14. 'Tennessee Orange'—Megan Moroney
15. 'Comin' to Your City'—Big & Rich
16. 'The Good Old Dallas Cowboys'—Waylon Jennings
17. 'You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It'—Glen Campbell featuring Terry Bradshaw
18. 'Born with It'—Steve Azar featuring Brett Favre
19. 'Two Pairs of Levis and a Pair of Justin Boots'—Toby Keith featuring Troy Aikman
20. 'Four Scores and Seven Beers Ago'—Doug Supernaw featuring Herschel Walker
Football Themed Country Songs #21—30
21. 'Another Broken Heart'—Lari White featuring Esera Tuaolo
22. 'The Boys Are Back in Town'—Neal McCoy featuring Joe Avezzano
23. 'Let Somebody Else Drive'—John Anderson featuring Mike Young
24. 'Boogie Back to Texas'—Asleep at the Wheel featuring Jason Sehorn
25. 'Nineteen'—Billy Ray Cyrus
26. 'And the Crowd Goes Wild'—Mark Wills
27. 'Home Game'—Cole Swindell
28. 'These Are My People'—Rodney Atkins
29. 'Y'all Life'—Walker Hayes
30. 'Crushin' It'—Brad Paisley
More Country Football Songs #31—40
31. 'I Hate Alabama'—Conner Smith
32. 'Tennessee Fan'—Morgan Wallen
33. 'We Wave'—David Frizzell
34. 'The Last Time'—Blake Shelton
35. 'Lights of My Hometown'—Josh Turner
36. 'Game On'—Carrie Underwood
37. 'Touchdown Jesus'—Randy Houser
38. 'Football Man'—Garth Brooks
39. 'Saturday Night'—Jake Owen
40. 'The Underdog'—Aaron Watson
A List of 10 More Country Football Songs #41—50
41. 'Red, White & Blue'—Lynyrd Skynyrd
42. 'Country Boy'—Aaron Lewis
43. 'American Saturday Night'—Brad Paisley
44. 'Small Town'—John Mellencamp
45. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'—John Denver
46. 'Rocky Top'—The Osborne Brothers
47. 'Dixieland Delight'—Alabama
48. 'Friends in Low Places'—Garth Brooks
49. 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk'—Trace Adkins
50. 'Chicken Fried'—Zac Brown Band
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