More follow NFL, Cowboys still favorites

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The Dallas Cowboys are the favorite team of adults who follow professional football for a fifth straight year, a U.S. poll indicates.

The Harris Poll of 2,462 U.S. adults surveyed online Sept. 12-19 by Harris Interactive found the second- most popular NFL team was the Pittsburgh Steelers, followed by the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots and Chicago Bears. For the third year in a row, the Jacksonville Jaguars wer last.

The football season is only a few weeks old, but some are looking forward to the Super Bowl. One-quarter of Americans who follow professional football believe the Packers will win the Super Bowl, 23 say it will be the Patriots, 8 percent say the Philadelphia Eagles and 6 percent the Steelers.

Fifty-five percent of Americans say they follow professional football, a slight increase from last year's 53 percent, although the attraction is more popular with men than women -- 71 percent vs. 41 percent.

Fifty-seven percent of Generation Xers, those ages 35-46, and baby boomers ages 47-65 say they follow football, as do 55 percent of those age 66 and older -- but just over half of echo boomers ages 18-34 say they are football fans.

No margin of error was provided.