diff --git a/sportsreference/nfl/boxscore.py b/sportsreference/nfl/boxscore.py
index b4c33b5d..ab84e660 100644
--- a/sportsreference/nfl/boxscore.py
+++ b/sportsreference/nfl/boxscore.py
@@ -582,6 +582,10 @@ def _find_home_or_away(self, row):
             the home or away team.
         """
         name = row('td[data-stat="team"]').text().upper()
+        if self._home_abbr and name == self._home_abbr.upper():
+            return HOME
+        if self._away_abbr and name == self._away_abbr.upper():
+            return AWAY
         if name == self.home_abbreviation.upper():
             return HOME
         else:
@@ -698,6 +702,35 @@ def _find_players(self, boxscore):
         away_players, home_players = self._instantiate_players(player_dict)
         return away_players, home_players
 
+    def _alt_abbreviations(self, boxscore):
+        """
+        Find the alternative abbreviations for both teams.
+
+        The listed team abbreviations are occasionally different from the
+        abbreviations used on sports-reference.com to identify a team. In order
+        properly match a player to a specific team, the abbreviations must be
+        parsed directly from the page instead of the URI links.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        boxscore : PyQuery object
+            A PyQuery object containing all of the HTML data from the boxscore.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        tuple
+            Returns a ``tuple`` in the format (away_abbr, home_abbr)
+            where each element is a string of the away and home team's
+            abbreviations, respectively.
+        """
+        abbreviations = []
+        game_info = boxscore(BOXSCORE_SCHEME['team_stats'])
+
+        for column in game_info('th').items():
+            if column.text():
+                abbreviations.append(column.text())
+        return abbreviations
+
     def _parse_game_data(self, uri):
         """
         Parses a value for every attribute.
@@ -763,6 +796,7 @@ def _parse_game_data(self, uri):
             setattr(self, field, value)
         self._parse_game_date_and_location(boxscore)
         self._parse_game_details(boxscore)
+        self._away_abbr, self._home_abbr = self._alt_abbreviations(boxscore)
         self._away_players, self._home_players = self._find_players(boxscore)
 
     @property
diff --git a/sportsreference/nfl/constants.py b/sportsreference/nfl/constants.py
index 01338a9d..fe2afaef 100644
--- a/sportsreference/nfl/constants.py
+++ b/sportsreference/nfl/constants.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     'game_details': 'table#game_info tr',
     'home_name': 'a[itemprop="name"]:first',
     'summary': 'table[class="linescore nohover stats_table no_freeze"]:first',
+    'team_stats': 'table#team_stats thead',
     'away_name': 'a[itemprop="name"]:last',
     'away_points': 'div[class="scorebox"] div[class="score"]',
     'away_first_downs': 'td[data-stat="vis_stat"]',
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_nfl_boxscore.py b/tests/unit/test_nfl_boxscore.py
index c55b95bb..f98f75a6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_nfl_boxscore.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_nfl_boxscore.py
@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ def test_winning_abbr_is_home(self):
             .and_return(expected_name)
 
         fake_winner = PropertyMock(return_value=HOME)
-        fake_home_abbr = PropertyMock(return_value=MockName(expected_name))
         type(self.boxscore).winner = fake_winner
-        type(self.boxscore)._home_abbr = fake_home_abbr
 
         assert self.boxscore.winning_abbr == expected_name
 
@@ -124,9 +122,7 @@ def test_winning_abbr_is_away(self):
             .and_return(expected_name)
 
         fake_winner = PropertyMock(return_value=AWAY)
-        fake_away_abbr = PropertyMock(return_value=MockName(expected_name))
         type(self.boxscore).winner = fake_winner
-        type(self.boxscore)._away_abbr = fake_away_abbr
 
         assert self.boxscore.winning_abbr == expected_name
 
@@ -158,9 +154,7 @@ def test_losing_abbr_is_home(self):
             .and_return(expected_name)
 
         fake_winner = PropertyMock(return_value=AWAY)
-        fake_home_abbr = PropertyMock(return_value=MockName(expected_name))
         type(self.boxscore).winner = fake_winner
-        type(self.boxscore)._home_abbr = fake_home_abbr
 
         assert self.boxscore.losing_abbr == expected_name
 
@@ -172,9 +166,7 @@ def test_losing_abbr_is_away(self):
             .and_return(expected_name)
 
         fake_winner = PropertyMock(return_value=HOME)
-        fake_away_abbr = PropertyMock(return_value=MockName(expected_name))
         type(self.boxscore).winner = fake_winner
-        type(self.boxscore)._away_abbr = fake_away_abbr
 
         assert self.boxscore.losing_abbr == expected_name
 
@@ -324,6 +316,26 @@ def test_nfl_game_details(self):
         for field, value in fields.items():
             assert getattr(self.boxscore, field) == value
 
+    def test_finding_home_team_with_no_abbrs(self):
+        mock_html = pq('<td data-stat="team">KAN</td>')
+        abbr = PropertyMock(return_value='KAN')
+        self.boxscore._home_abbr = None
+        self.boxscore._away_abbr = None
+        type(self.boxscore).home_abbreviation = abbr
+        team = self.boxscore._find_home_or_away(mock_html)
+
+        assert team == HOME
+
+    def test_finding_away_team_with_no_abbrs(self):
+        mock_html = pq('<td data-stat="team">HTX</td>')
+        abbr = PropertyMock(return_value='KAN')
+        self.boxscore._home_abbr = None
+        self.boxscore._away_abbr = None
+        type(self.boxscore).home_abbreviation = abbr
+        team = self.boxscore._find_home_or_away(mock_html)
+
+        assert team == AWAY
+
 
 class TestNFLBoxscores:
     @patch('requests.get', side_effect=mock_pyquery)