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| Most Seasons Leading
League First Downs |
| 9 |
Chicago Bears |
1935,1939,1941,1943,1945,1947-49,1955 |
| 7 |
San Diego |
1965,1969,1980-83,1985 |
| 6 |
LA Rams |
1946,1950-51,1954,1957,1973 |
| |
San Francisco |
1965,1987,1989,1993-94,1998 |
| |
| Most Consecutive Seasons
Leading League First Downs |
| 4 |
San Diego |
1980-83 |
| 3 |
Chicago Bears |
1947-49 |
| 2 |
By Many Teams |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Season |
| 387 |
Miami |
1984 |
| 383 |
Denver |
2000 |
| 381 |
San Francisco |
1998 |
| |
| Fewest First Downs,
Season |
| 51 |
Cincinnati |
1933 |
| 64 |
Pittsburgh |
1935 |
| 67 |
Philadelphia |
1937 |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Game |
| 39 |
NY Jets vs Miami (11/27/88) |
| |
Washington vs Detroit
(11/4/90) OT |
| 38 |
LA Rams vs NY Giants
(11/13/66) |
| 37 |
Green Bay vs Philadelphia
(11/11/62) |
| |
| Fewest First Downs,
Game |
| 0 |
NY Giants vs Green Bay
(10/1/33) |
| |
Pittsburgh vs Boston
(10/29/33) |
| |
Philadelphia vs Detroit
(9/20/35) |
| |
NY Giants vs Washington
(9/27/42) |
| |
Denver vs Houston (9/3/66) |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Both Teams, Game |
| 62 |
San Diego (32) vs Seattle
(30) 9/15/85 |
| |
Oakland (31) Kansas City
(31) November 5, 2000 |
| 59 |
Miami (31) vs Buffalo
(28) 10/9/83 OT |
| |
Seattle (33) vs Kansas
City (26) 11/27/83 OT |
| |
NY Jets (32) vs Miami
(27) 9/21/86 OT |
| |
NY Jets (39) vs Miami
(20) 11/27/88 |
| |
Oakland (31) San Francisco
(28) OT Game) October 8, 2000 |
| 58 |
LA Rams (30) vs Chicago
Bears (28) 10/24/54 |
| |
Denver (34) vs Kansas
City (24) 11/18/74 |
| |
Atlanta (35) vs New Orleans
(23) 9/2/79 OT |
| |
Pittsburgh (36) vs Cleveland
(22) 11/25/79 OT |
| |
San Diego (34) vs Miami
(24) 11/18/84 OT |
| |
Cincinnati (32) vs San
Diego (26) 9/22/85 |
| |
| Fewest First Downs,
Both Teams, Game |
| 7 |
Chi Cardinals (2) vs
Detroit (5) 9/15/40 |
| 9 |
Pittsburgh (1) vs Boston
(8) 10/27/35 |
| |
Boston (4) vs Brooklyn
(5) 11/24/35 |
| |
NY Giants (3) vs Detroit
(6) 11/7/43 |
| |
Pittsburgh (4) vs Chi
Cardinals (5) 11/11/45 |
| |
NY Bulldogs (1) vs Philadelphia
(8) 9/22/49 |
| 10 |
NY Giants (4) vs Washington
(6) 12/11/60 |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Rushing, Season |
| 181 |
New England |
1978 |
| 177 |
Los Angeles |
1973 |
| 176 |
Chicago |
1985 |
| |
| Fewest First Downs,
Rushing, Season |
| 36 |
Cleveland |
1942 |
| |
Boston |
1944 |
| 39 |
Brooklyn |
1943 |
| 40 |
Philadelphia |
1940 |
| |
Detroit |
1945 |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Rushing, Game |
| 25 |
Philadelphia vs Washington
(12/2/51) |
| 23 |
St Louis vs New Orleans
(10/5/80) |
| 21 |
Cleveland vs Philadelphia
(12/13/59) |
| |
Green Bay vs Philadelphia
(11/11/62) |
| |
LA Rams vs New Orleans
(11/25/73) |
| |
Pittsburgh vs Kansas
City (11/7/76) |
| |
New England vs Denver
(11/28/76) |
| |
Oakland vs Green Bay
(9/17/78) |
| |
Buffalo vs Washington
(11/3/96) |
| |
San Francisco vs Detroit
(12/14/98) |
| |
| Fewest First Downs,
Rushing, Game |
| 0 |
By Many Teams; Last Time:
Carolina vs. San Diego December 17 2000 |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Rushing, Both Teams, Game |
| 36 |
Philadelphia (25) vs
Washington (11) 12/2/51 |
| 31 |
Detroit (18) vs Washington
(13) 9/30/51 |
| 30 |
LA Rams (17) vs Minnesota
(13) 11/5/61 |
| |
New Orleans (17) vs Green
Bay (13) 9/9/79 |
| |
New Orleans (16) vs San
Francisco (14) 11/11/79 |
| |
New England (16) vs Kansas
City (14) 10/4/81 |
| |
| Fewest First Downs,
Rushing, Both Teams, Game |
| 2 |
Houston (0) vs Denver
(2) 12/2/62 |
| |
NY Jets (1) vs St Louis
(1) 12/3/95 |
| |
Miami (1) vs San Diego
(1) 12/19/99 |
| |
New Orleans (1) vs Baltimore
(1) 12/19/99 |
| 3 |
Philadelphia (1) vs Pittsburgh
(2) 10/27/57 |
| |
Boston (1) vs Buffalo
(2) 11/15/64 |
| |
LA Rams (0) vs San Francisco
(3) 12/6/64 |
| |
Pittsburgh (1) vs St
Louis (2) 11/13/66 |
| |
Seattle (1) vs New Orleans
(2) 9/1/91 |
| |
New Orleans (0) vs NY
Jets (3) 12/24/95 |
| |
Philadelphia (1) vs Carolina
(2) 10/27/96 |
| |
San Diego (1) vs New
Orleans (2) 9/7/97 |
| |
New Orleans (1) vs Tampa
Bay (2) 10/25/98 |
| |
New England (1) vs Miami
(2) 10/25/98 OT |
| |
Miami (1) vs New England
(2) 11/23/98 |
| 4 |
In Many Games |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Passing, Season |
| 259 |
San Diego |
1985 |
| 251 |
Houston |
1990 |
| 250 |
Miami |
1986 |
| |
| Fewest First Downs,
Passing, Season |
| 18 |
Pittsburgh |
1941 |
| 23 |
Brooklyn |
1942 |
| |
NY Giants |
1944 |
| 24 |
NY Giants |
1943 |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Passing, Game |
| 29 |
NY Giants vs Cincinnati
(10/13/85) |
| 27 |
San Diego vs Seattle
(9/15/85) |
| 26 |
Miami vs Cleveland (12/12/88) |
| |
| Fewest First Downs,
Passing, Game |
| 0 |
By Many Teams; Last Time:
Cleveland vs. Jacksonville December 3, 2000 |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Passing, Both Teams, Game |
| 43 |
San Diego (23) vs Cincinnati
(20) 12/20/82 |
| |
Miami (24) vs NY Jets
(19) 9/21/86 OT |
| 42 |
San Francisco (22) vs
San Diego (20) 12/11/82 |
| 41 |
San Diego (27) vs Seattle
(14) 9/15/85 |
| |
Kansas City (23) Oakland
(18) November 5, 2000 |
| |
Miami (26) vs Cleveland
(15) 12/12/88 |
| |
| Fewest First Downs,
Passing, Both Teams, Game |
| 0 |
Brooklyn vs PTI, Nov.
29, 1942 |
| 1 |
Green Bay (0) vs Cleveland
(1) 9/21/41 |
| |
Pittsburgh (0) vs Brooklyn
(1) 10/11/42 |
| |
NY Giants (0) vs Detroit
(1) 11/7/43 |
| |
Pittsburgh (0) vs CHI
Cardinals (1) 11/11/45 |
| |
NY Bulldogs (0) vs Philadelphia
(1) 9/22/49 |
| |
Chicago (0) vs Buffalo
(1) 10/7/79 |
| 2 |
In Many Games |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Penalty, Season |
| 43 |
Denver |
1994 |
| 42 |
Chicago |
1987 |
| 41 |
Denver |
1986 |
| |
| Fewest First Downs,
Penalty, Season |
| 2 |
Brooklyn |
1940 |
| 4 |
Chi Cardinals |
1940 |
| |
NY Giants |
1942,1944 |
| |
Washington |
1944 |
| |
Cleveland |
1952 |
| |
Kansas City |
1969 |
| 5 |
Brooklyn |
1939 |
| |
Chicago Bears |
1939 |
| |
Detroit |
1953 |
| |
Los Angeles |
1953 |
| |
Houston |
1982 |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Penalty, Game |
| 11 |
Denver vs Houston (10/6/85) |
| 9 |
Chicago Bears vs Cleveland
(11/25/51) |
| |
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh
(10/30/77) |
| |
NY Jets vs Houston (9/18/88) |
| 8 |
Philadelphia vs Detroit
(12/2/79) |
| |
Cincinnati vs NY Jets
(10/6/85) |
| |
Buffalo vs Houston (9/20/87) |
| |
Houston vs Atlanta (9/9/90) |
| |
Kansas City vs LA Raiders
(10/3/93) |
| |
San Francisco vs New
Orleans (10/11/98) |
| |
Oakland vs. San Francisco
October 8, 2000 OT |
| |
| Most First Downs,
Penalty, Both Teams, Game |
| 12 |
Buffalo (7) vs San Francisco
(5) 10/4/98 |
| 11 |
Chicago Bears (9) vs
Cleveland (2) 11/25/51 |
| |
Cincinnati (8) vs NY
Jets (3) 10/6/85 |
| |
Denver (11) vs Houston
(0) 10/6/85 |
| |
Detroit (6) vs Dallas
(5) 11/8/87 |
| |
NY Jets (9) vs Houston
(2) 9/18/88 |
| |
Kansas City (8) vs LA
Raiders (3) 10/3/93 |
| |
Detroit (6) vs San Diego
(5) 11/11/96 |
| 10 |
In Many Games |