fewest first downs in a losing college football game

The Clemson Tigers have the fewest first downs by a team in a loss, with 8 first downs this season.

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2026 season

	TEAM	1DWN	L	SEASON	PASS 1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	GP	W	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Clemson	8	1	2026	3	4	1	1	0	0	1	10	10.0	51	51.0	7.7
2	UTSA	9	1	2026	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	6	6.0	30	30.0	9.1
3	UCF	9	1	2026	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	7	7.0	12	12.0	30.8	0.0
4	Iowa State	9	1	2026	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	13.0	16	16.0	30.8
5	Central Michigan	9	1	2026	2	7	0	1	0	0	1	7	7.0	38	38.0	18.2	66.7
6	Fresno State	9	1	2026	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	39	39.0	20.0	0.0
7	Toledo	10	1	2026	6	2	2	1	0	0	3	20	20.0	30	30.0	12.5	0.0
8	Michigan State	11	1	2026	6	5	0	1	0	0	1	10	10.0	27	27.0	36.4	100.0
9	Marshall	11	1	2026	6	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	45	45.0	8.3	0.0
10	New Mexico	12	1	2026	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	6	6.0	14	14.0	21.4	50.0
11	UConn	12	1	2026	6	5	1	1	0	0	2	14	14.0	38	38.0	27.3	0.0
12	Oregon	12	1	2026	7	5	0	1	0	0	4	31	31.0	39	39.0	35.7	0.0
13	Kentucky	14	1	2026	8	3	3	1	0	0	2	17	17.0	45	45.0	7.1	50.0
14	Arizona State	16	1	2026	9	7	0	1	0	0	2	20	20.0	48	48.0	25.0	33.3
15	Wisconsin	16	1	2026	10	5	1	1	0	0	1	13	13.0	41	41.0	38.5	100.0
16	Kent State	16	2	2026	8	6	2	2	0	0	0	3	1.5	116	58.0	30.0	0.0
17	Western Michigan	16	1	2026	4	10	2	1	0	0	0	12	12.0	13	13.0	44.4	0.0
18	Colorado State	17	1	2026	7	6	4	1	0	0	3	23	23.0	41	41.0	50.0	0.0
19	Louisiana	17	1	2026	8	6	3	1	0	0	4	30	30.0	49	49.0	30.0
20	Memphis	17	1	2026	10	4	3	1	0	0	2	20	20.0	38	38.0	12.5	0.0
21	Colorado	18	1	2026	8	8	2	1	0	0	1	7	7.0	41	41.0	33.3	0.0
22	Troy	18	1	2026	6	8	4	1	0	0	2	17	17.0	27	27.0	41.2	50.0
23	Virginia	18	1	2026	10	6	2	1	0	0	4	27	27.0	38	38.0	37.5	66.7
24	Minnesota	18	1	2026	12	3	3	1	0	0	1	13	13.0	38	38.0	30.8	66.7
25	Oklahoma	18	1	2026	8	6	4	1	0	0	1	10	10.0	17	17.0	23.1	0.0

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More Clemson Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

415

Reynolds

RUSH

187

Davidson

REC

172

Moore

Team Rankings

PPG

20.0

128th

OPP PPG

26.0

103rd

RUSH YDS/G

125.3

127th

PASS YDS/G

172.3

141st

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Pittsburgh	1-0	3-0
4	California	1-0	2-1
5	Clemson	1-0	2-1
6	Louisville	1-0	2-1
7	Virginia	1-0	2-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/25	CLEM	@	CAL	10:30 PM
Sat 10/3	MIA	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	CHSO	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	VT	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	CLEM	@	FSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Carolina

2 - 1

Final

Clemson

2 - 1

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
9	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
10	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
11	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
12	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
13	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	2	1	.667
9	Colorado	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Duke	3	0	1.000
3	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
4	California	2	1	.667
5	Clemson	2	1	.667
6	Louisville	2	1	.667
7	Virginia	2	1	.667
8	SMU	2	1	.667
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	2	.333
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	1	2	.333
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333