fewest first downs in a winning college football

24 teams are tied for the fewest first downs in a win, with 0 first downs. The first three are the Navy Midshipmen on December 14, 2013 and the South Alabama Jaguars and the Rice Owls on December 7, 2013 and on November 30, 2013.

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	TEAM	1DWN	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	PASS 1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	TD	OFF	OPP OFF
1	Navy	0	12/14/2013	NAVY	vs	ARMY	W 34-7	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	South Alabama	0	12/7/2013	USA	vs	UL	W 30-8	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Rice	0	12/7/2013	RICE	vs	MRSH	W 41-24	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	BYU	0	11/30/2013	BYU	@	NEV	W 28-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Southern Miss	0	11/30/2013	USM	@	UAB	W 62-27	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Colorado State	0	11/30/2013	CSU	vs	AFA	W 58-13	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	South Alabama	0	11/30/2013	USA	@	GAST	W 38-17	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Hawaii	0	11/30/2013	HAW	vs	ARMY	W 49-42	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Western Kentucky	0	11/30/2013	WKU	vs	ARST	W 34-31	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	New Mexico State	0	11/30/2013	NMSU	vs	IDHO	W 24-16	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	UTSA	0	11/30/2013	UTSA	vs	LT	W 30-10	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	11/30/2013	ULM	@	UL	W 31-28	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Middle Tennessee	0	11/30/2013	MTSU	vs	UTEP	W 48-17	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	UNLV	0	11/30/2013	UNLV	vs	SDSU	W 45-19	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	North Texas	0	11/30/2013	UNT	@	TLSA	W 42-10	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Rice	0	11/30/2013	RICE	vs	TULN	W 17-13	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Boise State	0	11/30/2013	BSU	vs	UNM	W 45-17	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Utah State	0	11/30/2013	USU	vs	WYO	W 35-7	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Central Michigan	0	11/29/2013	CMU	vs	EMU	W 42-10	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Marshall	0	11/29/2013	MRSH	vs	ECU	W 59-28	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Florida Atlantic	0	11/29/2013	FAU	vs	FIU	W 21-6	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Ohio	0	11/29/2013	OHIO	vs	MASS	W 51-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Ball State	0	11/29/2013	BALL	vs	M-OH	W 55-14	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Akron	0	11/29/2013	AKR	vs	TOL	W 31-29	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Troy	0	11/29/2013	TROY	vs	TXST	W 42-28	0	0	0	0	0	0

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More Navy Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

717

Gutierrez

RUSH

979

Gutierrez

REC

212

Collins

Team Rankings

PPG

27.6

77th

OPP PPG

29.9

121st

RUSH YDS/G

295.8

3rd

PASS YDS/G

108.6

202nd

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Charlotte	1-3	1-7
11	Tulsa	1-3	4-4
12	Temple	1-3	2-6
13	Navy	1-4	2-6
14	Rice	0-4	1-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	TEM	@	NAVY	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	MEM	@	NAVY	12:00 PM
Sat 11/28	NAVY	@	CHAR	1:00 PM
Sat 12/12	NAVY	@	ARMY	3:00 PM

Last Game

Notre Dame

7 - 1

Final

Navy

2 - 6

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,794

Fifita

2,764

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

322.9

321.6

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	6	3	.667
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Purdue	3	5	.375
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	SMU	7	2	.778
4	Louisville	5	3	.625
5	Duke	6	2	.750
6	Clemson	5	3	.625
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	6	.333
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	East Carolina	5	4	.556
7	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	UAB	4	4	.500
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375