least first downs in a season in cfb history

The Texas State Bobcats have the fewest first downs by a team in a season, with 11 first downs in 2013.

		TEAM	1DWN	SEASON	PASS 1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	3DWN%	4DWN%
1		Texas State	11	2013	5	6	0	12	6	6	0	1	287	23.9	328	27.3	31.3	0.0
2		UTEP	12	2013	3	8	1	12	2	10	0	1	261	21.8	472	39.3	26.7
3		Georgia State	19	2013	12	5	2	12	0	12	0	1	225	18.8	440	36.7	28.0
4		Air Force	20	2013	1	19	0	12	2	10	0	1	296	24.7	480	40.0	41.2	33.3
5		South Alabama	22	2013	14	8	0	12	6	6	0	3	353	29.4	302	25.2	41.2	50.0
6		FIU	23	2013	10	12	1	12	1	11	0	1	117	9.8	444	37.0	17.8	50.0
7		Kent State	27	2013	18	8	1	12	4	8	0	1	249	20.8	323	26.9	24.1	100.0
8		New Mexico	28	2013	7	20	1	12	3	9	0	7	393	32.8	513	42.8	27.6	25.0
9		Miami (OH)	29	2013	9	17	3	12	0	12	0	3	117	9.8	428	35.7	7.9	28.6
10		Hawaii	31	2013	20	6	5	12	1	11	0	8	329	27.4	465	38.8	14.3	33.3
11		Ohio	33	2013	21	10	2	13	7	6	0	3	356	27.4	357	27.5	35.1	50.0
12		Southern Miss	33	2013	16	11	6	12	1	11	0	1	205	17.1	503	41.9	29.6	0.0
13		UAB	35	2013	17	14	4	12	2	10	0	4	315	26.3	525	43.8	29.0	33.3
14		Tulane	35	2013	19	12	4	13	7	6	0	5	322	24.8	278	21.4	24.0	75.0
15		North Texas	39	2013	22	14	3	13	9	4	0	8	414	31.8	231	17.8	42.4	50.0
16		UMass	41	2020	22	14	5	4	0	4	0	1	12	3.0	161	40.3	25.5	44.4
17		Florida Atlantic	41	2013	14	21	6	12	6	6	0	5	317	26.4	267	22.3	28.9	0.0
18		Central Michigan	42	2013	25	15	2	12	6	6	0	4	279	23.3	343	28.6	24.3	0.0
19		Louisiana-Monroe	44	2013	25	15	4	12	6	6	0	4	267	22.3	362	30.2	43.8	42.9
20		Tulsa	45	2013	28	14	3	12	3	9	0	5	253	21.1	407	33.9	37.0	80.0
21		New Mexico State	47	2020	18	26	3	2	1	1	0	6	53	26.5	72	36.0	29.2	25.0
22		Louisiana Tech	47	2013	26	16	5	12	4	8	0	3	230	19.2	315	26.3	37.0
23		UMass	47	2013	24	18	5	12	1	11	0	3	140	11.7	396	33.0	39.6	50.0
24		Middle Tennessee	47	2013	29	16	2	13	8	5	0	5	377	29.0	341	26.2	38.5	0.0
25		Western Kentucky	48	2013	21	25	2	12	8	4	0	7	370	30.8	295	24.6	41.7	100.0

StatMuse has team, season-level data for first downs going back to the 2013 season.

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2,016

Jackson

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RUSH

648

Pare

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REC

741

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OPP PPG

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2025 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Arkansas State	4-1	5-4
11	Louisiana	2-3	3-6
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1-4	3-6
13	South Alabama	1-4	2-7
14	Texas State	0-4	3-5

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/8	TXST	@	UL	5:00 PM
Sat 11/15	TXST	@	USM	3:30 PM
Sat 11/22	ULM	@	TXST	1:00 PM
Sat 11/29	USA	@	TXST	1:00 PM

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20

TXST

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Pass Yards Leaders

2,780

Robertson

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2,737

Aguilar

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2,702

Mestemaker

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Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

Cook

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1,002

Johnson

Emmett Johnson

955

Henry

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,085

Scudero

Danny Scudero

994

Bell

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Duff

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Pass TD Leaders

26

Robertson

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25

Mendoza

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23

Sayin

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Rush TD Leaders

14

King

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13

Lacy

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13

Horvath

Blake Horvath

11

Bell

Skyler Bell

10

Scudero

Danny Scudero

10

Sarratt

Elijah Sarratt

QB Rating Leaders

197.1

Sayin

Julian Sayin

185.2

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

171.7

Moore

Dante Moore

11.5

Bailey

David Bailey

10.0

Voorhis

Nathan Voorhis

9.5

Daley

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CFB 2025 Rankings

46.4

44.4

43.6

43.6

41.3

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

6.9

10.0

10.8

13.1

13.2

13.5

Total Yards Rankings

510.5

505.9

504.9

504.1

492.3

487.8

Rush Yards Rankings

317.3

270.0

267.1

265.3

259.5

245.7

Pass Yards Rankings

332.4

329.3

325.4

324.3

312.7

308.3

34.0

33.0

33.0

32.0

32.0

32.0

CFB 2025 Division Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	8	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio State	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	0	1.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
2	Buffalo	5	4	.556

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	2	.750
2	UConn	6	3	.667

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	2	7	.222
2	Washington State	4	5	.444

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	San Diego State	7	1	.875
2	Boise State	6	3	.667

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Texas A&M	8	0	1.000
2	Alabama	7	1	.875

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Navy	7	1	.875
2	Memphis	8	1	.889

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Virginia	8	1	.889
2	Georgia Tech	8	1	.889

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	7	1	.875
2	Coastal Carolina	5	3	.625

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	6	2	.750
2	Jacksonville State	5	3	.625

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 10/10	UCF	@	CIN	11-20
Fri 10/10	STAN	@	SMU	10-34
Fri 10/10	PITT	@	FSU	34-31
Fri 10/10	CHAR	@	ARMY	7-24
Fri 10/10	UCLA	@	MSU	38-13

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 11/4	M-OH	@	OHIO	7:00 PM
Tue 11/4	MASS	@	AKR	7:00 PM
Wed 11/5	NIU	@	TOL	7:00 PM
Wed 11/5	KENT	@	BALL	7:00 PM
Thu 11/6	GASO	@	APP	7:30 PM