lowest third down conversion percentage in college football in one game all-time

28 teams are tied for the lowest third-down percentage in a game, at 0.0 percent. The first three are the Pittsburgh Panthers on November 15 and on November 4, 2023, the Western Michigan Broncos on November 11 and the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks on November 1.

TEAM3DWN%DATETMOPPRESULT3DWN CONV3DWN ATT4DWN CONV4DWN ATT4DWN%TD1DWNOFFOPP OFF
1Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
0.0
11/15/2025
PITT PITT
vs
ND ND
L
15-37
0
13
2
5
40.0
2
17
219
387
2Western Michigan
Western Michigan
0.0
11/11/2025
WMU WMU
vs
OHIO OHIO
W
17-13
0
8
1
3
33.3
2
16
336
287
3Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana-Monroe
0.0
11/1/2025
ULM ULM
vs
ODU ODU
L
6-31
0
13
2
7
28.6
1
11
293
391
4Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
0.0
10/11/2025
VT VT
@
GT GT
L
20-35
0
8
3
4
75.0
3
20
367
481
5Auburn
Auburn
0.0
9/27/2025
AUB AUB
@
TAMU TAMU
L
10-16
0
13
0
2
0.0
1
9
177
414
6Florida
Florida
0.0
9/20/2025
FLA FLA
@
MIA MIA
L
7-26
0
13
3
6
50.0
1
7
141
344
7Missouri State
Missouri State
0.0
9/13/2025
MOST MOST
vs
SMU SMU
L
10-28
0
12
0
1
0.0
1
19
328
448
8UMass
UMass
0.0
9/13/2025
MASS MASS
@
IOWA IOWA
L
7-47
0
10
0
2
0.0
1
8
119
435
9Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
0.0
8/30/2025
MTSU MTSU
vs
PEAY PEAY
L
14-34
0
12
1
4
25.0
2
13
153
343
10Miami (OH)
Miami (OH)
0.0
8/28/2025
M-OH M-OH
@
WIS WIS
L
0-17
0
9
0
0
0
7
117
353
11North Carolina
North Carolina
0.0
12/28/2024
UNC UNC
vs
CONN CONN
L
14-27
0
9
1
3
33.3
2
10
206
361
12Purdue
Purdue
0.0
11/30/2024
PUR PUR
@
IND IND
L
0-66
0
11
1
1
100.0
0
5
67
582
13Kentucky
Kentucky
0.0
11/30/2024
UK UK
vs
LOU LOU
L
14-41
0
9
0
1
0.0
2
13
328
486
14Iowa
Iowa
0.0
11/29/2024
IOWA IOWA
vs
NEB NEB
W
13-10
0
10
0
0
1
5
164
334
15Duke
Duke
0.0
11/9/2024
DUKE DUKE
@
NCST NCST
W
29-19
0
9
0
0
3
16
276
268
16Arkansas
Arkansas
0.0
10/26/2024
ARK ARK
@
MSST MSST
W
58-25
0
7
2
2
100.0
7
30
673
471
17Hawaii
Hawaii
0.0
10/19/2024
HAW HAW
@
WSU WSU
L
10-42
0
8
0
1
0.0
1
17
300
444
18Akron
Akron
0.0
9/28/2024
AKR AKR
@
OHIO OHIO
L
10-30
0
11
0
1
0.0
1
14
178
440
19Arizona
Arizona
0.0
9/7/2024
ARIZ ARIZ
vs
NAU NAU
W
22-10
0
10
0
0
2
18
361
182
20Wyoming
Wyoming
0.0
11/18/2023
WYO WYO
vs
HAW HAW
W
42-9
0
6
1
2
50.0
6
20
472
345
21Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
0.0
11/4/2023
PITT PITT
vs
FSU FSU
L
7-24
0
11
1
1
100.0
1
16
333
501
22Colorado State
Colorado State
0.0
11/3/2023
CSU CSU
@
WYO WYO
L
15-24
0
10
2
3
66.7
2
20
274
334
23South Alabama
South Alabama
0.0
11/2/2023
USA USA
@
TROY TROY
L
10-28
0
10
1
1
100.0
1
15
252
405
24Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois
0.0
10/31/2023
NIU NIU
@
CMU CMU
L
31-37
0
10
2
4
50.0
4
23
506
447
25Syracuse
Syracuse
0.0
10/26/2023
SYR SYR
@
VT VT
L
10-38
0
9
0
0
1
9
137
528
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for third-down percentage going back to the 2013 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

35.1

19th

OPP PPG

24.9

77th

RUSH YDS/G

117.2

139th

PASS YDS/G

275.0

26th

2025 ACC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
2
Duke Duke
6-2
7-5
3
Miami Miami
6-2
10-2
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
6-2
8-4
5
SMU SMU
6-2
8-4
6
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
6-2
9-3
Last Game
MIA Miami

10 - 2

38

Final

7

Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
11
1
.917
2
Ole Miss Ole Miss
11
1
.917
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
9
4
.692
2
New Mexico New Mexico
9
3
.750
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
12
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
12
0
1.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
10
2
.833
2
UConn UConn
9
3
.750
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
11
1
.917
2
BYU BYU
11
1
.917
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
11
2
.846
2
Tulane Tulane
11
2
.846
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Virginia Virginia
10
2
.833
2
Duke Duke
7
5
.583
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
6
6
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
2
10
.167
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
8
4
.667
2
Ohio Ohio
8
4
.667
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
12
1
.923
2
Troy Troy
8
5
.615
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
10
3
.769
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
8
5
.615

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/7
JMU JMU
@
MRSH MRSH
35-23
Fri
11/7
SMU SMU
@
BC BC
45-13
Fri
11/7
CIT CIT
@
MISS MISS
0-49
Fri
11/7
SYR SYR
@
MIA MIA
10-38
Fri
11/7
WAKE WAKE
@
UVA UVA
16-9

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/6
BYU BYU
@
TTU TTU
12:00 PM
Sat
12/6
M-OH M-OH
@
WMU WMU
12:00 PM
Sat
12/6
UGA UGA
@
ALA ALA
4:00 PM
Sat
12/6
IND IND
@
OSU OSU
8:00 PM
Sat
12/6
DUKE DUKE
@
UVA UVA
8:00 PM