highest time of possession in a single game in nfl history

The Houston Oilers have the ball the most by a team in a game, with 48:34 of possession versus the Cowboys on November 10, 1991.

Interpreted as:
highest time of possession in a single regular-season game in NFL history
TEAMTOPDATETMOPPRESULTTD1DWNOFFOPP OFF3DWN%4DWN%
1Oilers
Oilers
48:34
11/10/1991
vs
W
26-23
2
33
583
291
46.7
2Buccaneers
Buccaneers
48:09
11/10/1996
vs
W
20-17
2
27
339
271
62.5
3Steelers
Steelers
47:49
9/12/1999
@
W
43-0
5
33
464
40
71.4
0.0
4Jets
Jets
47:08
11/14/2010
@
W
26-20
3
28
456
303
52.4
100.0
5Eagles
Eagles
46:47
12/13/1992
@
W
20-17
2
25
466
87
30.0
100.0
6Cardinals
Cardinals
46:21
10/23/2016
vs
T
6-6
0
23
443
257
47.6
0.0
7Jets
Jets
46:13
10/20/2013
vs
W
30-27
3
27
383
295
52.4
8Ravens
Ravens
46:04
11/7/2021
vs
W
34-31
4
36
500
318
40.0
100.0
9Broncos
Broncos
46:01
12/4/1994
@
W
20-17
2
26
393
401
57.1
0.0
10Falcons
Falcons
45:50
9/26/2010
@
W
27-24
3
25
417
398
50.0
66.7
11Rams
Rams
45:43
10/27/1996
@
L
31-37
3
26
486
478
40.0
0.0
12Colts
Colts
45:39
12/1/1996
vs
W
13-10
1
18
288
307
36.8
13Cowboys
Cowboys
45:33
12/9/2018
vs
W
29-23
3
32
576
256
50.0
100.0
14Steelers
Steelers
45:23
11/28/2010
@
W
19-16
1
28
426
329
63.2
15Falcons
Falcons
45:15
11/2/2008
@
W
24-0
3
30
453
77
52.9
50.0
16Broncos
Broncos
45:14
10/17/1999
vs
W
31-10
4
28
514
133
57.9
17Dolphins
Dolphins
45:07
9/21/2009
vs
L
23-27
2
27
403
356
71.4
100.0
1849ers
49ers
45:04
10/20/1991
vs
W
35-3
5
29
505
207
80.0
100.0
19Broncos
Broncos
44:58
12/21/2003
@
W
31-17
4
26
465
183
69.2
0.0
20Bears
Bears
44:53
10/27/1997
@
W
36-33
3
26
464
365
45.0
100.0
21Steelers
Steelers
44:51
11/15/1993
vs
W
23-0
2
26
400
157
55.6
22Broncos
Broncos
44:35
12/14/2003
vs
W
23-20
2
28
417
275
53.3
2349ers
49ers
44:33
11/3/2002
@
W
23-20
2
30
434
239
65.0
100.0
24Jaguars
Jaguars
44:22
12/17/2006
@
L
17-24
2
23
396
98
52.6
0.0
2549ers
49ers
44:16
11/20/2011
vs
W
23-7
2
25
431
229
38.1
100.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for time of possession going back to the 1991 season.

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