least plays by an nfl team in a game

The Cleveland Browns have run the fewest plays by a team in a game, with 28 plays against the Steelers on September 12, 1999.

Interpreted as:
least plays by an NFL team in a regular-season game
TEAMPLYDATETMOPPRESULTTD1DWNOFFOPP OFF3DWN%4DWN%
1Browns
Browns
28
9/12/1999
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
L
0-43
0
2
40
464
0.0
2Raiders
Raiders
30
10/19/2025
LV LV
@
KC KC
L
0-31
0
3
95
434
0.0
0.0
3Saints
Saints
31
10/5/1980
NO NO
vs
STL STL
L
7-40
1
3
80
433
4Chiefs
Chiefs
33
1/5/2025
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
L
0-38
0
5
98
479
11.1
50.0
5Lions
Lions
33
11/24/1988
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
L
0-23
0
3
60
353
6Falcons
Falcons
33
9/23/1973
ATL ATL
@
LA LA
L
0-31
0
2
70
351
7Packers
Packers
33
11/22/1971
GB GB
@
ATL ATL
L
21-28
3
7
143
386
8Raiders
Raiders
34
11/2/2008
OAK OAK
vs
ATL ATL
L
0-24
0
3
77
453
11.1
0.0
9Titans
Titans
34
12/17/2006
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
W
24-17
3
5
98
396
0.0
0.0
10Jets
Jets
34
11/16/2003
NYJ NYJ
@
IND IND
L
31-38
4
12
324
538
14.3
11Lions
Lions
34
12/3/1972
DET DET
@
GB GB
L
7-33
1
6
189
309
12Rams
Rams
34
12/14/1969
LA LA
@
DET DET
L
0-28
0
4
96
332
13Colts
Colts
35
9/21/2009
IND IND
@
MIA MIA
W
27-23
3
14
356
403
42.9
14Packers
Packers
35
10/17/1999
GB GB
@
DEN DEN
L
10-31
1
5
133
514
0.0
15Lions
Lions
35
10/20/1991
DET DET
@
SF SF
L
3-35
0
10
207
505
14.3
16Seahawks
Seahawks
35
11/4/1979
SEA SEA
vs
LA LA
L
0-24
0
1
-7
475
17Oilers
Oilers
35
10/29/1972
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
L
7-30
1
10
145
496
18Bears
Bears
35
9/17/1967
CHI CHI
@
PIT PIT
L
13-41
2
6
95
393
1949ers
49ers
35
11/22/1959
SF SF
@
BAL BAL
L
14-45
2
3
133
439
20Bears
Bears
36
12/3/2017
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
L
14-15
2
8
147
388
50.0
21Buccaneers
Buccaneers
36
9/27/2009
TB TB
vs
NYG NYG
L
0-24
0
5
86
397
0.0
50.0
22Falcons
Falcons
36
12/16/2007
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
L
3-37
0
5
133
285
0.0
23Cardinals
Cardinals
36
9/28/2003
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
L
13-37
2
7
161
401
0.0
100.0
24Lions
Lions
36
11/20/1994
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
L
10-20
1
11
180
338
22.2
0.0
25Raiders
Raiders
36
12/16/1991
RAI RAI
@
NO NO
L
0-27
0
6
117
475
22.2

More Browns Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

16.2

29th

OPP PPG

23.4

18th

RUSH YDS/G

98.0

26th

PASS YDS/G

179.9

31st

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
6
4
0
.600
Ravens Ravens
5
5
0
.500
Bengals Bengals
3
7
0
.300
Browns Browns
2
8
0
.200
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/23
CLE CLE
@
LV LV
4:05 PM
Sun
11/30
SF SF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
TEN TEN
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Last Game
BAL Ravens

5 - 5 - 0

23

Final

16

CLE Browns

2 - 8 - 0

Sun 16 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
9
2
0
.818
Bills Bills
7
3
0
.700
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
6
4
0
.600
Ravens Ravens
5
5
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
2
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
6
4
0
.600
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
9
2
0
.818
Chargers Chargers
7
4
0
.636
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
7
3
0
.700
Packers Packers
6
3
1
.650
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
4
0
.600
Panthers Panthers
6
5
0
.545
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
8
2
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
7
3
0
.700

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Thu
11/20
BUF BUF
@
HOU HOU
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
NYG NYG
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
PIT PIT
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM