lowest third down percentage by season defense

The San Francisco 49ers have the worst third-down percentage by a team in a season, at 24.0 percent in 2005.

	TEAM	3DWN%	SEASON	3DWN CONV	3DWN ATT	4DWN CONV	4DWN ATT	4DWN%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN
1	49ers	24.0	2005	49	204	5	8	62.5	16	4	12	0	23	239	14.9	428	26.8	191
2	Cowboys	24.0	2002	50	208	4	12	33.3	16	5	11	0	26	217	13.6	329	20.6	237
3	Bills	25.0	1997	53	212	11	29	37.9	16	6	10	0	26	255	15.9	367	22.9	268
4	Bears	25.1	2004	56	223	6	19	31.6	16	5	11	0	26	231	14.4	331	20.7	230
5	Cardinals	25.2	2012	58	230	10	24	41.7	16	5	11	0	25	250	15.6	357	22.3	246
6	Bills	25.8	2009	51	198	7	15	46.7	16	6	10	0	25	258	16.1	326	20.4	233
7	Texans	25.8	2002	59	229	5	14	35.7	16	4	12	0	22	213	13.3	356	22.3	208
8	Rams	25.9	2015	52	201	4	13	30.8	16	7	9	0	31	280	17.5	330	20.6	241
9	Jets	26.0	2023	61	235	17	29	58.6	17	7	10	0	22	268	15.8	355	20.9	260
10	Saints	26.1	1997	54	207	14	22	63.6	16	6	10	0	24	237	14.8	327	20.4	229
11	Seahawks	26.6	1992	59	222	5	17	29.4	16	2	14	0	14	140	8.8	312	19.5	208
12	Chiefs	27.3	2009	62	227	14	29	48.3	16	4	12	0	31	294	18.4	424	26.5	256
13	Browns	27.6	2000	58	210	6	19	31.6	16	3	13	0	17	161	10.1	419	26.2	176
14	Seahawks	27.7	1998	54	195	6	17	35.3	16	8	8	0	45	372	23.3	310	19.4	267
15	Giants	27.7	1996	61	220	9	20	45.0	16	6	10	0	24	242	15.1	297	18.6	248
16	Cardinals	27.8	2010	58	209	7	18	38.9	16	5	11	0	31	289	18.1	434	27.1	241
17	Rams	28.1	2011	64	228	8	23	34.8	16	2	14	0	18	193	12.1	407	25.4	267
18	Ravens	28.4	1999	65	229	3	11	27.3	16	8	8	0	34	324	20.3	277	17.3	259
19	Raiders	28.5	2008	61	214	9	21	42.9	16	5	11	0	27	263	16.4	388	24.3	225
20	Panthers	28.6	2002	64	224	4	12	33.3	16	7	9	0	30	258	16.1	302	18.9	238
21	Lions	28.8	2008	59	205	10	20	50.0	16	0	16	0	29	268	16.8	517	32.3	234
22	Bears	28.8	2005	62	215	7	16	43.8	16	11	5	0	28	260	16.3	202	12.6	233
23	Falcons	28.9	2000	57	197	6	13	46.2	16	4	12	0	25	252	15.8	413	25.8	256
24	Redskins	29.1	2019	52	179	6	14	42.9	16	3	13	0	28	266	16.6	435	27.2	248
25	Browns	29.1	2004	59	203	7	16	43.8	16	4	12	0	29	276	17.3	390	24.4	245

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Bills - x	11	4	0	.733
Dolphins - e	6	9	0	.400
Jets - e	3	12	0	.200
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Steelers	9	6	0	.600
Ravens	7	8	0	.467
Bengals - e	5	10	0	.333
Browns - e	3	12	0	.200
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Jaguars - x	11	4	0	.733
Texans	10	5	0	.667
Colts	8	7	0	.533
Titans - e	3	12	0	.200
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49ers - x	11	4	0	.733
Rams - x	11	4	0	.733
Cardinals - e	3	12	0	.200