The New York Jets had their most first downs in a game versus the Dolphins on November 27, 1988, with 39 first downs.
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most 1st downs in a regular-season game by the jets| TEAM | 1DWN | DATE | TM | OPP | RESULT | PASS 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | TD | OFF | OPP OFF | 3DWN% | 4DWN% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Jets | 39 | 11/27/1988 |  NYJ | vs |  MIA | W 38-34 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 597 | 440 | ||
| 2 | | Jets | 35 | 11/17/1985 | NYJ | vs |  TB | W 62-28 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 581 | 212 | ||
| 3 |  | Jets | 32 | 10/31/2021 |  NYJ | vs |  CIN | W 34-31 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 511 | 318 | 54.5 | |
| 4 | | Jets | 32 | 9/21/1986 | NYJ | vs | MIA | W 51-45 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 581 | 485 | ||
| 5 | | Jets | 32 | 10/4/1981 | NYJ | @ | MIA | T 28-28 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 546 | 399 | ||
| 6 |  | Jets | 31 | 10/23/2000 |  NYJ | vs | MIA | W 40-37 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 455 | 433 | 25.0 | 50.0 |
| 7 | | Jets | 31 | 12/6/1998 | NYJ | vs |  SEA | W 32-31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 488 | 377 | 52.6 | 75.0 |
| 8 | | Jets | 31 | 10/2/1988 | NYJ | vs |  KC | T 17-17 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 542 | 385 | ||
| 9 | | Jets | 31 | 9/21/1970 | NYJ | @ |  CLE | L 21-31 | 3 | 454 | 221 | |||||
| 10 | | Jets | 30 | 11/4/2021 | NYJ | @ |  IND | L 30-45 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 486 | 532 | 57.1 | 100.0 |
| 11 | | Jets | 30 | 12/3/2017 | NYJ | vs | KC | W 38-31 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 488 | 474 | 65.0 | 100.0 |
| 12 | | Jets | 30 | 9/19/1982 | NYJ | @ |  NE | W 31-7 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 396 | 57 | ||
| 13 | | Jets | 30 | 9/21/1980 | NYJ | vs |  SF | L 27-37 | 3 | 460 | 376 | |||||
| 14 | | Jets | 29 | 12/23/1990 | NYJ | vs | NE | W 42-7 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 465 | 301 | ||
| 15 | | Jets | 29 | 11/21/1982 | NYJ | vs |  BAL | W 37-0 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 476 | 318 | ||
| 16 | | Jets | 28 | 9/15/2016 | NYJ | @ |  BUF | W 37-31 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 493 | 393 | 61.5 | |
| 17 | | Jets | 28 | 12/6/2015 | NYJ | @ |  NYG | W 23-20 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 463 | 355 | 40.0 | 100.0 |
| 18 | | Jets | 28 | 10/16/2014 | NYJ | @ | NE | L 25-27 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 423 | 323 | 56.3 | |
| 19 | | Jets | 28 | 11/14/2010 | NYJ | @ | CLE | W 26-20 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 456 | 303 | 52.4 | 100.0 |
| 20 | | Jets | 28 | 11/23/2008 | NYJ | @ |  TEN | W 34-13 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 409 | 281 | 53.8 | |
| 21 | | Jets | 28 | 11/2/2003 | NYJ | vs | NYG | L 28-31 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 392 | 413 | 47.4 | 100.0 |
| 22 | | Jets | 28 | 9/20/1998 | NYJ | vs | IND | W 44-6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 505 | 310 | 63.6 | |
| 23 | | Jets | 28 | 9/28/1997 | NYJ | @ | CIN | W 31-14 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 402 | 215 | 50.0 | 100.0 |
| 24 | | Jets | 28 | 8/31/1997 | NYJ | @ | SEA | W 41-3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 434 | 247 | 60.0 | |
| 25 | | Jets | 28 | 11/10/1996 | NYJ | vs | NE | L 27-31 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 422 | 343 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for first downs going back to the 1940 season.
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