most 4th down attempts in the playoffs single game

The Indianapolis Colts have made the most fourth-down attempts by a team in a playoff game, with 7 attempts in the 2003 AFC Championship game versus the Patriots on January 18, 2004.

TEAM4DWN ATTDATEROUNDTMOPPRESULT3DWN CONV3DWN ATT3DWN%4DWN CONV4DWN%TKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Colts
Colts
7
1/18/2004
AFC Championship
IND IND
@
NE NE
L
14-24
5
14
35.7
3
42.9
58
24
82
0.0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2Commanders
Commanders
6
1/26/2025
NFC Championship
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
L
23-55
7
17
41.2
4
66.7
39
28
67
2.0
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
3Bills
Bills
6
1/26/2025
AFC Championship
BUF BUF
@
KC KC
L
29-32
5
14
35.7
4
66.7
41
23
64
2.0
12
0
0
0
0
1
0
4Dolphins
Dolphins
6
1/13/2024
AFC Wild Card
MIA MIA
@
KC KC
L
7-26
1
12
8.3
3
50.0
40
41
81
0.0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
5Steelers
Steelers
6
1/14/2018
AFC Divisional
PIT PIT
vs
JAX JAX
L
42-45
7
16
43.8
4
66.7
41
18
59
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6Lions
Lions
6
12/28/1997
NFC Wild Card
DET DET
@
TB TB
L
10-20
3
15
20.0
2
33.3
2.0
6
1
2
0
1
0
749ers
49ers
6
1/6/1996
NFC Divisional
SF SF
vs
GB GB
L
17-27
8
20
40.0
5
83.3
1.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
8Dolphins
Dolphins
6
12/30/1995
AFC Wild Card
MIA MIA
@
BUF BUF
L
22-37
2
14
14.3
3
50.0
0.0
0
2
26
0
0
0
9Commanders
Commanders
5
1/12/2025
NFC Wild Card
WAS WAS
@
TB TB
W
23-20
8
15
53.3
3
60.0
29
23
52
1.0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
10Texans
Texans
5
1/12/2020
AFC Divisional
HOU HOU
@
KC KC
L
31-51
5
15
33.3
1
20.0
40
4
44
1.0
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
11Texans
Texans
5
1/5/2019
AFC Wild Card
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
L
7-21
3
13
23.1
2
40.0
42
20
62
0.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
12Vikings
Vikings
5
1/16/2005
NFC Divisional
MIN MIN
@
PHI PHI
L
14-27
7
17
41.2
3
60.0
43
10
53
1.0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
13Cowboys
Cowboys
5
1/15/1995
NFC Championship
DAL DAL
@
SF SF
L
28-38
4
14
28.6
3
60.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
14Packers
Packers
5
1/8/1995
NFC Divisional
GB GB
@
DAL DAL
L
9-35
4
16
25.0
3
60.0
1.0
7
1
34
0
1
0
15Commanders
Commanders
4
1/18/2025
NFC Divisional
WAS WAS
@
DET DET
W
45-31
4
12
33.3
3
75.0
37
27
64
2.0
16
4
69
1
1
1
0
16Vikings
Vikings
4
1/13/2025
NFC Wild Card
MIN MIN
@
LAR LAR
L
9-27
6
17
35.3
1
25.0
28
28
56
2.0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
17Browns
Browns
4
1/13/2024
AFC Wild Card
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
L
14-45
7
15
46.7
0
0.0
32
10
42
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18Buccaneers
Buccaneers
4
1/23/2022
NFC Divisional
TB TB
vs
LAR LAR
L
27-30
3
14
21.4
2
50.0
48
27
75
2.0
11
0
0
0
3
4
0
19Bills
Bills
4
1/23/2022
AFC Divisional
BUF BUF
@
KC KC
L
36-42
6
14
42.9
4
100.0
49
27
76
2.0
8
0
0
0
1
0
0
20Patriots
Patriots
4
1/15/2022
AFC Wild Card
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
L
17-47
7
14
50.0
4
100.0
40
16
56
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21Colts
Colts
4
1/9/2021
AFC Wild Card
IND IND
@
BUF BUF
L
24-27
9
17
52.9
2
50.0
42
17
59
2.0
23
0
0
0
1
0
0
22Ravens
Ravens
4
1/11/2020
AFC Divisional
BAL BAL
vs
TEN TEN
L
12-28
11
18
61.1
0
0.0
37
16
53
1.0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
23Chiefs
Chiefs
4
1/12/2019
AFC Divisional
KC KC
vs
IND IND
W
31-13
4
14
28.6
3
75.0
32
15
47
3.0
24
0
0
0
1
1
0
24Cowboys
Cowboys
4
1/12/2019
NFC Divisional
DAL DAL
@
LAR LAR
L
22-30
1
10
10.0
3
75.0
51
25
76
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25Dolphins
Dolphins
4
1/8/2017
AFC Wild Card
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
L
12-30
6
14
42.9
2
50.0
42
26
68
1.0
9
2
27
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for fourth-down attempts going back to the 1991 playoffs.

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Team Rankings

PPG

32.2

1st

OPP PPG

20.1

7th

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

8th

PASS YDS/G

268.1

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
Texans Texans
3
5
0
.375
Titans Titans
1
8
0
.111
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/23
IND IND
@
KC KC
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
HOU HOU
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
IND IND
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
IND IND
@
SEA SEA
4:25 PM
Last Game
IND Colts

7 - 2 - 0

20

Final

27

PIT Steelers

5 - 3 - 0

Sun 2 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
Ravens Ravens
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
8
2
0
.800
Chargers Chargers
6
3
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750

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)
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
BUF BUF
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM