The Atlanta Falcons had their most first downs in a game against the Saints on September 2, 1979, with 35 first downs.
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most first downs by falcons in a regular-season game| TEAM | 1DWN | DATE | TM | OPP | RESULT | PASS 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | TD | OFF | OPP OFF | 3DWN% | 4DWN% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Falcons | 35 | 9/2/1979 |  ATL | @ |  NO | W 40-34 | 5 | 552 | 512 | |||||
| 2 | | Falcons | 34 | 11/9/1980 | ATL | @ |  STL | W 33-27 | 4 | 563 | 415 | |||||
| 3 | | Falcons | 33 | 9/19/2010 | ATL | vs |  ARI | W 41-7 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 444 | 267 | 64.7 | 50.0 |
| 4 | | Falcons | 32 | 12/4/2016 | ATL | vs |  KC | L 28-29 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 418 | 389 | 60.0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | | Falcons | 32 | 9/16/1973 | ATL | @ | NO | W 62-7 | 8 | 496 | 187 | |||||
| 6 | | Falcons | 31 | 1/5/2025 | ATL | vs |  CAR | L 38-44 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 537 | 425 | 64.3 | 66.7 |
| 7 | | Falcons | 31 | 10/13/2019 | ATL | @ | ARI | L 33-34 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 444 | 442 | 54.5 | |
| 8 | | Falcons | 31 | 11/3/2016 | ATL | @ |  TB | W 43-28 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 461 | 396 | 60.0 | |
| 9 | | Falcons | 30 | 10/27/2019 | ATL | vs |  SEA | L 20-27 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 510 | 322 | 33.3 | 100.0 |
| 10 | | Falcons | 30 | 11/13/2011 | ATL | vs | NO | L 23-26 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 481 | 363 | 31.3 | 66.7 |
| 11 | | Falcons | 30 | 11/2/2008 | ATL | @ |  OAK | W 24-0 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 453 | 77 | 52.9 | 50.0 |
| 12 | | Falcons | 30 | 11/5/1995 | ATL | vs |  DET | W 34-22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 434 | 375 | 46.2 | 0.0 |
| 13 | | Falcons | 29 | 12/18/2016 | ATL | vs |  SF | W 41-13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 550 | 272 | 55.6 | |
| 14 | | Falcons | 29 | 10/11/2015 | ATL | vs |  WAS | W 25-19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 418 | 270 | 40.0 | 100.0 |
| 15 | | Falcons | 28 | 10/3/2024 | ATL | vs | TB | W 36-30 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 550 | 333 | 42.9 | 66.7 |
| 16 | | Falcons | 28 | 10/10/2021 | ATL | vs |  NYJ | W 27-20 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 450 | 230 | 64.3 | 100.0 |
| 17 | | Falcons | 28 | 10/29/2020 | ATL | @ | CAR | W 25-17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 401 | 304 | 33.3 | |
| 18 | | Falcons | 28 | 9/13/2020 | ATL | vs | SEA | L 25-38 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 506 | 383 | 50.0 | 0.0 |
| 19 | | Falcons | 28 | 12/29/2019 | ATL | @ | TB | W 28-22 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 373 | 329 | 38.9 | 33.3 |
| 20 | | Falcons | 28 | 12/22/2019 | ATL | vs |  JAX | W 24-12 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 518 | 288 | 53.8 | |
| 21 | | Falcons | 28 | 11/27/2016 | ATL | vs | ARI | W 38-19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 360 | 332 | 44.4 | 100.0 |
| 22 | | Falcons | 28 | 11/1/2015 | ATL | vs | TB | L 20-23 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 496 | 290 | 50.0 | 66.7 |
| 23 | | Falcons | 28 | 9/7/2014 | ATL | vs | NO | W 37-34 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 568 | 472 | 54.5 | |
| 24 | | Falcons | 28 | 10/7/2012 | ATL | @ | WAS | W 24-17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 421 | 316 | 52.9 | |
| 25 | | Falcons | 28 | 10/11/2009 | ATL | @ | SF | W 45-10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 477 | 279 | 57.1 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for first downs going back to the 1940 season.
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