The Atlanta Falcons had their most first downs in a game versus 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

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Sun 12/21	ATL	@	ARI	4:05 PM
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Bengals - e	4	10	0	.286
Browns - e	3	11	0	.214
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Saints - e	4	10	0	.286
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