most first downs in a week 15 game against the vikings with over 250 passing yards

The New Orleans Saints have the most first downs by a team in a Week-15 game with more than 250 passing yards against the Vikings, with 36 first downs on December 18, 2011.

	TEAM	1DWN	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	PASS 1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Saints	36	412	12/18/2011	NO	@	MIN	W 42-20	23	9	4	32	41	78.0	10.0	5	0	148.1	12.2	0.0	0	0
2	Rams	32	346	12/10/2000	STL	vs	MIN	W 40-29	17	13	2	27	32	84.4	10.8	0	0	111.7	0.0	0.0	0	0
3	Rams	29	377	12/16/2012	STL	vs	MIN	L 22-36	23	4	2	35	55	63.6	6.9	3	1	94.3	5.5	1.8	4	32
4	49ers	29	346	12/8/1984	SF	vs	MIN	W 51-7	14	13	2	25	35	71.4	9.9	3	0	131.4	8.6	0.0	1	9
5	Lions	29	295	12/12/1981	DET	vs	MIN	W 45-7	16	11	2	18	29	62.1	10.2	3	1	116.3	10.3	3.4	3	24
6	Cowboys	25	294	12/14/2025	DAL	vs	MIN	L 26-34	12	12	1	23	38	60.5	7.7	0	0	84.8	0.0	0.0	2	9
7	Eagles	25	428	12/15/2013	PHI	@	MIN	L 30-48	22	3	0	30	48	62.5	8.9	3	1	103.5	6.3	2.1	4	32
8	Bears	24	285	12/20/2021	CHI	vs	MIN	L 9-17	13	8	3	26	39	66.7	7.3	1	0	96.6	2.6	0.0	3	30
9	Lions	24	361	12/19/2004	DET	vs	MIN	L 27-28	15	7	2	25	44	56.8	8.2	2	2	79.8	4.5	4.5	2	11
10	49ers	24	280	12/7/1997	SF	vs	MIN	W 28-17	15	7	2	20	25	80.0	11.2	2	0	140.0	8.0	0.0	2	10
11	Panthers	23	299	12/20/2009	CAR	vs	MIN	W 26-7	15	7	1	21	33	63.6	9.1	3	0	123.2	9.1	0.0	2	26
12	Bengals	22	324	12/16/2023	CIN	vs	MIN	W 27-24	17	5	0	29	42	69.0	7.7	2	1	97.7	4.8	2.4	5	26
13	Lions	22	352	12/9/1978	DET	vs	MIN	W 45-14				26	33	78.8	10.7	5	1	138.1	15.2	3.0	1	2
14	Jets	21	339	12/17/2006	NYJ	@	MIN	W 26-13	17	2	2	29	40	72.5	8.5	1	1	95.7	2.5	2.5	2	16
15	Buccaneers	20	330	12/8/1991	TB	vs	MIN	L 24-26	15	3	2	23	41	56.1	8.0	2	0	98.6	4.9	0.0	1	2
16	Lions	19	347	12/19/1982	DET	vs	MIN	L 31-34	13	2	4	20	39	51.3	8.9	3	2	86.2	7.7	5.1	7	43
17	Saints	18	255	12/15/2002	NO	vs	MIN	L 31-32	13	4	1	21	33	63.6	7.7	2	0	107.5	6.1	0.0	4	34
18	Oilers	18	280	12/14/1986	HOU	vs	MIN	W 23-10	12	4	2	22	38	57.9	7.4	1	0	89.8	2.6	0.0	2	21
19	Chargers	17	307	12/15/2019	LAC	vs	MIN	L 10-39	14	3	0	28	39	71.8	7.9	1	3	71.2	2.6	7.7	3	24
20	Cardinals	16	298	12/14/2008	ARI	vs	MIN	L 14-35	13	1	2	32	50	64.0	6.0	1	1	78.6	2.0	2.0	4	25
21	Browns	16	268	12/17/1989	CLE	vs	MIN	W 23-17	10	4	2	18	39	46.2	6.9	3	0	94.8	7.7	0.0	3	12

Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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PASS

1,586

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RUSH

471

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REC

896

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PPG

16.1

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OPP PPG

23.7

19th

RUSH YDS/G

93.4

27th

PASS YDS/G

220.6

20th

2025 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Buccaneers	7	7	.500
Panthers	7	7	.500
Falcons	5	9	.357
Saints	4	10	.286

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 12/21	NYJ	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 12/28	NO	@	TEN	1:00 PM
Sun 1/4	NO	@	ATL	1:00 PM

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7 - 7

Final

Saints

4 - 10

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NFL 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,931

Prescott

3,722

Stafford

3,672

Goff

Rush Yards Leaders

1,443

Taylor

1,415

Cook

1,186

Achane

Rec Yards Leaders

1,541

Smith-Njigba

1,367

Nacua

1,212

Pickens

Pass TD Leaders

37

Stafford

29

Goff

26

Prescott

Rush TD Leaders

16

Taylor

13

Gibbs

13

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Rec TD Leaders

14

Adams

11

St. Brown

10

McBride

QB Rating Leaders

112.2

Stafford

110.4

Goff

109.1

Maye

Sack Leaders

21.5

Garrett

13.0

Burns

12.5

Parsons

NFL 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

30.6

30.0

29.4

29.1

28.9

28.0

Opp PPG Rankings

16.3

17.3

18.6

19.1

19.4

Total Yards Rankings

396.9

383.6

381.2

379.9

369.4

364.2

Rush Yards Rankings

158.5

152.2

146.2

137.1

131.1

128.9

Pass Yards Rankings

287.9

265.9

262.5

262.0

257.8

256.6

Sack Leaders

58.0

48.0

47.0

42.0

40.0

NFL Fantasy 2025

Fantasy RB Rankings

284.1

Taylor

258.2

McCaffrey

255.4

Gibbs

Fantasy WR Rankings

209.7

Smith-Njigba

184.8

Nacua

180.9

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

167.1

McBride

111.8

Kelce

109.1

Goedert

Fantasy K Rankings

182

Myers

160.6

Aubrey

153

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NFL 2025 Betting

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10-4

9-4-1

9-5

Worst Record ATS

5-9

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Patriots	11	3	0	.786
Bills	10	4	0	.714
Dolphins - e	6	8	0	.429
Jets - e	3	11	0	.214
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	8	6	0	.571
Ravens	7	7	0	.500
Bengals - e	4	10	0	.286
Browns - e	3	11	0	.214
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	10	4	0	.714
Texans	9	5	0	.643
Colts	8	6	0	.571
Titans - e	2	12	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos - x	12	2	0	.857
Chargers	10	4	0	.714
Chiefs - e	6	8	0	.429
Raiders - e	2	12	0	.143

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	9	5	0	.643
Cowboys	6	7	1	.464
Commanders - e	4	10	0	.286
Giants - e	2	12	0	.143
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	10	4	0	.714
Packers	9	4	1	.679
Lions	8	6	0	.571
Vikings - e	6	8	0	.429
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Buccaneers	7	7	0	.500
Panthers	7	7	0	.500
Falcons - e	5	9	0	.357
Saints - e	4	10	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Rams - x	11	3	0	.786
Seahawks	11	3	0	.786
49ers	10	4	0	.714
Cardinals - e	3	11	0	.214

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/13	SF	@	NO	26-21
Sat 9/13	NE	@	MIA	33-27
Sat 9/13	CAR	@	ARI	22-27
Sat 9/13	DEN	@	IND	28-29
Sat 9/13	PHI	@	KC	20-17

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 12/18	LAR	@	SEA	8:15 PM
Sat 12/20	PHI	@	WAS	5:00 PM
Sat 12/20	GB	@	CHI	8:20 PM
Sun 12/21	BUF	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Sun 12/21	LAC	@	DAL	1:00 PM

The New Orleans Saints have the most first downs by a team in a Week-15 game with more than 250 passing yards against the Vikings, with 36 first downs on December 18, 2011.

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