most passing first downs in a game with exactly 40 completions

The New York Giants have made the most first-down passes by a team in a game with exactly 40 completions, with 29 completions against the Bengals on October 13, 1985.

Interpreted as:
most passing first downs in a regular-season game with exactly 40 completions
TEAM PASS 1DWN CMP DATE TM OPP RESULT 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PEN 1DWN ATT PCT YDS AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Giants
Giants
29
40
10/13/1985
NYG NYG
@
CIN CIN
L
30-35
34
3
2
62
64.5
513
8.3
1
2
82.3
1.6
3.2
7
70
2 Titans
Titans
28
40
12/19/2004
TEN TEN
@
OAK OAK
L
35-40
31
2
1
61
65.6
492
8.1
4
1
105.4
6.6
1.6
3
26
3 Cardinals
Cardinals
26
40
9/28/2008
ARI ARI
@
NYJ NYJ
L
35-56
33
5
2
57
70.2
472
8.3
2
3
84.8
3.5
5.3
5
46
4 Steelers
Steelers
25
40
10/26/2014
PIT PIT
vs
IND IND
W
51-34
34
7
2
49
81.6
522
10.7
6
0
150.6
12.2
0.0
0
0
5 Cowboys
Cowboys
24
40
10/1/2012
DAL DAL
vs
CHI CHI
L
18-34
26
2
0
53
75.5
396
7.5
2
5
69.4
3.8
9.4
1
7
6 Colts
Colts
23
40
9/30/2018
IND IND
vs
HOU HOU
L
34-37
28
3
2
62
64.5
464
7.5
4
0
108.5
6.5
0.0
4
27
7 Rams
Rams
22
40
10/2/2005
STL STL
@
NYG NYG
L
24-44
27
4
1
62
64.5
442
7.1
2
3
76.1
3.2
4.8
1
8
8 Cowboys
Cowboys
22
40
9/15/1985
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
L
21-26
33
9
2
62
64.5
481
7.8
2
3
78.8
3.2
4.8
4
29
9 Steelers
Steelers
21
40
12/20/2015
PIT PIT
vs
DEN DEN
W
34-27
28
3
4
55
72.7
380
6.9
3
2
94.5
5.5
3.6
3
26
10 Falcons
Falcons
21
40
12/26/2011
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
L
16-45
23
1
1
61
65.6
434
7.1
1
0
91.8
1.6
0.0
0
0
11 Colts
Colts
20
40
9/12/2010
IND IND
@
HOU HOU
L
24-34
25
3
2
57
70.2
433
7.6
3
0
109.8
5.3
0.0
2
14
12 Bengals
Bengals
20
40
12/20/1982
CIN CIN
@
SD SD
L
34-50
22
1
1
56
71.4
416
7.4
2
1
97.0
3.6
1.8
3
19
13 Raiders
Raiders
19
40
10/30/2016
OAK OAK
@
TB TB
W
30-24
27
6
2
59
67.8
513
8.7
4
0
117.4
6.8
0.0
2
15
14 Raiders
Raiders
19
40
11/4/2012
OAK OAK
vs
TB TB
L
32-42
25
2
4
62
64.5
418
6.7
4
3
85.3
6.5
4.8
2
16
15 Browns
Browns
19
40
10/2/2011
CLE CLE
vs
TEN TEN
L
13-31
25
3
3
61
65.6
350
5.7
1
1
79.3
1.6
1.6
4
18
16 Bengals
Bengals
18
40
12/24/2022
CIN CIN
@
NE NE
W
22-18
28
6
4
52
76.9
375
7.2
3
2
99.4
5.8
3.8
2
6
17 Seahawks
Seahawks
18
40
11/8/2009
SEA SEA
vs
DET DET
W
32-20
25
3
4
52
76.9
344
6.6
1
1
92.1
1.9
1.9
1
2
18 Vikings
Vikings
17
40
9/23/2018
MIN MIN
vs
BUF BUF
L
6-27
21
1
3
55
72.7
296
5.4
1
1
83.6
1.8
1.8
4
18
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for first-down passes going back to the 1981 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
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14
3
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Commanders Commanders
12
5
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10
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.412
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14
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.176
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NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM