most passing first downs in a game with exactly 40 completions

The New York Giants have 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.

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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	29	40	10/13/1985	NYG	@	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	28	40	12/19/2004	TEN	@	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	26	40	9/28/2008	ARI	@	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	25	40	10/26/2014	PIT	vs	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	24	40	10/1/2012	DAL	vs	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	23	40	9/30/2018	IND	vs	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	22	40	10/2/2005	STL	@	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	22	40	9/15/1985	DAL	@	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	21	40	12/20/2015	PIT	vs	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	21	40	12/26/2011	ATL	@	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	20	40	9/12/2010	IND	@	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	20	40	12/20/1982	CIN	@	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	19	40	10/30/2016	OAK	@	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	19	40	11/4/2012	OAK	vs	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	19	40	10/2/2011	CLE	vs	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	18	40	12/24/2022	CIN	@	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	18	40	11/8/2009	SEA	vs	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	17	40	9/23/2018	MIN	vs	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
Eagles	10	5	0	.667
Cowboys	7	8	1	.469
Commanders	4	12	0	.250
Giants	2	13	0	.133

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 12/28	NYG	@	LV	4:05 PM
Sun 1/4	DAL	@	NYG	1:00 PM

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Final

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2 - 13

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1,489

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1,637

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1,592

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1,420

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40

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30

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Rush TD Leaders

17

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QB Rating Leaders

112.1

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107.0

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Sack Leaders

22.0

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15.0

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13.5

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PPG Rankings

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Opp PPG Rankings

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Total Yards Rankings

398.6

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373.1

371.5

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Rush Yards Rankings

158.9

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Pass Yards Rankings

287.0

278.6

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Sack Leaders

64.0

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45.0

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NFL Fantasy 2025

Fantasy RB Rankings

298

Taylor

284.8

McCaffrey

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Fantasy WR Rankings

225.3

Smith-Njigba

219.3

Nacua

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Fantasy TE Rankings

169.8

McBride

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Fantasy K Rankings

184

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Worst Record ATS

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NFL 2025 Standings

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Patriots - x	12	3	0	.800
Bills - x	11	4	0	.733
Dolphins - e	6	9	0	.400
Jets - e	3	12	0	.200
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	9	6	0	.600
Ravens	7	8	0	.467
Bengals - e	5	10	0	.333
Browns - e	3	12	0	.200
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - x	11	4	0	.733
Texans	10	5	0	.667
Colts	8	7	0	.533
Titans - e	3	12	0	.200
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos - x	13	3	0	.813
Chargers - x	11	4	0	.733
Chiefs - e	6	10	0	.375
Raiders - e	2	13	0	.133

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles - y	10	5	0	.667
Cowboys - e	7	8	1	.469
Commanders - e	4	12	0	.250
Giants - e	2	13	0	.133
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears - x	11	4	0	.733
Packers - x	9	5	1	.633
Vikings - e	8	8	0	.500
Lions - e	8	8	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	8	7	0	.533
Buccaneers	7	8	0	.467
Falcons - e	6	9	0	.400
Saints - e	5	10	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - x	12	3	0	.800
49ers - x	11	4	0	.733
Rams - x	11	4	0	.733
Cardinals - e	3	12	0	.200

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/20	NO	@	SEA	13-44
Sat 9/20	ARI	@	SF	15-16
Sat 9/20	DAL	@	CHI	14-31
Sat 9/20	KC	@	NYG	22-9
Sun 9/21	DET	@	BAL	38-30

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/27	HOU	@	LAC	4:30 PM
Sat 12/27	BAL	@	GB	8:00 PM
Sun 12/28	TB	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 12/28	NE	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 12/28	PIT	@	CLE	1:00 PM

The New York Giants have 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.

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