the most first down in a game

The New Orleans Saints have the most first downs by a team in a game, with 40 first downs against the Cowboys on November 10, 2013.

Interpreted as:
the most first down in a regular-season game
TEAM 1DWN DATE TM OPP RESULT PASS 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PEN 1DWN TD OFF OPP OFF 3DWN% 4DWN%
1 Saints
Saints
40
11/10/2013
NO NO
vs
DAL DAL
W
49-17
20
15
5
7
625
193
75.0
100.0
2 Broncos
Broncos
39
12/8/2013
DEN DEN
vs
TEN TEN
W
51-28
25
9
5
6
551
254
38.5
100.0
3 Texans
Texans
39
11/18/2012
HOU HOU
vs
JAX JAX
W
43-37
26
10
3
5
653
458
36.4
4 Redskins
Redskins
39
11/4/1990
WAS WAS
@
DET DET
W
41-38
25
14
0
5
676
351
5 Jets
Jets
39
11/27/1988
NYJ NYJ
vs
MIA MIA
W
38-34
23
13
3
5
597
440
6 Lions
Lions
38
11/17/2024
DET DET
vs
JAX JAX
W
52-6
22
14
2
7
645
170
60.0
100.0
7 Seahawks
Seahawks
38
9/30/2024
SEA SEA
@
DET DET
L
29-42
22
10
6
4
516
389
50.0
50.0
8 Rams
Rams
38
11/13/1966
LA LA
vs
NYG NYG
W
55-14
7
572
103
9 Packers
Packers
37
11/11/1962
GB GB
@
PHI PHI
W
49-0
7
628
54
10 Ravens
Ravens
36
11/7/2021
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
W
34-31
15
17
4
4
500
318
40.0
100.0
11 Saints
Saints
36
12/25/2020
NO NO
vs
MIN MIN
W
52-33
14
21
1
7
583
364
55.6
100.0
12 Chiefs
Chiefs
36
11/22/2020
KC KC
@
LV LV
W
35-31
22
10
4
5
460
364
55.6
100.0
13 Rams
Rams
36
9/29/2019
LAR LAR
vs
TB TB
L
40-55
27
3
6
5
518
464
36.4
0.0
14 Dolphins
Dolphins
36
12/21/2014
MIA MIA
vs
MIN MIN
W
37-35
23
7
6
5
493
357
69.2
15 Steelers
Steelers
36
11/30/2014
PIT PIT
vs
NO NO
L
32-35
25
6
5
3
538
393
42.9
0.0
16 Lions
Lions
36
9/23/2012
DET DET
@
TEN TEN
L
41-44
23
11
2
4
583
437
25.0
0.0
17 Saints
Saints
36
12/18/2011
NO NO
@
MIN MIN
W
42-20
23
9
4
6
573
207
72.7
0.0
18 Saints
Saints
36
10/23/2011
NO NO
vs
IND IND
W
62-7
19
16
1
8
557
252
75.0
19 Chiefs
Chiefs
36
10/24/2004
KC KC
vs
ATL ATL
W
56-10
14
21
1
8
540
222
60.0
20 49ers
49ers
36
10/18/1998
SF SF
vs
IND IND
W
34-31
22
9
5
4
448
336
54.5
21 Jaguars
Jaguars
36
10/20/1996
JAX JAX
@
STL STL
L
14-17
24
10
2
2
538
204
78.6
100.0
22 Steelers
Steelers
36
11/25/1979
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
W
33-30
3
606
345
23 Cowboys
Cowboys
35
10/4/2020
DAL DAL
vs
CLE CLE
L
38-49
29
6
0
5
566
508
54.5
50.0
24 Texans
Texans
35
10/13/2019
HOU HOU
@
KC KC
W
31-24
20
12
3
4
472
309
41.7
66.7
25 Packers
Packers
35
12/23/2018
GB GB
@
NYJ NYJ
W
44-38
19
9
7
5
540
370
41.7
100.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for first downs going back to the 1940 season.

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19.9

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23.4

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14th

PASS YDS/G

219.4

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TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
5
12
0
.294
Panthers Panthers
5
12
0
.294
Last Game
TB Buccaneers

10 - 7 - 0

27

Final

19

NO Saints

5 - 12 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647