what are the most 3rd down attempts in a nfl game without a 3rd down conversion

The Arizona Cardinals have the most third-down attempts by a team in a game with exactly 0 third-down conversions, with 15 attempts against the Jets on December 2, 2012.

Interpreted as:
What are the most 3rd down attempts in a NFL regular-season game without a 3rd down conversion?
TEAM3DWN CONV3DWN ATTDATETMOPPRESULT3DWN%4DWN CONV4DWN ATT4DWN%TD1DWNOFFOPP OFF
1Cardinals
Cardinals
0
15
12/2/2012
@
L
6-7
0.0
1
2
50.0
0
5
137
289
2Colts
Colts
0
14
11/6/2022
@
L
3-26
0.0
0
2
0.0
0
8
121
203
3Buccaneers
Buccaneers
0
14
12/13/2009
vs
L
3-26
0.0
1
3
33.3
0
6
124
310
4Bengals
Bengals
0
13
11/15/2020
@
L
10-36
0.0
2
3
66.7
1
16
324
377
5Bears
Bears
0
13
10/3/2010
@
L
3-17
0.0
0
1
0.0
0
6
110
372
6Texans
Texans
0
13
10/9/2005
vs
L
20-34
0.0
1
2
50.0
1
14
257
310
7Bears
Bears
0
13
12/6/1998
@
L
22-48
0.0
4
6
66.7
3
19
339
458
8Seahawks
Seahawks
0
13
11/15/1998
@
L
17-20
0.0
1
1
100.0
2
15
293
380
9Buccaneers
Buccaneers
0
13
12/14/1997
@
L
0-31
0.0
0
0
0
6
111
234
10Chargers
Chargers
0
12
12/10/2023
vs
L
7-24
0.0
1
6
16.7
1
17
283
322
11Giants
Giants
0
12
11/12/2023
@
L
17-49
0.0
2
3
66.7
2
16
172
640
12Saints
Saints
0
12
12/27/2021
vs
L
3-20
0.0
1
3
33.3
0
10
164
259
13Jets
Jets
0
12
9/22/2019
@
L
14-30
0.0
0
1
0.0
2
6
105
381
14Jets
Jets
0
12
12/31/2017
@
L
6-26
0.0
1
1
100.0
0
14
247
330
15Dolphins
Dolphins
0
12
10/4/2015
vs
L
14-27
0.0
0
4
0.0
2
17
226
425
16Panthers
Panthers
0
12
11/11/2012
vs
L
14-36
0.0
0
0
2
19
250
360
17Bills
Bills
0
12
11/20/2011
@
L
8-35
0.0
0
2
0.0
0
14
245
242
18Bears
Bears
0
12
10/17/2010
vs
L
20-23
0.0
1
1
100.0
2
15
307
353
19Cowboys
Cowboys
0
12
12/21/2002
vs
L
3-27
0.0
0
1
0.0
0
9
146
359
20Browns
Browns
0
12
12/3/2000
@
L
0-48
0.0
0
0
0
2
53
449
21Bears
Bears
0
12
1/2/2000
vs
L
6-20
0.0
1
4
25.0
0
13
257
318
22Buccaneers
Buccaneers
0
12
12/19/1999
@
L
0-45
0.0
0
1
0.0
0
9
137
400
23Bills
Bills
0
12
12/20/1997
@
L
21-31
0.0
2
4
50.0
3
21
325
272
24Saints
Saints
0
12
10/5/1997
@
W
20-17
0.0
0
0
2
11
322
266
25Saints
Saints
0
12
12/24/1994
@
W
30-28
0.0
0
0
3
22
447
348
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for third-down attempts and third-down conversions going back to the 1991 season.

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