which team allowed the fewest first downs

The Dallas Texans have allowed the fewest first downs by a team, with 197 allowed.

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	TEAM	OPP 1DWN	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Texans	197	12	1	11	0	27	182	15.2	427	35.6	172
2	Colts	257	12	1	11	0	31	213	17.8	462	38.5	188
3	Tigers	464	42	12	30	0	53	392	9.3	695	16.5	431
4	Yanks	744	36	9	24	3	104	760	21.1	1,117	31.0	604
5	Yanks	904	55	14	38	3	102	736	13.4	1,345	24.5	555
6	Texans	7,625	390	174	215	1	888	8,145	20.9	8,924	22.9	7,374	37.8	51.7
7	Ravens	8,743	486	277	208	1	1,211	11,138	22.9	9,320	19.2	9,397	39.0	51.6
8	Panthers	9,596	502	227	274	1	1,149	10,374	20.7	11,137	22.2	9,259	37.4	48.9
9	Jaguars	9,683	502	216	286	0	1,135	10,214	20.3	11,078	22.1	9,446	38.1	49.5
10	Buccaneers	14,974	794	326	467	1	1,718	15,172	19.1	17,212	21.7	14,259
11	Seahawks	15,564	794	417	376	1	1,997	17,336	21.8	16,719	21.1	14,937
12	Dolphins	17,365	934	511	419	4	2,314	20,013	21.4	19,054	20.4	17,506
13	Saints	17,400	920	423	492	5	2,249	19,532	21.2	20,561	22.3	17,365
14	Bengals	17,442	905	410	490	5	2,211	19,117	21.1	20,081	22.2	17,092
15	Falcons	18,069	934	406	522	6	2,137	18,862	20.2	21,232	22.7	17,118
16	Cowboys	18,227	1,016	576	433	7	2,740	23,493	23.1	20,677	20.4	19,918
17	Vikings	18,363	1,004	547	446	11	2,588	22,356	22.3	20,787	20.7	19,139
18	Broncos	18,420	1,018	532	476	10	2,541	22,212	21.8	21,817	21.4	19,398
19	Bills	18,672	1,018	500	510	8	2,466	21,223	20.8	21,449	21.1	18,698
20	Patriots	18,788	1,018	559	450	9	2,659	22,923	22.5	20,777	20.4	19,334
21	Raiders	19,000	1,018	513	494	11	2,533	21,806	21.4	22,320	21.9	18,758
22	Titans	19,059	1,018	482	530	6	2,449	21,258	20.9	22,479	22.1	18,379
23	Jets	19,087	1,018	437	573	8	2,291	20,241	19.9	22,728	22.3	18,208
24	Chargers	19,119	1,018	505	502	11	2,664	22,810	22.4	22,094	21.7	19,665
25	Chiefs	19,153	1,018	554	452	12	2,626	22,849	22.4	20,522	20.2	19,233

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

582

Allen

533

Goff

410

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

208

Gibbs

192

Cook

173

Walker

Rec Yards Leaders

225

Kincaid

209

St. Brown

182

Olave

Pass TD Leaders

6

Goff

5

Allen

4

Lawrence

Rush TD Leaders

4

Allen

3

Swift

3

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

4

St. Brown

2

Jeanty

2

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

150.6

Lawrence

134.2

Dart

125.8

Allen

Sack Leaders

4.0

Rousseau

3.0

Hutchinson

2.0

Watt

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.0

41.0

39.0

38.5

37.0

34.0

Opp PPG Rankings

7.0

10.0

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

552.0

506.0

478.0

469.0

427.5

419.0

Rush Yards Rankings

291.0

220.0

202.0

174.0

165.0

152.0

Pass Yards Rankings

410.0

387.0

361.0

324.0

291.0

277.0

Sack Leaders

7.0

5.0

4.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

45.9

Gibbs

34.3

Henry

31.4

Swift

Fantasy WR Rankings

44.9

St. Brown

26.7

Watson

25.8

Coker

Fantasy TE Rankings

28.5

Kincaid

19.8

Likely

19.7

Goedert

Fantasy K Rankings

19

McPherson

18

Bass

16

Ryland

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	1	0	0	1.000
Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
Commanders	0	1	0	.000
Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	1	0	0	1.000
Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Packers	0	1	0	.000
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	1	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	0	0	1.000
Patriots	0	1	0	.000
Dolphins	0	1	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	1	0	0	1.000
Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000