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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Data note: Opponent First Downs: team season data complete from 1941

	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	7,759	397	177	219	1	906	8,323	21.0	9,080	22.9	7,509	37.8	51.2
7	Ravens	8,902	494	280	213	1	1,227	11,286	22.8	9,533	19.3	9,532	39.0	51.2
8	Panthers	9,740	509	230	278	1	1,168	10,536	20.7	11,297	22.2	9,411	37.4	49.0
9	Jaguars	9,811	509	221	288	0	1,158	10,409	20.4	11,189	22.0	9,585	38.2	49.4
10	Buccaneers	15,093	802	329	472	1	1,734	15,347	19.1	17,357	21.6	14,402
11	Seahawks	15,684	802	421	380	1	2,018	17,525	21.9	16,871	21.0	15,108
12	Dolphins	17,499	941	512	425	4	2,326	20,126	21.4	19,227	20.4	17,622
13	Saints	17,543	927	426	496	5	2,267	19,687	21.2	20,746	22.4	17,500
14	Bengals	17,588	912	415	492	5	2,237	19,324	21.2	20,229	22.2	17,245
15	Falcons	18,237	942	409	527	6	2,157	19,037	20.2	21,435	22.8	17,263
16	Cowboys	18,396	1,024	580	437	7	2,765	23,719	23.2	20,885	20.4	20,103
17	Vikings	18,469	1,011	552	448	11	2,595	22,463	22.2	20,881	20.7	19,238
18	Broncos	18,599	1,026	539	477	10	2,561	22,400	21.8	21,972	21.4	19,553
19	Bills	18,795	1,024	505	511	8	2,485	21,402	20.9	21,574	21.1	18,833
20	Patriots	18,943	1,026	564	453	9	2,684	23,124	22.5	20,971	20.4	19,501
21	Raiders	19,195	1,026	516	499	11	2,556	22,017	21.5	22,575	22.0	18,919
22	Titans	19,216	1,025	483	536	6	2,463	21,392	20.9	22,655	22.1	18,498
23	Chargers	19,252	1,025	505	509	11	2,673	22,917	22.4	22,287	21.7	19,779
24	Jets	19,269	1,026	438	580	8	2,306	20,400	19.9	22,941	22.4	18,353
25	Chiefs	19,299	1,025	559	454	12	2,646	23,020	22.5	20,655	20.2	19,380

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	2	1	.688
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
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Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
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Falcons	3	6	0	.333
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Jets	2	7	0	.222
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AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Raiders	4	5	0	.444
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