worst 3rd down percentage with at least 23 third down attempts in a game by nfl team ever including playoffs

The Pittsburgh Steelers have the worst third-down percentage by a team with 23+ third-down attempts in a regular-season or postseason game, at 34.8 percent versus the Texans on December 8, 2002.

TEAM3DWN ATT3DWN%DATETMOPPRESULT3DWN CONV4DWN CONV4DWN ATT4DWN%TD1DWNOFFOPP OFF
1Steelers
Steelers
23
34.8
12/8/2002
PIT PIT
vs
HOU HOU
L
6-24
8
3
5
60.0
0
24
422
47
2Patriots
Patriots
23
39.1
9/8/1996
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
L
10-17
9
1
3
33.3
1
23
293
231
3Eagles
Eagles
23
43.5
11/19/2006
PHI PHI
vs
TEN TEN
L
13-31
10
1
3
33.3
1
22
390
293
4Bills
Bills
23
47.8
10/31/2010
BUF BUF
@
KC KC
L
10-13
11
1
2
50.0
1
23
328
414
5Ravens
Ravens
24
50.0
11/25/2012
BAL BAL
@
SD SD
W
16-13
12
1
2
50.0
1
25
443
280
6Browns
Browns
24
50.0
10/23/2011
CLE CLE
vs
SEA SEA
W
6-3
12
0
0
0
20
298
137
7Bears
Bears
23
52.2
10/31/1999
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
L
22-48
12
3
5
60.0
3
22
445
376
8Panthers
Panthers
23
52.2
10/29/1995
CAR CAR
@
NE NE
W
20-17
12
1
1
100.0
2
23
434
326
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for third-down attempts and third-down percentage going back to the 1991 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

23.7

14th

OPP PPG

23.9

19th

RUSH YDS/G

89.2

29th

PASS YDS/G

206.2

24th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
Bengals Bengals
4
9
0
.308
Browns Browns
3
10
0
.231
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Sun
12/21
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Sun
12/28
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
BAL BAL
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Last Game
PIT Steelers

7 - 6

27

Final

22

BAL Ravens

6 - 7

Sun 7 Dec 2025

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NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
@
LAR LAR
9-14
Sat
9/6
DET DET
@
GB GB
13-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM