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

most first downs by a team in a game
Interpreted as:
most first downs by a team in a regular-season game
11/10/2013 Saints 12/8/2013 Broncos 11/18/2012 Texans 11/4/1990 Redskins 11/27/1988 Jets 11/13/1966 Rams 11/11/1962 Packers 11/7/2021 Ravens 12/25/2020 Saints 11/22/2020 Chiefs 9/29/2019 Rams 12/21/2014 Dolphins 11/30/2014 Steelers 9/23/2012 Lions 12/18/2011 Saints 10/23/2011 Saints 10/24/2004 Chiefs 10/18/1998 49ers 10/20/1996 Jaguars 11/25/1979 Steelers 10/4/2020 Cowboys 10/13/2019 Texans 12/23/2018 Packers 10/30/2016 Bengals 11/1/2015 Saints 9/27/2015 Patriots 9/29/2013 Broncos 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 40 39 39 39 39 38 37 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 35 35 35 35 35 35 35
TEAM 1DWN DATE TM OPP RESULT PASS 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PEN 1DWN TD OFF OPP OFF 3DWN% 4DWN%
New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints 40 11/10/2013
NO NO
vs
DAL DAL
W
49-17
20 15 5 7 625 193 75.0 100.0
Denver Broncos Denver Broncos 39 12/8/2013
DEN DEN
vs
TEN TEN
W
51-28
25 9 5 6 551 254 38.5 100.0
Houston Texans Houston Texans 39 11/18/2012
HOU HOU
vs
JAX JAX
W
43-37
26 10 3 5 653 458 36.4
Washington Redskins Washington Redskins 39 11/4/1990
WAS WAS
@
DET DET
W
41-38
25 14 0 5 676 351
New York Jets New York Jets 39 11/27/1988
NYJ NYJ
vs
MIA MIA
W
38-34
23 13 3 5 597 440
Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Rams 38 11/13/1966
LA LA
vs
NYG NYG
W
55-14
7 572 103
Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers 37 11/11/1962
GB GB
@
PHI PHI
W
49-0
7 628 54
Baltimore Ravens Baltimore Ravens 36 11/7/2021
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
W
34-31
15 17 4 4 500 318 40.0 100.0
New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints 36 12/25/2020
NO NO
vs
MIN MIN
W
52-33
14 21 1 7 583 364 55.6 100.0
Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City Chiefs 36 11/22/2020
KC KC
@
LV LV
W
35-31
22 10 4 5 460 364 55.6 100.0
Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Rams 36 9/29/2019
LAR LAR
vs
TB TB
L
40-55
27 3 6 5 518 464 36.4 0.0
Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins 36 12/21/2014
MIA MIA
vs
MIN MIN
W
37-35
23 7 6 5 493 357 69.2
Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers 36 11/30/2014
PIT PIT
vs
NO NO
L
32-35
25 6 5 3 538 393 42.9 0.0
Detroit Lions Detroit Lions 36 9/23/2012
DET DET
@
TEN TEN
L
41-44
23 11 2 4 583 437 25.0 0.0
New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints 36 12/18/2011
NO NO
@
MIN MIN
W
42-20
23 9 4 6 573 207 72.7 0.0
New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints 36 10/23/2011
NO NO
vs
IND IND
W
62-7
19 16 1 8 557 252 75.0
Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City Chiefs 36 10/24/2004
KC KC
vs
ATL ATL
W
56-10
14 21 1 8 540 222 60.0
San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers 36 10/18/1998
SF SF
vs
IND IND
W
34-31
22 9 5 4 448 336 54.5
Jacksonville Jaguars Jacksonville Jaguars 36 10/20/1996
JAX JAX
@
STL STL
L
14-17
24 10 2 2 538 204 78.6 100.0
Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers 36 11/25/1979
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
W
33-30
3 606 345
Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboys 35 10/4/2020
DAL DAL
vs
CLE CLE
L
38-49
29 6 0 5 566 508 54.5 50.0
Houston Texans Houston Texans 35 10/13/2019
HOU HOU
@
KC KC
W
31-24
20 12 3 4 472 309 41.7 66.7
Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers 35 12/23/2018
GB GB
@
NYJ NYJ
W
44-38
19 9 7 5 540 370 41.7 100.0
Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals 35 10/30/2016
CIN CIN
vs
WAS WAS
T
27-27
17 10 8 4 415 546 53.3
New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints 35 11/1/2015
NO NO
vs
NYG NYG
W
52-49
24 10 1 7 608 416 63.6 100.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for first downs going back to the 1940 season.

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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@
KC KC
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1/27
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@
BAL BAL
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Sat
1/27
DET DET
@
SF SF
31-34
Sat
1/20
TB TB
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DET DET
23-31
Sat
1/20
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
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PHI PHI
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