NCAA Division I-A Team Downs Statistics - 2011

Statistics: Total | Downs | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Returning | Kicking | Punting | Defense
Season:
Group: FBS (Division I-A) | FCS (Division I-AA)

First Downs Leaders

		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
1	Houston	393	115	258	16	94	203	46.3	14	26	53.8	85	699
2	Baylor	378	176	176	29	67	161	41.6	18	27	66.7	92	839
3	Texas A&M	345	134	189	28	87	191	45.6	1	10	10.0	91	855
	Nevada	345	169	156	23	87	192	45.3	10	22	45.5	90	735
5	Oregon	339	188	131	30	80	183	43.7	14	31	45.2	101	910
6	Oklahoma State	337	99	222	16	84	184	45.7	8	15	53.3	72	656
7	Oklahoma	336	117	206	21	75	193	38.9	8	14	57.1	64	592
8	Boise State	334	108	202	24	78	172	45.3	15	24	62.5	69	614
9	Southern Miss	328	152	149	17	86	213	40.4	9	18	50.0	109	894
10	Ohio	326	156	152	20	87	208	41.8	9	13	69.2	85	832
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
	Wisconsin	326	164	144	13	84	170	49.4	6	10	60.0	66	545
12	Stanford	325	131	172	25	86	175	49.1	8	12	66.7	81	717
13	Northern Illinois	323	150	146	25	78	184	42.4	8	12	66.7	71	698
14	Western Michigan	320	86	204	24	66	169	39.1	15	26	57.7	92	731
15	Missouri	315	175	126	17	67	183	36.6	8	17	47.1	70	593
	Clemson	315	115	182	22	88	217	40.6	9	19	47.4	62	562
17	Texas Tech	314	103	192	24	87	191	45.6	5	20	25.0	92	778
18	Notre Dame	309	116	162	25	77	174	44.3	5	6	83.3	83	768
19	Arizona State	308	93	185	33	68	178	38.2	9	20	45.0	104	1037
	Arizona	308	78	203	29	69	164	42.1	12	26	46.2	95	786
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
21	Northwestern	306	136	151	13	83	186	44.6	16	28	57.1	56	492
	Brigham Young	306	123	159	25	96	191	50.3	7	14	50.0	75	653
23	West Virginia	301	91	187	19	70	180	38.9	8	18	44.4	80	697
	Air Force	301	204	78	13	79	181	43.6	24	32	75.0	61	562
25	Georgia	296	121	155	12	88	218	40.4	11	20	55.0	86	664
26	USC	295	111	155	13	69	149	46.3	8	16	50.0	71	600
27	Virginia Tech	294	146	133	21	88	205	42.9	8	20	40.0	82	745
28	South Florida	293	128	142	22	67	175	38.3	6	11	54.5	85	721
29	Hawaii	292	67	197	17	73	176	41.5	11	19	57.9	79	597
30	Tulsa	287	124	146	21	71	180	39.4	5	14	35.7	52	466
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
31	Toledo	282	129	138	24	78	173	45.1	8	14	57.1	83	707
32	San Diego State	281	114	148	17	85	200	42.5	7	23	30.4	60	534
	Alabama	281	134	135	11	75	167	44.9	9	13	69.2	49	409
	TCU	281	134	127	23	82	169	48.5	8	11	72.7	72	687
35	California	279	102	145	26	68	180	37.8	7	23	30.4	98	941
	Washington State	279	76	174	20	75	180	41.7	7	19	36.8	78	736
37	Arkansas	277	93	166	17	74	184	40.2	8	16	50.0	80	593
	Arkansas State	277	110	154	27	74	187	39.6	14	26	53.8	84	724
39	Washington	274	103	148	22	74	172	43.0	8	16	50.0	78	773
40	Iowa State	273	124	127	16	84	221	38.0	15	29	51.7	88	680
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
	Utah State	273	163	97	36	82	186	44.1	8	18	44.4	82	783
42	Michigan State	272	99	159	33	74	202	36.6	10	18	55.6	95	775
	Virginia	272	110	149	20	76	193	39.4	9	22	40.9	69	550
44	Michigan	271	149	97	14	73	168	43.5	10	17	58.8	53	458
	East Carolina	271	82	179	17	78	178	43.8	14	19	73.7	59	550
46	LSU	269	146	97	21	72	170	42.4	2	6	33.3	86	686
	Fresno State	269	110	137	23	65	179	36.3	8	18	44.4	88	809
48	Purdue	267	127	123	28	76	194	39.2	3	9	33.3	96	782
49	Georgia Tech	265	200	55	11	92	182	50.5	8	19	42.1	58	480
	Iowa	265	104	138	15	64	166	38.6	9	21	42.9	62	463
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
51	Nebraska	264	143	100	24	79	194	40.7	8	16	50.0	86	688
	New Mexico State	264	94	154	23	75	192	39.1	7	17	41.2	90	681
53	Wake Forest	262	102	146	20	63	189	33.3	12	25	48.0	63	566
	Texas	262	146	101	27	87	206	42.2	9	19	47.4	84	722
55	UCLA	261	119	119	22	60	179	33.5	8	23	34.8	92	826
	Louisiana Tech	261	111	133	17	75	216	34.7	9	17	52.9	89	796
57	Pittsburgh	259	99	143	20	62	193	32.1	5	12	41.7	69	513
58	Rutgers	256	80	148	15	71	202	35.1	9	18	50.0	88	581
59	Cincinnati	255	117	115	17	67	183	36.6	5	13	38.5	67	607
	Kansas State	255	138	90	12	77	194	39.7	8	11	72.7	61	465
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
	Navy	255	201	40	4	77	171	45.0	15	30	50.0	28	240
62	Army	254	218	27	13	68	158	43.0	16	34	47.1	49	436
	Wyoming	254	113	123	16	83	198	41.9	9	19	47.4	63	613
64	UCF	252	113	128	13	64	157	40.8	10	21	47.6	68	587
65	Illinois	251	123	109	15	77	194	39.7	9	21	42.9	64	549
66	North Carolina	249	94	142	19	58	158	36.7	4	13	30.8	70	623
67	South Carolina	248	146	90	11	72	181	39.8	22	31	71.0	82	633
68	Florida State	247	92	134	24	54	153	35.3	2	7	28.6	103	875
69	Louisiana-Lafayette	245	82	142	23	75	199	37.7	10	15	66.7	99	859
	Southern Methodist	245	62	164	19	65	168	38.7	6	17	35.3	80	657
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
71	Maryland	243	107	122	17	58	173	33.5	10	29	34.5	49	434
	Louisiana-Monroe	243	79	139	12	65	182	35.7	10	26	38.5	62	521
73	UAB	242	86	136	17	65	165	39.4	1	13	7.7	60	523
74	Colorado	241	81	135	25	67	189	35.5	8	17	47.1	103	866
75	Indiana	240	107	115	11	79	196	40.3	11	21	52.4	85	845
	Miami (OH)	240	67	161	13	65	171	38.0	8	21	38.1	70	551
	Mississippi State	240	123	101	16	71	186	38.2	9	18	50.0	71	567
78	North Carolina State	239	77	140	11	80	201	39.8	11	23	47.8	60	440
79	Penn State	238	116	107	13	67	192	34.9	10	18	55.6	65	565
	Buffalo	238	99	118	11	58	185	31.4	12	27	44.4	67	653
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
81	Oregon State	237	55	160	29	64	167	38.3	6	17	35.3	89	824
	Middle Tennessee	237	98	127	13	70	180	38.9	6	26	23.1	52	466
	UTEP	237	96	122	13	62	162	38.3	13	22	59.1	55	492
84	Central Michigan	236	78	145	19	56	161	34.8	6	15	40.0	56	560
85	Duke	235	67	145	11	71	189	37.6	20	36	55.6	56	467
86	Bowling Green	234	81	143	16	55	164	33.5	7	25	28.0	58	505
87	San Jose State	233	54	163	15	68	175	38.9	2	10	20.0	40	378
88	Temple	229	144	70	7	71	162	43.8	9	17	52.9	64	520
89	Syracuse	228	79	133	28	74	176	42.0	8	17	47.1	79	753
	Tulane	228	89	123	16	72	199	36.2	8	21	38.1	74	647
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
91	Auburn	227	129	86	18	54	171	31.6	6	12	50.0	75	676
	Ball State	227	84	123	11	61	161	37.9	8	13	61.5	52	416
93	Kansas	226	114	93	14	72	188	38.3	14	26	53.8	69	551
94	Florida International	225	95	110	24	61	173	35.3	6	14	42.9	92	778
95	Vanderbilt	223	121	82	18	61	184	33.2	15	20	75.0	81	653
96	Florida	222	95	106	30	49	159	30.8	5	11	45.5	100	773
97	Ohio State	221	127	76	14	62	173	35.8	5	12	41.7	70	572
98	Miami (FL)	220	85	118	9	57	148	38.5	6	17	35.3	69	508
99	Colorado State	219	110	89	16	56	164	34.1	9	26	34.6	82	729
	Rice	219	109	94	12	68	191	35.6	4	14	28.6	57	461
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
101	Western Kentucky	218	108	91	23	75	187	40.1	5	15	33.3	89	747
102	Tennessee	217	73	126	16	68	171	39.8	11	28	39.3	69	561
103	Louisville	214	93	116	18	70	188	37.2	7	17	41.2	90	735
	North Texas	214	94	105	12	68	185	36.8	6	19	31.6	60	497
	Troy	214	59	142	15	63	170	37.1	7	19	36.8	77	603
106	Utah	213	96	93	29	55	175	31.4	7	16	43.8	74	672
107	Marshall	211	82	118	14	66	194	34.0	4	16	25.0	72	544
108	Connecticut	207	80	108	12	49	172	28.5	4	10	40.0	63	502
109	Minnesota	195	104	81	19	57	160	35.6	9	22	40.9	68	593
110	Eastern Michigan	193	128	53	21	61	158	38.6	7	11	63.6	85	724
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
111	Boston College	191	77	103	11	59	166	35.5	9	17	52.9	50	414
112	Akron	189	81	91	11	50	180	27.8	11	24	45.8	63	523
113	Idaho	187	64	105	21	51	185	27.6	7	16	43.8	76	714
	New Mexico	187	82	89	10	52	173	30.1	11	23	47.8	82	582
115	Ole Miss	186	97	79	18	56	173	32.4	7	20	35.0	80	692
116	Memphis	182	61	107	15	55	184	29.9	2	11	18.2	57	523
117	UNLV	181	101	65	21	48	173	27.7	12	26	46.2	80	734
118	Kentucky	170	84	67	14	51	176	29.0	7	23	30.4	59	482
119	Florida Atlantic	166	66	85	24	42	150	28.0	8	18	44.4	87	781
120	Kent State	143	58	70	17	48	177	27.1	2	17	11.8	70	709

Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau