NCAA Division I-A Team Downs Statistics - 2012

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	Arizona	381	168	170	43	80	182	44.0	11	23	47.8	188	1732
2	Louisiana Tech	378	139	199	40	77	182	42.3	20	29	69.0	201	1990
3	Nevada	377	189	162	26	102	193	52.9	18	28	64.3	169	1586
4	Baylor	367	168	176	23	85	184	46.2	21	30	70.0	182	1522
5	Ball State	363	151	181	31	89	189	47.1	9	15	60.0	145	1463
6	Texas A&M	357	149	180	28	107	195	54.9	7	12	58.3	172	1570
7	Oregon	356	204	136	16	90	195	46.2	20	31	64.5	188	1708
8	Oklahoma	353	114	224	15	96	184	52.2	7	11	63.6	146	1138
	Marshall	353	117	214	22	113	207	54.6	12	23	52.2	148	1336
10	Texas Tech	349	114	208	27	86	175	49.1	10	16	62.5	209	2062
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
11	Oklahoma State	347	149	177	21	85	184	46.2	7	14	50.0	156	1398
12	Clemson	343	146	180	17	106	206	51.5	14	18	77.8	127	1028
13	Nebraska	330	180	121	29	85	196	43.4	7	11	63.6	172	1609
	West Virginia	330	119	189	22	80	182	44.0	17	34	50.0	149	1426
15	Arizona State	329	146	160	23	80	194	41.2	7	18	38.9	122	1003
	UCLA	329	130	168	31	83	217	38.2	11	22	50.0	249	2418
17	Syracuse	328	133	170	25	105	213	49.3	12	19	63.2	202	1787
18	Northern Illinois	326	163	144	19	95	204	46.6	20	27	74.1	148	1378
19	Tulsa	324	171	126	27	91	237	38.4	21	37	56.8	140	1284
20	Florida State	322	145	163	14	69	163	42.3	3	6	50.0	166	1472
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
21	Arkansas State	319	159	137	23	81	173	46.8	7	14	50.0	142	1181
22	Oregon State	310	101	180	29	60	174	34.5	12	23	52.2	171	1568
23	Louisiana-Monroe	309	94	183	32	98	209	46.9	24	35	68.6	141	1193
24	Troy	308	112	170	26	94	192	49.0	6	14	42.9	201	1751
25	Rice	306	147	140	19	100	220	45.5	12	17	70.6	148	1327
26	Fresno State	305	111	172	22	81	200	40.5	16	32	50.0	173	1538
27	Alabama	303	160	131	12	80	167	47.9	7	11	63.6	104	903
28	Georgia Tech	302	229	59	14	89	195	45.6	23	37	62.2	131	1084
29	Ohio	301	135	142	24	87	203	42.9	10	20	50.0	149	1369
	UCF	301	145	144	12	91	186	48.9	9	15	60.0	115	944
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
31	Brigham Young	300	122	158	20	97	212	45.8	20	28	71.4	161	1401
32	Louisville	298	106	173	19	92	185	49.7	9	13	69.2	159	1340
33	Georgia	297	124	161	12	85	179	47.5	4	9	44.4	186	1448
34	Toledo	294	133	141	20	81	192	42.2	8	17	47.1	155	1473
35	San Jose State	293	79	199	15	76	176	43.2	7	14	50.0	137	1215
36	North Carolina	292	117	159	16	71	170	41.8	14	21	66.7	171	1441
	Houston	292	91	176	25	81	197	41.1	9	25	36.0	141	1255
38	Northwestern	291	161	113	17	90	196	45.9	8	15	53.3	140	1322
	Ole Miss	291	138	134	19	90	201	44.8	13	18	72.2	136	1091
40	Air Force	290	224	50	16	92	189	48.7	25	43	58.1	94	738
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
41	Tennessee	289	94	178	17	62	166	37.3	9	19	47.4	160	1204
42	Duke	288	92	167	29	69	199	34.7	15	27	55.6	171	1489
43	Akron	287	80	180	27	75	189	39.7	9	20	45.0	196	1552
44	East Carolina	286	104	159	23	83	191	43.5	11	15	73.3	126	1286
45	North Carolina State	284	96	174	14	95	230	41.3	14	27	51.9	155	1187
	Western Michigan	284	101	161	22	84	182	46.2	6	12	50.0	150	1265
47	Army	283	236	37	10	84	180	46.7	21	41	51.2	89	700
48	Kansas State	282	138	126	18	80	160	50.0	5	8	62.5	104	887
49	Notre Dame	281	127	137	17	82	177	46.3	3	6	50.0	142	1078
	Texas	281	119	145	17	87	179	48.6	13	23	56.5	130	1101
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
51	USC	280	92	150	38	52	152	34.2	13	27	48.1	211	1694
	Navy	280	209	59	12	64	156	41.0	18	28	64.3	98	792
53	San Diego State	278	150	103	25	84	181	46.4	16	24	66.7	144	1260
54	Boise State	275	112	145	18	78	176	44.3	10	22	45.5	119	1051
55	Indiana	273	85	159	29	73	198	36.9	11	22	50.0	147	1293
56	Utah State	271	112	141	18	82	181	45.3	5	10	50.0	160	1621
57	Penn State	270	91	156	23	83	195	42.6	19	34	55.9	139	1279
58	UAB	269	93	149	27	70	177	39.5	10	28	35.7	166	1491
59	Louisiana-Lafayette	268	116	131	21	64	164	39.0	8	11	72.7	141	1175
	Central Michigan	268	105	143	20	61	156	39.1	4	13	30.8	115	1040
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
61	Wisconsin	267	157	96	14	69	194	35.6	9	18	50.0	104	966
	Purdue	267	104	141	22	81	204	39.7	16	27	59.3	147	1268
63	Stanford	266	113	129	24	75	197	38.1	7	13	53.8	166	1469
64	Mississippi State	265	96	149	20	57	164	34.8	13	21	61.9	122	1047
	Cincinnati	265	124	119	22	73	171	42.7	4	8	50.0	152	1459
66	Western Kentucky	264	118	128	18	80	166	48.2	7	18	38.9	145	1341
	Kent State	264	139	105	20	69	197	35.0	15	22	68.2	144	1288
68	South Carolina	259	103	135	21	75	176	42.6	10	17	58.8	130	1096
69	Pittsburgh	258	91	150	17	75	189	39.7	8	15	53.3	169	1431
70	Ohio State	257	156	86	15	67	158	42.4	7	9	77.8	149	1362
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
71	Iowa State	256	113	123	20	76	198	38.4	8	14	57.1	131	1171
72	Arkansas	253	88	142	23	58	158	36.7	6	18	33.3	148	1126
	New Mexico	253	192	42	19	66	168	39.3	13	27	48.1	124	985
74	South Alabama	252	97	122	33	66	204	32.4	12	24	50.0	182	1671
	UNLV	252	97	127	28	82	200	41.0	10	26	38.5	142	1407
76	South Florida	251	110	115	26	77	176	43.8	5	10	50.0	155	1417
	Miami (OH)	251	68	160	23	69	176	39.2	7	20	35.0	120	983
78	Virginia Tech	250	109	128	13	81	212	38.2	7	20	35.0	148	1187
	Washington State	250	40	162	48	59	186	31.7	12	27	44.4	194	1754
80	Michigan State	249	94	139	16	85	215	39.5	6	11	54.5	136	1266
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
	Michigan	249	112	113	24	87	173	50.3	9	13	69.2	132	1329
	Southern Methodist	249	92	141	16	78	199	39.2	5	16	31.3	138	1109
83	Washington	248	98	127	23	67	187	35.8	10	24	41.7	211	1848
84	Bowling Green	247	114	115	18	71	193	36.8	8	23	34.8	183	1533
	TCU	247	105	126	16	64	191	33.5	10	20	50.0	171	1555
	Wyoming	247	95	129	23	75	179	41.9	12	20	60.0	119	1091
87	Vanderbilt	246	114	109	23	63	188	33.5	17	30	56.7	158	1239
88	Miami (FL)	243	75	142	26	67	170	39.4	8	17	47.1	177	1359
89	LSU	242	120	106	16	78	194	40.2	4	7	57.1	162	1285
	Buffalo	242	106	107	29	63	186	33.9	10	23	43.5	151	1573
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
	Middle Tennessee	242	118	106	18	69	161	42.9	12	18	66.7	148	1227
92	Kansas	240	138	82	20	60	186	32.3	11	32	34.4	101	900
93	California	239	102	112	25	56	160	35.0	4	13	30.8	189	1902
	North Texas	239	107	115	17	59	180	32.8	11	22	50.0	108	1012
95	Boston College	236	66	147	23	48	164	29.3	5	18	27.8	117	1035
96	Florida International	234	104	111	19	66	175	37.7	11	24	45.8	175	1422
97	Texas State	233	97	108	28	62	159	39.0	8	22	36.4	181	1653
	UTSA	233	95	122	16	73	163	44.8	5	13	38.5	181	1699
	UTEP	233	95	119	19	62	174	35.6	8	21	38.1	123	1019
100	Minnesota	229	105	102	22	65	179	36.3	7	16	43.8	157	1307
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
101	Virginia	228	95	125	8	70	192	36.5	15	27	55.6	148	1263
102	Florida	226	129	81	16	65	178	36.5	7	11	63.6	192	1624
103	New Mexico State	223	72	123	28	54	163	33.1	8	22	36.4	139	1207
104	Florida Atlantic	221	79	126	16	77	186	41.4	8	22	36.4	148	1190
105	Missouri	217	95	114	8	62	186	33.3	10	23	43.5	118	928
106	Colorado State	216	84	117	15	53	154	34.4	10	21	47.6	138	1310
107	Rutgers	215	71	121	23	63	184	34.2	3	10	30.0	189	1596
	Southern Miss	215	108	87	20	61	169	36.1	7	16	43.8	125	1046
109	Kentucky	214	91	102	21	71	178	39.9	3	22	13.6	110	955
	Tulane	214	44	143	27	71	184	38.6	5	18	27.8	151	1316
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
111	Utah	213	92	104	17	57	170	33.5	13	26	50.0	153	1348
112	Memphis	211	112	85	14	60	166	36.1	20	28	71.4	145	1386
113	Iowa	209	96	94	19	64	176	36.4	7	20	35.0	111	1007
114	Hawaii	207	73	110	24	63	184	34.2	10	26	38.5	147	1322
115	Colorado	206	71	110	25	53	177	29.9	13	26	50.0	156	1480
	Massachusetts	206	69	119	18	74	204	36.3	14	32	43.8	179	1444
117	Connecticut	203	48	140	15	64	177	36.2	1	7	14.3	122	971
118	Eastern Michigan	200	99	85	16	53	163	32.5	8	16	50.0	139	1230
119	Illinois	198	88	99	11	59	173	34.1	6	15	40.0	137	1157
120	Wake Forest	188	78	97	13	63	198	31.8	10	21	47.6	112	983
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
121	Auburn	186	95	83	8	44	143	30.8	3	9	33.3	127	1022
	Idaho	186	63	108	15	49	176	27.8	8	18	44.4	156	1287
123	Maryland	184	72	94	18	52	174	29.9	10	17	58.8	115	1024
124	Temple	181	104	64	13	57	152	37.5	5	16	31.3	107	921

Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau