NCAA Division I-A Team Downs Statistics - 2009

Percentage Of Third Downs Converted Leaders

		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
1	Brigham Young	291	103	169	22	89	169	52.7	3	13	23.1	94	866
2	Central Michigan	337	134	183	25	91	184	49.5	4	9	44.4	74	704
3	Texas A&M	337	139	172	19	99	206	48.1	6	19	31.6	99	901
4	Georgia Tech	287	213	57	13	95	199	47.7	15	27	55.6	84	659
5	Houston	424	110	297	17	91	191	47.6	12	20	60.0	63	571
6	Florida	314	158	142	21	83	177	46.9	11	17	64.7	95	735
7	Nevada	310	195	104	28	74	159	46.5	10	16	62.5	87	793
8	Wisconsin	274	135	129	15	82	179	45.8	7	12	58.3	69	616
9	Penn State	273	114	142	11	83	182	45.6	2	6	33.3	56	406
10	Washington	244	98	123	17	77	170	45.3	8	15	53.3	83	704
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
11	Northwestern	302	94	180	9	98	221	44.3	11	20	55.0	73	584
12	Idaho	287	100	158	19	70	158	44.3	10	14	71.4	87	829
13	Air Force	261	203	47	9	100	226	44.2	25	38	65.8	64	585
14	North Carolina State	266	90	147	13	68	154	44.2	7	19	36.8	64	519
15	Oregon State	278	91	171	29	80	183	43.7	9	18	50.0	100	772
16	UNLV	252	91	133	16	72	166	43.4	8	16	50.0	63	603
17	Bowling Green	282	72	188	11	88	204	43.1	8	21	38.1	71	641
18	Florida Atlantic	291	109	162	25	71	165	43.0	6	19	31.6	99	848
19	Miami (FL)	275	96	168	22	76	177	42.9	9	20	45.0	93	703
20	Navy	267	210	40	8	84	196	42.9	17	28	60.7	48	415
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
21	Stanford	275	141	118	23	67	157	42.7	10	17	58.8	72	685
22	Fresno State	275	130	127	13	74	174	42.5	21	32	65.6	57	515
23	Texas	332	128	175	25	89	210	42.4	8	14	57.1	94	817
24	Wake Forest	267	100	145	10	74	175	42.3	7	13	53.8	70	618
25	Florida State	282	118	146	22	67	160	41.9	5	11	45.5	89	813
26	West Virginia	243	122	109	11	72	173	41.6	3	12	25.0	66	572
27	Louisiana-Monroe	239	107	114	17	70	169	41.4	7	9	77.8	90	733
28	Troy	311	101	191	22	76	184	41.3	3	17	17.6	106	888
29	Buffalo	264	100	139	13	68	165	41.2	5	15	33.3	64	651
30	East Carolina	277	124	139	15	86	209	41.1	6	13	46.2	101	806
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
31	Kansas	281	96	165	18	72	175	41.1	10	15	66.7	72	586
32	Ohio State	250	142	92	10	79	193	40.9	3	9	33.3	71	561
33	Tulane	207	81	117	14	68	167	40.7	7	18	38.9	59	497
34	Pittsburgh	249	113	121	31	70	172	40.7	8	14	57.1	67	656
35	Purdue	236	82	145	11	72	177	40.7	5	17	29.4	64	495
36	Northern Illinois	232	127	87	18	71	176	40.3	7	12	58.3	70	600
37	Hawaii	280	74	189	8	60	149	40.3	2	17	11.8	78	652
38	San Diego State	215	50	145	19	67	168	39.9	4	10	40.0	67	570
39	TCU	311	164	126	21	63	158	39.9	3	10	30.0	72	703
40	Marshall	244	96	126	19	76	191	39.8	3	11	27.3	94	893
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
41	Arizona	263	108	135	17	74	186	39.8	10	23	43.5	71	559
42	North Texas	249	104	125	18	65	164	39.6	4	13	30.8	80	695
43	Louisiana Tech	241	123	103	22	66	167	39.5	7	16	43.8	71	658
44	UTEP	261	93	141	19	62	157	39.5	6	15	40.0	92	810
45	Iowa State	252	122	120	16	75	191	39.3	7	12	58.3	71	648
46	Louisiana-Lafayette	240	102	120	13	72	184	39.1	9	19	47.4	66	590
47	Oklahoma	303	110	154	26	79	202	39.1	5	20	25.0	107	1044
48	Notre Dame	293	106	166	15	61	156	39.1	8	16	50.0	75	666
49	Southern Miss	288	129	138	22	68	175	38.9	11	19	57.9	101	914
	Toledo	255	93	148	25	68	175	38.9	15	20	75.0	97	841
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
51	Western Michigan	254	77	159	13	69	178	38.8	11	25	44.0	57	497
52	Connecticut	254	119	124	6	75	194	38.7	11	16	68.8	51	386
53	Tennessee	272	122	136	11	68	176	38.6	12	24	50.0	63	516
54	Indiana	217	67	141	25	67	174	38.5	7	15	46.7	70	598
55	Auburn	266	138	118	31	68	177	38.4	3	14	21.4	97	847
56	South Florida	226	113	100	18	66	172	38.4	10	14	71.4	91	749
	Virginia Tech	232	124	96	12	66	172	38.4	2	12	16.7	75	634
58	Texas Tech	335	76	238	21	66	173	38.2	19	32	59.4	120	1019
59	LSU	226	100	109	20	61	160	38.1	3	12	25.0	86	633
60	Michigan	235	120	107	15	63	166	38.0	7	19	36.8	58	517
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
61	Tulsa	248	102	134	19	66	174	37.9	3	16	18.8	58	582
62	Utah	245	115	118	32	70	187	37.4	4	16	25.0	101	900
63	Iowa	232	94	117	12	68	183	37.2	1	12	8.3	57	447
64	Nebraska	226	98	111	32	74	201	36.8	3	8	37.5	100	894
65	Miami (OH)	251	73	159	13	67	182	36.8	11	22	50.0	75	605
66	Ole Miss	266	122	132	16	65	177	36.7	10	19	52.6	72	564
67	Cincinnati	270	89	164	13	52	142	36.6	9	13	69.2	63	589
68	Alabama	288	153	117	17	71	194	36.6	10	17	58.8	69	598
69	Clemson	245	114	118	25	69	191	36.1	4	15	26.7	69	629
70	Georgia	226	96	116	21	60	167	35.9	7	14	50.0	105	878
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
71	Kentucky	249	143	89	11	69	193	35.8	17	23	73.9	58	502
72	Illinois	237	125	99	14	62	174	35.6	12	18	66.7	78	734
73	Michigan State	258	85	154	22	60	169	35.5	6	13	46.2	83	720
74	North Carolina	228	108	106	22	66	186	35.5	9	15	60.0	81	735
75	Eastern Michigan	176	88	77	14	61	172	35.5	8	17	47.1	67	572
76	UAB	229	120	99	25	50	141	35.5	0	10	.0	90	802
77	Missouri	268	102	142	18	65	185	35.1	10	20	50.0	69	716
78	UCF	249	105	131	16	62	177	35.0	9	13	69.2	52	489
79	Maryland	194	70	113	17	65	186	34.9	9	25	36.0	66	553
80	South Carolina	239	92	131	14	65	188	34.6	11	24	45.8	80	695
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
81	Boise State	311	123	166	30	60	174	34.5	16	22	72.7	87	792
82	Wyoming	227	101	105	22	71	206	34.5	11	26	42.3	82	747
83	California	263	106	136	20	61	177	34.5	4	10	40.0	68	642
84	Duke	229	58	155	10	63	183	34.4	10	20	50.0	59	531
85	Utah State	255	121	117	25	62	181	34.3	12	19	63.2	89	909
86	Rutgers	211	89	103	14	63	184	34.2	7	18	38.9	81	594
87	Colorado	220	71	127	23	65	190	34.2	12	25	48.0	107	907
88	Oklahoma State	249	127	102	27	61	179	34.1	10	21	47.6	97	822
89	UCLA	226	73	135	13	63	185	34.1	6	15	40.0	81	711
90	Colorado State	220	93	110	16	51	150	34.0	9	18	50.0	69	624
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
91	Middle Tennessee	251	110	127	23	71	209	34.0	7	21	33.3	81	745
92	Louisville	214	90	103	12	58	171	33.9	6	20	30.0	79	691
93	Vanderbilt	194	98	84	11	65	192	33.9	6	13	46.2	75	600
94	USC	237	106	122	20	53	157	33.8	5	17	29.4	90	798
95	Memphis	243	121	107	20	56	167	33.5	5	17	29.4	82	685
	Baylor	210	74	116	19	56	167	33.5	8	20	40.0	95	791
97	Temple	245	139	82	13	57	171	33.3	6	17	35.3	67	522
	Virginia	184	75	95	18	59	177	33.3	2	14	14.3	68	659
	Ball State	187	94	75	6	55	165	33.3	9	19	47.4	62	487
100	Arkansas State	208	101	91	18	47	144	32.6	8	18	44.4	91	721
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
101	Florida International	216	75	116	14	62	191	32.5	9	26	34.6	93	745
102	Minnesota	207	74	121	13	58	179	32.4	5	15	33.3	80	678
103	Arkansas	254	89	147	19	51	162	31.5	9	20	45.0	87	679
104	Kansas State	221	120	80	19	51	164	31.1	14	24	58.3	84	723
105	Southern Methodist	255	73	156	18	50	161	31.1	4	11	36.4	95	824
106	Mississippi State	229	140	78	13	49	159	30.8	13	25	52.0	67	590
107	San Jose State	192	59	108	11	51	166	30.7	4	16	25.0	74	554
108	Ohio	219	86	109	20	59	193	30.6	6	18	33.3	86	757
109	Syracuse	225	82	124	22	45	148	30.4	5	12	41.7	73	614
110	Rice	216	87	103	11	55	181	30.4	11	22	50.0	69	574
		FIRST DOWNS				THIRD DOWNS			FOURTH DOWNS			PENALTIES
RK	TEAM	TOTAL	RUSH	PASS	PEN	MADE	ATT	PCT	MADE	ATT	PCT	TOTAL	YDS
111	Oregon	263	147	102	25	51	168	30.4	15	22	68.2	95	815
112	Akron	198	88	92	21	45	150	30.0	3	14	21.4	70	610
113	New Mexico State	162	101	48	23	54	181	29.8	6	20	30.0	68	597
114	Western Kentucky	214	111	83	11	43	147	29.3	6	17	35.3	85	682
115	Arizona State	219	82	112	27	49	169	29.0	12	22	54.5	111	1016
116	New Mexico	217	66	128	20	53	186	28.5	17	32	53.1	79	724
117	Boston College	214	91	102	11	49	172	28.5	5	11	45.5	65	566
118	Kent State	203	88	103	19	45	166	27.1	7	16	43.8	78	683
119	Army	175	116	45	17	46	173	26.6	7	15	46.7	65	517
120	Washington State	159	51	87	18	38	168	22.6	6	15	40.0	80	681

Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau

NCAA Division I-A Team Downs Statistics - 2009

Percentage Of Third Downs Converted Leaders

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