2016 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 2 | Houston | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 5 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 7 | Colorado | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 7 | BYU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Utah | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Fresno State | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Missouri | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Wake Forest | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 13 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 17 | Auburn | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 17 | Clemson | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 17 | North Texas | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 17 | Baylor | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 17 | Army | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 |
| 22 | North Carolina State | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 22 | Alabama | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 25 | Marshall | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 25 | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 25 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 25 | Syracuse | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 29 | UCF | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 29 | Buffalo | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 29 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 29 | Toledo | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 29 | Georgia | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 29 | Rutgers | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 29 | UTEP | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 36 | Illinois | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 36 | Tulane | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 36 | Ball State | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 36 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 36 | Troy | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 36 | Washington | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 36 | Kansas | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 43 | Wyoming | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 43 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 43 | Tennessee | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 43 | UTSA | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 47 | Maryland | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 47 | Georgia State | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 47 | East Carolina | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 47 | Tulsa | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 47 | Arkansas | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 47 | Florida State | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 47 | South Alabama | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 |
| 54 | Arizona State | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 54 | Connecticut | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 54 | Air Force | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 54 | SMU | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 54 | Utah State | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 54 | New Mexico | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 54 | Ohio | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 61 | Oregon State | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | Texas State | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | UNLV | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | Memphis | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | LSU | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | San Jose State | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | Kentucky | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 61 | South Carolina | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 71 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 71 | Michigan State | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 71 | Bowling Green | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 71 | Mississippi | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 75 | Old Dominion | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 75 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 75 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 78 | Idaho | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 78 | Akron | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 78 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 78 | Oregon | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 78 | Rice | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 78 | Minnesota | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 78 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 78 | Cincinnati | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 78 | South Florida | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 87 | Charlotte | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 87 | West Virginia | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 87 | Iowa | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 90 | Kent State | 2 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 91 | Purdue | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 91 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 91 | Hawai'i | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 91 | Iowa State | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 95 | Arkansas State | 1 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 95 | TCU | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 95 | Nevada | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 98 | Texas Tech | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 98 | Colorado State | 1 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 98 | Virginia | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 98 | Navy | 1 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 102 | North Carolina | 2 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 103 | Northwestern | 1 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 103 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 105 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 106 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 106 | Mississippi State | 1 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 108 | Washington State | 1 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 108 | Arizona | 1 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 28.0 |