2016 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/09/2017

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Ohio State	13	176	116	20	312	24.0
2	Michigan	13	143	120	20	283	21.8
3	Northwestern	13	104	156	21	281	21.6
4	Indiana	13	105	152	22	279	21.5
5	Purdue	12	78	152	24	254	21.2
6	Nebraska	13	112	132	22	266	20.5
6	Michigan State	12	109	125	12	246	20.5
8	Penn State	14	122	134	29	285	20.4
9	Wisconsin	14	142	130	12	284	20.3
10	Minnesota	13	126	107	17	250	19.2
11	Maryland	13	123	102	11	236	18.2
12	Iowa	13	117	84	16	217	16.7
13	Rutgers	12	96	81	9	186	15.5
14	Illinois	12	73	91	16	180	15.0