2019 National Leaders First Downs - Games Lost Only through 01/13/2020
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | 10 | 96 | 81 | 21 | 198 | 19.8 |
| 2 | UTEP | 11 | 83 | 97 | 15 | 195 | 17.7 |
| 3 | East Carolina | 8 | 51 | 107 | 30 | 188 | 23.5 |
| 4 | Texas Tech | 8 | 64 | 104 | 17 | 185 | 23.1 |
| 5 | New Mexico State | 10 | 74 | 95 | 14 | 183 | 18.3 |
| 5 | Old Dominion | 11 | 65 | 96 | 22 | 183 | 16.6 |
| 7 | Ole Miss | 8 | 85 | 74 | 18 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 7 | Arizona | 8 | 70 | 89 | 18 | 177 | 22.1 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 10 | 63 | 93 | 17 | 173 | 17.3 |
| 10 | UCLA | 8 | 65 | 92 | 13 | 170 | 21.3 |
| 10 | Arkansas | 10 | 60 | 87 | 23 | 170 | 17.0 |
| 12 | Houston | 8 | 77 | 73 | 18 | 168 | 21.0 |
| 13 | Washington State | 7 | 25 | 128 | 14 | 167 | 23.9 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 11 | 65 | 84 | 17 | 166 | 15.1 |
| 15 | Ball State | 7 | 67 | 82 | 15 | 164 | 23.4 |
| 15 | Tulsa | 8 | 59 | 88 | 17 | 164 | 20.5 |
| 17 | Colorado State | 8 | 43 | 103 | 16 | 162 | 20.3 |
| 18 | NC State | 8 | 64 | 78 | 19 | 161 | 20.1 |
| 18 | South Alabama | 10 | 77 | 62 | 22 | 161 | 16.1 |
| 20 | Kansas | 9 | 65 | 81 | 13 | 159 | 17.7 |
| 21 | Troy | 7 | 37 | 103 | 18 | 158 | 22.6 |
| 22 | San Jose State | 7 | 36 | 106 | 15 | 157 | 22.4 |
| 23 | Akron | 12 | 51 | 91 | 13 | 155 | 12.9 |
| 24 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 56 | 86 | 12 | 154 | 19.3 |
| 25 | Rice | 9 | 52 | 75 | 25 | 152 | 16.9 |
| 26 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 62 | 77 | 12 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 26 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 47 | 85 | 19 | 151 | 21.6 |
| 28 | North Texas | 8 | 49 | 88 | 13 | 150 | 18.8 |
| 28 | Purdue | 8 | 40 | 98 | 12 | 150 | 18.8 |
| 30 | UNLV | 8 | 64 | 69 | 15 | 148 | 18.5 |
| 30 | Stanford | 8 | 39 | 94 | 15 | 148 | 18.5 |
| 30 | Northwestern | 9 | 67 | 61 | 20 | 148 | 16.4 |
| 33 | Texas State | 9 | 41 | 88 | 17 | 146 | 16.2 |
| 34 | Colorado | 7 | 62 | 71 | 12 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 34 | Oregon State | 7 | 55 | 82 | 8 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 36 | 93 | 16 | 145 | 20.7 |
| 37 | South Carolina | 8 | 36 | 89 | 16 | 141 | 17.6 |
| 37 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 59 | 64 | 18 | 141 | 15.7 |
| 39 | Mississippi State | 7 | 60 | 61 | 19 | 140 | 20.0 |
| 39 | Army | 8 | 101 | 30 | 9 | 140 | 17.5 |
| 41 | Nebraska | 7 | 72 | 51 | 15 | 138 | 19.7 |
| 42 | Syracuse | 7 | 54 | 66 | 17 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 42 | Fresno State | 8 | 49 | 77 | 11 | 137 | 17.1 |
| 44 | Boston College | 7 | 76 | 54 | 6 | 136 | 19.4 |
| 45 | Bowling Green | 9 | 62 | 60 | 11 | 133 | 14.8 |
| 46 | North Carolina | 6 | 51 | 74 | 7 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 46 | BYU | 6 | 46 | 77 | 9 | 132 | 22.0 |
| 48 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 59 | 63 | 9 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 48 | FIU | 7 | 41 | 75 | 15 | 131 | 18.7 |
| 48 | Maryland | 9 | 62 | 50 | 19 | 131 | 14.6 |
| 51 | TCU | 7 | 62 | 52 | 16 | 130 | 18.6 |
| 52 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 48 | 71 | 9 | 128 | 18.3 |
| 52 | UTSA | 8 | 52 | 66 | 10 | 128 | 16.0 |
| 54 | Florida State | 7 | 46 | 68 | 13 | 127 | 18.1 |
| 55 | Ohio | 6 | 53 | 58 | 15 | 126 | 21.0 |
| 56 | Tulane | 6 | 62 | 55 | 7 | 124 | 20.7 |
| 57 | Iowa State | 6 | 31 | 82 | 10 | 123 | 20.5 |
| 57 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 62 | 51 | 10 | 123 | 13.7 |
| 59 | Illinois | 7 | 50 | 63 | 9 | 122 | 17.4 |
| 60 | Western Michigan | 6 | 46 | 65 | 10 | 121 | 20.2 |
| 61 | West Virginia | 7 | 31 | 76 | 12 | 119 | 17.0 |
| 62 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 53 | 50 | 13 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 62 | Hawaii | 5 | 39 | 70 | 7 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 62 | USC | 5 | 38 | 66 | 12 | 116 | 23.2 |
| 65 | Utah State | 6 | 38 | 72 | 5 | 115 | 19.2 |
| 66 | Georgia State | 6 | 65 | 42 | 7 | 114 | 19.0 |
| 67 | Texas | 5 | 31 | 69 | 13 | 113 | 22.6 |
| 67 | USF | 8 | 50 | 50 | 13 | 113 | 14.1 |
| 69 | Toledo | 6 | 42 | 64 | 6 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 69 | Nevada | 6 | 37 | 67 | 8 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 71 | Kent State | 6 | 50 | 46 | 15 | 111 | 18.5 |
| 71 | Rutgers | 10 | 57 | 43 | 11 | 111 | 11.1 |
| 73 | Wake Forest | 5 | 42 | 59 | 9 | 110 | 22.0 |
| 74 | Buffalo | 5 | 66 | 35 | 8 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 74 | Arkansas State | 5 | 30 | 65 | 14 | 109 | 21.8 |
| 74 | Michigan State | 6 | 38 | 57 | 14 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 74 | Southern Miss | 6 | 31 | 67 | 11 | 109 | 18.2 |
| 74 | Duke | 7 | 46 | 48 | 15 | 109 | 15.6 |
| 79 | Liberty | 5 | 30 | 65 | 10 | 105 | 21.0 |
| 80 | Missouri | 6 | 43 | 49 | 10 | 102 | 17.0 |
| 81 | Virginia | 5 | 24 | 72 | 5 | 101 | 20.2 |
| 82 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 45 | 43 | 12 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 82 | Indiana | 5 | 31 | 58 | 11 | 100 | 20.0 |
| 82 | Central Michigan | 6 | 25 | 61 | 14 | 100 | 16.7 |
| 85 | Charlotte | 6 | 38 | 48 | 12 | 98 | 16.3 |
| 86 | Washington | 5 | 34 | 55 | 7 | 96 | 19.2 |
| 87 | Texas A&M | 5 | 25 | 59 | 9 | 93 | 18.6 |
| 88 | Tennessee | 5 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 91 | 18.2 |
| 89 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 48 | 28 | 14 | 90 | 15.0 |
| 90 | Louisville | 5 | 46 | 36 | 7 | 89 | 17.8 |
| 91 | Kentucky | 5 | 49 | 30 | 7 | 86 | 17.2 |
| 91 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 33 | 42 | 11 | 86 | 14.3 |
| 93 | Michigan | 4 | 26 | 49 | 10 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 94 | Arizona State | 5 | 24 | 54 | 6 | 84 | 16.8 |
| 95 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 21 | 54 | 7 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 95 | Marshall | 5 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 95 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 25 | 49 | 8 | 82 | 16.4 |
| 98 | Kansas State | 5 | 25 | 48 | 6 | 79 | 15.8 |
| 98 | Temple | 5 | 21 | 48 | 10 | 79 | 15.8 |
| 100 | Wyoming | 5 | 36 | 37 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 |
| 101 | UAB | 5 | 29 | 39 | 8 | 76 | 15.2 |
| 102 | Louisiana | 3 | 28 | 40 | 6 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 103 | Wisconsin | 4 | 32 | 36 | 4 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 103 | California | 5 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 72 | 14.4 |
| 105 | UCF | 3 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 106 | SMU | 3 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 66 | 22.0 |
| 107 | San Diego State | 3 | 28 | 33 | 3 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 108 | Auburn | 4 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 63 | 15.8 |
| 109 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 17 | 39 | 5 | 61 | 20.3 |
| 110 | Utah | 3 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 60 | 20.0 |
| 111 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 59 | 19.7 |
| 112 | Memphis | 2 | 15 | 36 | 4 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 113 | Cincinnati | 3 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 113 | Iowa | 3 | 11 | 36 | 7 | 54 | 18.0 |
| 115 | Alabama | 2 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 115 | Georgia | 2 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 50 | 25.0 |
| 117 | Baylor | 3 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 118 | Florida | 2 | 10 | 32 | 4 | 46 | 23.0 |
| 119 | Minnesota | 2 | 8 | 33 | 4 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 120 | Oregon | 2 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 |
| 121 | Boise State | 2 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 122 | Navy | 2 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 122 | Penn State | 2 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 40 | 20.0 |
| 124 | Air Force | 2 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 124 | Oklahoma | 2 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 34 | 17.0 |
| 126 | Ohio State | 1 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 127 | Notre Dame | 2 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 26 | 13.0 |
| 128 | Appalachian State | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 128 | Clemson | 1 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 23.0 |