2019 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/13/2020
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresno State | 1 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 2 | UCF | 1 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 4 | Marshall | 1 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 4 | Oregon | 1 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 4 | South Alabama | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 4 | TCU | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 4 | Troy | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 4 | Florida | 2 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 49 | 24.5 |
| 4 | Florida International | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 4 | Buffalo | 1 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 4 | New Mexico | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 13 | Utah State | 1 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 13 | Army | 2 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 13 | Oregon State | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 13 | UTSA | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 13 | New Mexico State | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 13 | BYU | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 13 | Liberty | 2 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 48 | 24.0 |
| 13 | UAB | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 22 | Penn State | 1 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 1 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 22 | North Carolina State | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 22 | Wake Forest | 1 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 22 | Temple | 1 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 22 | Central Michigan | 1 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 22 | Baylor | 1 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 22 | Ball State | 1 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 22 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 22 | Iowa State | 1 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 22 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 22 | Louisville | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 22 | Toledo | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 22 | Western Michigan | 1 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 22 | Arkansas State | 1 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 22 | San Jose State | 1 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 22 | Missouri | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 22 | Wyoming | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 22 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 45 | Bowling Green | 1 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 37.0 |
| 45 | Texas Tech | 1 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 45 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 |
| 45 | Kansas State | 1 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 45 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 45 | LSU | 1 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 45 | Duke | 1 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 |
| 45 | Georgia State | 1 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 45 | East Carolina | 2 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 56 | 28.0 |
| 45 | Auburn | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 45 | Clemson | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 45 | Charlotte | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 45 | Mississippi State | 1 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Tulane | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Indiana | 1 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 45 | Appalachian State | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 45 | Georgia | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 45 | Washington State | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 45 | Air Force | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 45 | Boston College | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 45 | California | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 45 | Maryland | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 45 | Mississippi | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 45 | Alabama | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 45 | Memphis | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 45 | Tennessee | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 45 | Boise State | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 45 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 45 | Houston | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 45 | UTEP | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 45 | Old Dominion | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 45 | Kansas | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 45 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 45 | Kentucky | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 45 | Kent State | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 45 | Texas State | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 45 | Florida State | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 45 | Arizona State | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 85 | South Carolina | 1 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 |
| 85 | Navy | 1 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 85 | Oklahoma | 1 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 85 | UNLV | 1 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 85 | Arizona | 1 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 85 | Washington | 1 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 85 | North Texas | 1 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 85 | Colorado State | 1 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 85 | Nevada | 1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 85 | Virginia | 1 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 85 | Ohio | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 85 | Hawai'i | 1 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 85 | Utah | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 85 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 85 | North Carolina | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 85 | Syracuse | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 85 | South Florida | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 85 | Minnesota | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 85 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 85 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 85 | Massachusetts | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 85 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 85 | San Diego State | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 85 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 85 | West Virginia | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |