2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 11/22/2024
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 25 | East Carolina | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 25 | Indiana | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 25 | Boston College | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 25 | Utah | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 25 | Arkansas | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 25 | Oregon | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 25 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 25 | Iowa | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 25 | Tulsa | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 25 | Kansas | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 25 | UAB | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 25 | Colorado State | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 25 | Georgia State | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 25 | Northwestern | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 25 | Rutgers | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 25 | New Mexico State | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 25 | Appalachian State | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 25 | Toledo | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 25 | LSU | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 25 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 25 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 25 | Utah State | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 25 | Charlotte | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 25 | Fresno State | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 25 | Iowa State | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 25 | UTEP | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 54 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 54 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 54 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 54 | Baylor | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 54 | UCF | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 54 | Rice | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 54 | Georgia | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 54 | Alabama | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 54 | Air Force | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 54 | Purdue | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 54 | Connecticut | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 54 | Oklahoma | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 54 | North Texas | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 54 | Tulane | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 54 | Navy | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 54 | Wyoming | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 54 | Florida | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 54 | James Madison | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 54 | Central Michigan | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 54 | Washington | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 54 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 54 | Bowling Green | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 54 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 54 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 54 | Nevada | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 54 | San Jose State | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 54 | Florida International | 1 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 54 | Colorado | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 54 | New Mexico | 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 54 | Texas Tech | 1 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 84 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 84 | Michigan State | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 84 | Massachusetts | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 11.5 |
| 84 | UTSA | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 84 | Auburn | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 84 | UNLV | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 84 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 84 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 84 | Buffalo | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 84 | Arizona | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 84 | North Carolina State | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 84 | Ohio | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 84 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 84 | Nebraska | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 84 | California | 1 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 84 | Arkansas State | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 84 | West Virginia | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 84 | Cincinnati | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 84 | Washington State | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 84 | Oregon State | 1 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 104 | Hawai'i | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 12.0 |
| 104 | Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 104 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 104 | North Carolina | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 104 | Ball State | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 109 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 109 | South Florida | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 109 | Western Michigan | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 109 | Maryland | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 113 | Liberty | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 113 | Troy | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 115 | San Diego State | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 116 | Texas State | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 18.0 |