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Postgresql – Weird syntax error in PSQL while creating table

I am trying to create a table in a PSQL database with VSCode, but I receive syntax error. INT is underlined by vscode, if I delete it then TEXT and so on…
Could you please give me any idea what is the issue?

CREATE TABLE nfl_week_three (
    rank INT,
    team TEXT,
    games INT,
    points_scored INT,
    total_yards INT,
    offensive_plays INT,
    yards_per_play DOUBLE PRECISION,
    turnover_lost INT,
    fumbles_lost INT,
    1st_downs INT,
    passes_completed INT,
    passes_attempted INT,
    passing_yards INT,
    passing_touchdowns INT,
    passing_interceptions INT,
    net_yards_per_passing_attempt DOUBLE PRECISION,
    passing_1st_downs INT,
    rushing_attempts INT,
    rushing_yards INT,
    rushing_touchdowns INT,
    rushing_yards_per_attempt DOUBLE PRECISION,
    rushing_1st_downs INT,
    penalties INT,
    penalty_yards INT,
    1st_down_penalties INT,
    percetage_scoring_drives INT,
    percentage_turnover_drives INT,
    expected_points INT
);
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  1. 0

    You just had some extra 1’s in there as typo.

    CREATE TABLE nfl_week_three
(
    rank                          INT,
    team                          TEXT,
    games                         INT,
    points_scored                 INT,
    total_yards                   INT,
    offensive_plays               INT,
    yards_per_play                DOUBLE PRECISION,
    turnover_lost                 INT,
    fumbles_lost                  INT,
    st_downs                      INT,
    passes_completed              INT,
    passes_attempted              INT,
    passing_yards                 INT,
    passing_touchdowns            INT,
    passing_interceptions         INT,
    net_yards_per_passing_attempt DOUBLE PRECISION,
    passing_1st_downs             INT,
    rushing_attempts              INT,
    rushing_yards                 INT,
    rushing_touchdowns            INT,
    rushing_yards_per_attempt     DOUBLE PRECISION,
    rushing_1st_downs             INT,
    penalties                     INT,
    penalty_yards                 INT,
    st_down_penalties             INT,
    percetage_scoring_drives      INT,
    percentage_turnover_drives    INT,
    expected_points               INT
);
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  2. 0

    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS says:

    SQL identifiers and key words must begin with a letter (a-z, but also letters with diacritical marks and non-Latin letters) or an underscore (_). Subsequent characters in an identifier or key word can be letters, underscores, digits (0-9), or dollar signs ($).

    This means your column name 1st_downs and others that start with a digit are a problem.

    You can either change the column names, or else delimit such names in double-quotes.

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