Automatic First Downs

This page shows all penalties that resulted in an automatic first down based on the type of penalty. There are many additional penalties that based on the penalty yardage and distance remaining resulted in a first down.

"3rd & Long" is 3rd down and 6 or more yards. "Desperation" is 3rd and 10 or more or 4th and 6 or more. "Yardage Mitigated" is the total yardage the team had left to get a first down when the flag was thrown granting a gratis first down. Remember: There are more first down plays than 2nd down plays, more 2nd down plays than 3rd, and so on.

Beneficiary means the team benefitted from the penalty. Declined and Offsetting penalties are not shown in this table. Penalties occurring on special teams are not included.

The table below contains the following penalties: Defensive Pass Interference (172), Defensive Holding (116), Roughing the Passer (64), Face Mask (39), Illegal Contact (36), Illegal Use of Hands (34), Horse Collar Tackle (7), Unsportsmanlike Conduct (5), Taunting (3), and Tripping (1)

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Team	Games	Total	1st Down	2nd Down	3rd Down	4th Down	3rd & Long	Desperation	Yardage Mitigated	Penalty Yards
Kansas City	10	1.500	0.500	0.200	0.800	0.000	0.600	0.100	12.000	16.500
Philadelphia	10	1.200	0.300	0.200	0.700	0.000	0.400	0.200	9.200	13.400
New England	11	1.636	0.727	0.091	0.818	0.000	0.364	0.091	13.455	17.182
Miami	10	1.300	0.500	0.500	0.300	0.000	0.200	0.000	11.100	16.500
Jacksonville	11	1.636	0.818	0.273	0.545	0.000	0.455	0.273	16.000	13.818
N.Y. Giants	10	0.900	0.300	0.200	0.400	0.000	0.300	0.100	8.200	11.800
Minnesota	10	1.400	0.300	0.300	0.800	0.000	0.500	0.200	11.000	14.100
Arizona	10	1.000	0.500	0.200	0.300	0.000	0.100	0.100	8.000	13.100
Carolina	10	1.600	0.800	0.400	0.400	0.000	0.300	0.100	13.600	20.400
New Orleans	11	1.545	0.455	0.818	0.273	0.000	0.000	0.000	12.000	20.364
Denver	11	2.273	1.091	0.545	0.636	0.000	0.455	0.182	19.455	26.909
Washington	11	1.364	0.545	0.091	0.636	0.091	0.273	0.273	11.000	15.182
Tampa Bay	10	1.500	0.600	0.400	0.500	0.000	0.300	0.100	11.200	11.700
Detroit	10	2.800	0.900	1.200	0.600	0.000	0.500	0.100	25.600	33.400
Baltimore	11	2.545	0.818	0.909	0.545	0.182	0.364	0.273	22.909	24.727
Dallas	10	1.100	0.500	0.500	0.100	0.000	0.100	0.000	9.500	8.600
Seattle	10	2.000	0.800	0.600	0.600	0.000	0.400	0.000	16.200	17.600
Cincinnati	11	1.455	0.273	0.364	0.727	0.091	0.545	0.455	13.727	17.364
Houston	11	1.636	0.727	0.636	0.182	0.091	0.182	0.182	16.182	17.818
N.Y. Jets	11	2.182	0.909	0.818	0.364	0.091	0.364	0.182	19.455	26.727
Indianapolis	11	1.182	0.455	0.364	0.364	0.000	0.273	0.091	10.091	9.727
Las Vegas	10	1.200	0.400	0.200	0.600	0.000	0.300	0.300	11.300	12.500
LA Rams	10	1.300	0.200	0.400	0.700	0.000	0.600	0.300	11.500	14.400
San Francisco	10	1.200	0.800	0.100	0.300	0.000	0.200	0.100	9.900	16.700
Buffalo	11	0.818	0.182	0.364	0.273	0.000	0.182	0.000	6.000	5.364
Pittsburgh	10	0.900	0.400	0.300	0.200	0.000	0.200	0.100	8.400	9.500
Green Bay	10	1.100	0.600	0.100	0.300	0.000	0.200	0.000	8.600	8.000
Chicago	10	0.400	0.100	0.200	0.100	0.000	0.000	0.000	3.600	3.700
Cleveland	10	0.800	0.200	0.400	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.000	7.100	10.100
Tennessee	10	2.200	0.700	0.500	0.900	0.100	0.800	0.500	21.900	21.000
Atlanta	11	0.909	0.273	0.364	0.273	0.000	0.091	0.000	7.091	7.182
LA Chargers	10	1.200	0.500	0.300	0.300	0.100	0.200	0.100	8.200	11.100