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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 (289), Defensive Holding (211), Roughing the Passer (89), Face Mask (15 Yards) (63), Illegal Use of Hands (56), Illegal Contact (48), Unsportsmanlike Conduct (22), Horse Collar Tackle (16), and Taunting (7)

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TeamGamesTotal1st Down2nd Down3rd Down4th Down3rd & LongDesperationYardage MitigatedPenalty Yards
Denver161.6250.6250.3750.6250.0000.1250.00012.12516.500
Tampa Bay161.6250.6880.2500.6880.0000.3750.31313.93815.125
Chicago161.0630.5630.4380.0630.0000.0630.0009.87514.938
Green Bay191.7890.6320.5790.5260.0530.3680.31616.05324.053
Jacksonville162.2500.6880.7500.7500.0630.3750.18819.87527.188
N.Y. Jets161.4380.4380.2500.7500.0000.3750.25012.87515.813
Cincinnati161.9380.9380.3750.6250.0000.4380.25017.56319.688
Cleveland161.7500.3750.8130.5000.0630.4380.25015.56320.563
San Diego161.8130.6250.6250.5630.0000.3750.18814.62513.313
Washington161.5630.5630.5000.5000.0000.2500.12514.00022.500
San Francisco160.8750.3130.3750.1250.0630.0000.0637.3758.063
Detroit171.8820.4120.7650.7060.0000.5290.29414.76517.529
Tennessee161.4380.5630.5630.3130.0000.1880.12511.12516.750
Kansas City171.0000.5290.1760.2940.0000.1760.0598.2947.765
Miami170.9410.7060.1180.1180.0000.0590.0599.35310.000
N.Y. Giants171.1180.4120.5290.1760.0000.0590.0007.1189.706
Dallas171.2350.5880.3530.2940.0000.1760.0599.47114.588
Seattle181.2780.3890.3890.4440.0560.2780.11112.44418.000
LA Rams161.3750.5000.4380.4380.0000.2500.18812.56317.313
Oakland171.7650.6470.2940.7060.1180.5290.29413.47123.412
Minnesota161.2500.3750.3750.5000.0000.3130.0638.37513.688
Philadelphia161.1250.2500.3130.5000.0000.3130.1258.81313.375
Pittsburgh191.1580.5260.5260.1050.0000.0530.0008.89512.368
Atlanta191.5790.7370.3680.4210.0530.1050.10513.05318.526
Carolina161.2500.5000.1250.5000.1250.2500.25010.56315.125
Baltimore161.3750.6250.2500.4380.0630.2500.12512.00017.500
Houston181.8890.5000.5560.6670.1670.5000.16716.05619.167
Buffalo161.3750.3750.3130.6250.0630.4380.43813.12516.563
Arizona161.9380.7500.5630.5630.0630.3130.18816.06317.063
Indianapolis161.8750.5000.6250.7500.0000.3750.12515.93824.438
New England191.9470.2630.6321.0000.0000.4210.21114.26319.579
New Orleans161.4380.5630.3130.5630.0000.3750.12512.81316.125