Passing Penalties

2012

This page shows all passing penalties, based on the type of penalty.

Only passing plays are used.

Beneficiary means the team benefitted from the penalty. Declined and Offsetting penalties are not shown in this table.

The table below contains the following penalties: Defensive Pass Interference (253), Defensive Holding (149), Roughing the Passer (90), and Illegal Contact (68)

Scroll left and right for additional columns.

Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Indianapolis	17	1.353	0.353	0.647	0.235	0.118	13.412
Chicago	16	0.688	0.125	0.250	0.188	0.125	5.500
Buffalo	16	1.438	0.313	0.750	0.250	0.125	16.250
Miami	16	1.438	0.313	0.813	0.188	0.125	17.125
Houston	18	1.222	0.333	0.500	0.278	0.111	13.000
Pittsburgh	16	1.000	0.188	0.750	0.000	0.063	21.438
New England	18	1.389	0.500	0.667	0.056	0.167	17.778
Kansas City	16	0.750	0.188	0.375	0.063	0.125	8.250
San Diego	16	1.188	0.313	0.500	0.188	0.188	11.875
Minnesota	17	1.059	0.176	0.529	0.118	0.235	14.765
Detroit	16	1.000	0.313	0.563	0.000	0.125	14.063
Carolina	16	0.813	0.125	0.563	0.000	0.125	10.688
N.Y. Jets	16	1.375	0.375	0.500	0.188	0.313	14.250
Arizona	16	0.875	0.125	0.500	0.125	0.125	11.000
Jacksonville	16	1.625	0.188	0.875	0.125	0.438	21.313
Tampa Bay	16	1.188	0.438	0.500	0.063	0.188	14.250
Philadelphia	16	1.250	0.375	0.500	0.313	0.063	11.125
Green Bay	18	1.056	0.389	0.333	0.167	0.167	14.444
Cleveland	16	1.625	0.250	0.813	0.375	0.188	19.625
Cincinnati	17	0.882	0.412	0.412	0.059	0.000	9.529
Baltimore	20	1.150	0.250	0.450	0.200	0.250	11.450
Denver	17	1.235	0.412	0.412	0.059	0.353	13.118
New Orleans	16	0.875	0.250	0.375	0.125	0.125	11.375
Washington	17	0.882	0.235	0.529	0.059	0.059	9.235
San Francisco	19	1.053	0.474	0.368	0.105	0.105	10.474
Seattle	18	0.833	0.333	0.278	0.056	0.167	8.167
Oakland	16	0.813	0.188	0.250	0.063	0.313	10.438
N.Y. Giants	16	0.563	0.188	0.188	0.188	0.000	4.375
Dallas	16	1.000	0.313	0.313	0.125	0.250	8.563
Tennessee	16	0.875	0.063	0.438	0.000	0.375	9.313
St. Louis	16	0.750	0.188	0.250	0.063	0.250	7.375
Atlanta	18	0.333	0.167	0.056	0.056	0.056	3.167