Passing Penalties

2015

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 (243), Defensive Holding (219), Roughing the Passer (102), and Illegal Contact (62)

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Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Pittsburgh	18	0.944	0.389	0.389	0.111	0.056	11.889
New England	18	1.278	0.444	0.667	0.167	0.000	13.833
Chicago	16	0.938	0.125	0.375	0.188	0.250	15.563
Miami	16	1.500	0.438	0.438	0.125	0.500	18.063
Washington	17	0.765	0.000	0.412	0.235	0.118	7.588
Kansas City	18	1.389	0.389	0.500	0.167	0.333	15.611
New Orleans	16	2.125	1.125	0.500	0.125	0.375	19.875
Denver	19	1.684	0.579	0.632	0.158	0.316	21.316
Tampa Bay	16	1.000	0.313	0.438	0.000	0.250	10.000
N.Y. Giants	16	1.125	0.375	0.375	0.063	0.313	11.750
Philadelphia	16	1.125	0.438	0.438	0.188	0.063	11.313
Buffalo	16	1.188	0.375	0.688	0.000	0.125	12.688
Atlanta	16	1.063	0.188	0.625	0.000	0.250	16.438
Arizona	18	1.000	0.444	0.167	0.111	0.278	11.556
Minnesota	17	1.471	0.529	0.529	0.176	0.235	18.176
Baltimore	16	1.688	0.500	0.938	0.063	0.188	21.375
Oakland	16	2.000	0.750	0.938	0.250	0.063	20.000
Dallas	16	1.188	0.625	0.375	0.188	0.000	10.188
Seattle	18	0.944	0.222	0.389	0.167	0.167	12.833
N.Y. Jets	16	0.875	0.375	0.375	0.063	0.063	10.688
San Diego	16	0.813	0.313	0.375	0.063	0.063	7.938
St. Louis	16	1.125	0.313	0.438	0.063	0.313	13.313
Jacksonville	16	1.625	0.625	0.625	0.000	0.375	18.125
Indianapolis	16	1.563	0.500	0.625	0.125	0.313	16.500
Cleveland	16	1.063	0.438	0.563	0.063	0.000	17.875
Houston	17	1.235	0.412	0.176	0.176	0.471	14.647
Green Bay	18	0.667	0.333	0.222	0.056	0.056	8.556
San Francisco	16	0.813	0.188	0.438	0.125	0.063	3.875
Detroit	16	1.063	0.375	0.500	0.063	0.125	12.438
Carolina	19	0.789	0.421	0.211	0.053	0.105	8.211
Cincinnati	17	0.882	0.294	0.235	0.235	0.118	7.294
Tennessee	16	0.688	0.313	0.063	0.125	0.188	4.750