Passing Penalties

2017

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 (276), Defensive Holding (247), Roughing the Passer (107), and Illegal Contact (32)

Scroll left and right for additional columns.

Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Kansas City	17	1.882	0.765	0.765	0.059	0.294	21.412
New England	19	0.947	0.368	0.316	0.105	0.158	12.474
N.Y. Jets	16	2.000	0.875	0.563	0.250	0.313	20.938
Cincinnati	16	1.813	0.375	1.125	0.063	0.250	22.625
Pittsburgh	17	0.882	0.353	0.353	0.000	0.176	11.059
Cleveland	16	1.125	0.313	0.500	0.063	0.250	14.375
Tennessee	18	1.056	0.333	0.444	0.111	0.167	12.889
Houston	16	2.000	0.875	0.688	0.063	0.375	22.188
Jacksonville	19	0.737	0.158	0.368	0.053	0.158	10.053
Detroit	16	1.500	0.500	0.813	0.063	0.125	18.563
Seattle	16	1.625	0.500	0.813	0.000	0.313	20.063
San Francisco	16	1.438	0.500	0.625	0.063	0.250	16.125
N.Y. Giants	16	1.063	0.188	0.688	0.000	0.188	20.188
Denver	16	1.250	0.500	0.500	0.063	0.188	12.000
Buffalo	17	0.882	0.235	0.471	0.000	0.176	10.000
Minnesota	18	1.000	0.389	0.333	0.056	0.222	13.278
Miami	16	1.250	0.625	0.500	0.000	0.125	12.750
Dallas	16	1.375	0.313	0.750	0.125	0.188	18.125
LA Rams	17	1.235	0.706	0.353	0.000	0.176	11.765
Atlanta	18	1.278	0.556	0.556	0.000	0.167	16.167
Baltimore	16	1.188	0.250	0.563	0.063	0.313	13.875
Chicago	16	1.313	0.688	0.438	0.063	0.125	13.938
Indianapolis	16	1.250	0.500	0.375	0.063	0.313	11.750
Philadelphia	19	1.368	0.737	0.368	0.158	0.105	13.105
Green Bay	16	0.750	0.313	0.313	0.063	0.063	8.563
Washington	16	0.813	0.188	0.438	0.063	0.125	8.313
Carolina	17	0.941	0.412	0.529	0.000	0.000	10.294
Arizona	16	1.125	0.438	0.250	0.125	0.313	10.438
Tampa Bay	16	0.938	0.313	0.313	0.125	0.188	7.250
Oakland	16	0.875	0.313	0.375	0.000	0.188	10.625
New Orleans	18	2.056	1.111	0.722	0.056	0.167	24.611
LA Chargers	16	0.813	0.063	0.438	0.000	0.313	12.813