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)

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