Passing Penalties

2018

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 (249), Defensive Holding (247), Roughing the Passer (118), and Illegal Contact (44)

Scroll left and right for additional columns.

Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Atlanta	16	1.500	0.625	0.500	0.125	0.250	15.500
Buffalo	16	1.188	0.563	0.438	0.063	0.125	17.188
Baltimore	17	1.235	0.529	0.471	0.000	0.235	13.294
Pittsburgh	16	1.250	0.250	0.688	0.063	0.250	17.875
Indianapolis	18	0.778	0.389	0.278	0.000	0.111	7.278
Minnesota	16	1.188	0.313	0.438	0.188	0.250	13.250
Houston	17	1.176	0.647	0.294	0.059	0.176	12.706
New Orleans	18	1.944	0.389	1.056	0.167	0.333	22.944
Tampa Bay	16	1.063	0.250	0.563	0.063	0.188	10.938
Jacksonville	16	0.938	0.438	0.313	0.063	0.125	10.875
Carolina	16	0.813	0.250	0.438	0.063	0.063	12.813
N.Y. Jets	16	1.438	0.563	0.500	0.063	0.313	13.938
Detroit	16	1.250	0.563	0.500	0.063	0.125	12.313
Oakland	16	1.063	0.500	0.313	0.063	0.188	16.063
Cincinnati	16	1.000	0.438	0.250	0.063	0.250	9.688
Cleveland	16	1.500	0.625	0.438	0.188	0.250	12.938
Kansas City	18	1.889	0.889	0.833	0.000	0.167	18.389
Tennessee	16	0.813	0.438	0.250	0.063	0.063	8.250
Washington	16	1.313	0.625	0.438	0.063	0.188	17.875
San Francisco	16	1.375	0.313	0.688	0.125	0.250	17.000
N.Y. Giants	16	1.500	0.438	0.688	0.000	0.375	18.625
Miami	16	1.375	0.438	0.625	0.188	0.125	17.688
Philadelphia	18	0.889	0.222	0.278	0.111	0.278	9.556
Green Bay	16	1.313	0.500	0.375	0.063	0.375	14.250
Chicago	17	1.000	0.059	0.529	0.118	0.294	10.941
New England	19	1.368	0.737	0.421	0.053	0.158	12.842
Seattle	17	1.353	0.353	0.529	0.118	0.353	14.706
Arizona	16	1.125	0.375	0.313	0.188	0.250	8.563
LA Chargers	18	1.111	0.389	0.389	0.111	0.222	10.722
Dallas	18	0.944	0.333	0.278	0.056	0.278	8.889
LA Rams	19	1.211	0.368	0.474	0.053	0.316	14.105
Denver	16	1.500	1.000	0.313	0.063	0.125	8.875