Passing Penalties

2019

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 (284), Defensive Holding (253), Roughing the Passer (136), and Illegal Contact (38)

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Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Green Bay	18	0.667	0.167	0.278	0.000	0.222	7.556
Chicago	16	1.000	0.375	0.313	0.063	0.250	9.438
Atlanta	16	1.313	0.625	0.375	0.063	0.250	14.000
Minnesota	18	1.056	0.389	0.389	0.111	0.167	14.333
Carolina	16	1.188	0.250	0.563	0.063	0.313	13.188
Tennessee	19	1.368	0.368	0.684	0.158	0.158	18.684
Indianapolis	16	1.188	0.500	0.438	0.063	0.188	11.750
Cincinnati	16	0.750	0.125	0.313	0.000	0.313	7.875
Seattle	18	1.278	0.444	0.556	0.056	0.222	14.889
San Francisco	19	1.158	0.316	0.632	0.000	0.211	15.895
Tampa Bay	16	1.563	0.563	0.688	0.063	0.250	19.813
Pittsburgh	16	1.438	0.313	0.750	0.000	0.375	16.875
New England	17	1.412	0.588	0.529	0.059	0.235	16.059
Oakland	16	2.125	0.625	0.938	0.125	0.438	23.375
Baltimore	17	1.765	0.529	0.412	0.176	0.647	18.000
Detroit	16	1.313	0.625	0.438	0.125	0.125	11.188
Miami	16	1.500	0.688	0.688	0.063	0.063	15.000
N.Y. Giants	16	1.500	0.688	0.688	0.063	0.063	16.000
Kansas City	19	1.632	0.947	0.579	0.053	0.053	18.789
New Orleans	17	1.647	0.765	0.765	0.059	0.059	15.765
Dallas	16	1.250	0.375	0.500	0.000	0.375	16.250
N.Y. Jets	16	1.625	0.500	0.688	0.125	0.313	23.188
Houston	18	1.389	0.611	0.556	0.111	0.111	16.278
LA Rams	16	1.250	0.438	0.250	0.188	0.375	11.313
Washington	16	1.188	0.563	0.250	0.063	0.313	9.375
Philadelphia	17	1.235	0.412	0.529	0.000	0.294	11.235
LA Chargers	16	1.063	0.313	0.563	0.063	0.125	10.750
Buffalo	17	1.235	0.353	0.353	0.176	0.353	10.647
Arizona	16	1.188	0.250	0.625	0.063	0.250	12.688
Denver	16	1.500	0.750	0.500	0.000	0.250	13.875
Cleveland	16	1.500	0.375	0.500	0.063	0.563	20.188
Jacksonville	16	1.375	0.313	0.688	0.063	0.313	16.063