Passing Penalties

2020

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 (314), Defensive Holding (175), Roughing the Passer (127), and Illegal Contact (59)

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Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Houston	16	1.000	0.188	0.563	0.188	0.063	9.938
Atlanta	16	1.438	0.250	0.813	0.063	0.313	14.813
Seattle	17	0.824	0.118	0.353	0.176	0.176	7.706
N.Y. Jets	16	2.188	0.500	0.625	0.188	0.875	26.188
Buffalo	19	1.105	0.158	0.579	0.053	0.316	13.421
New England	16	0.938	0.375	0.438	0.125	0.000	11.000
Baltimore	18	1.611	0.222	0.778	0.111	0.500	22.778
Chicago	17	1.529	0.235	0.765	0.235	0.294	17.235
Jacksonville	16	2.000	0.500	1.125	0.063	0.313	29.125
Indianapolis	17	1.118	0.235	0.588	0.176	0.118	15.882
New Orleans	18	2.222	0.556	1.056	0.167	0.444	27.778
Tampa Bay	20	1.000	0.300	0.400	0.000	0.300	12.400
San Francisco	16	1.563	0.625	0.500	0.063	0.375	15.688
Arizona	16	1.688	0.563	0.875	0.188	0.063	17.250
Carolina	16	1.563	0.688	0.438	0.125	0.313	14.063
Las Vegas	16	1.688	0.563	0.813	0.000	0.313	17.750
LA Rams	18	0.667	0.000	0.556	0.056	0.056	10.833
Pittsburgh	17	1.000	0.118	0.529	0.118	0.235	11.412
Denver	16	0.750	0.063	0.313	0.188	0.188	9.438
Dallas	16	1.625	0.500	0.625	0.188	0.313	17.875
Miami	16	1.375	0.313	0.438	0.313	0.313	14.813
Philadelphia	16	1.000	0.188	0.688	0.063	0.063	13.688
Cincinnati	16	0.938	0.188	0.625	0.063	0.063	10.188
Detroit	16	1.500	0.563	0.688	0.000	0.250	17.375
Minnesota	16	0.813	0.250	0.375	0.188	0.000	7.250
Kansas City	19	1.789	0.526	0.895	0.053	0.316	19.842
Washington	17	0.824	0.235	0.353	0.000	0.235	10.000
Tennessee	17	1.000	0.176	0.588	0.059	0.176	11.941
Green Bay	18	1.111	0.611	0.389	0.056	0.056	9.167
N.Y. Giants	16	1.000	0.375	0.313	0.125	0.188	9.438
Cleveland	18	0.500	0.222	0.222	0.056	0.000	5.944
LA Chargers	16	0.875	0.063	0.375	0.125	0.313	11.063