Passing Penalties

2015

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 (243), Defensive Holding (219), Roughing the Passer (102), and Illegal Contact (62)

Scroll left and right for additional columns.

Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
New England	18	1.278	0.333	0.556	0.111	0.278	18.667
Pittsburgh	18	1.444	0.278	0.944	0.056	0.167	23.556
Green Bay	18	2.056	0.556	0.833	0.444	0.222	29.500
Washington	17	1.118	0.471	0.353	0.059	0.235	11.294
Miami	16	1.063	0.313	0.438	0.063	0.250	12.313
Houston	17	1.176	0.471	0.471	0.000	0.235	12.588
Arizona	18	1.722	0.389	1.000	0.222	0.111	21.056
Baltimore	16	0.750	0.250	0.250	0.188	0.063	5.563
Tennessee	16	1.750	0.563	0.688	0.063	0.438	16.875
Dallas	16	1.375	0.750	0.375	0.125	0.125	9.813
Atlanta	16	1.125	0.438	0.375	0.250	0.063	8.500
Buffalo	16	0.563	0.063	0.250	0.063	0.188	9.313
N.Y. Giants	16	1.625	0.438	0.813	0.125	0.250	18.250
Chicago	16	0.875	0.125	0.563	0.000	0.188	14.500
Detroit	16	0.875	0.313	0.375	0.063	0.125	8.750
Tampa Bay	16	1.500	0.625	0.375	0.250	0.250	17.000
Oakland	16	1.250	0.438	0.500	0.063	0.250	15.813
Jacksonville	16	1.000	0.125	0.500	0.250	0.125	11.938
Philadelphia	16	1.438	0.313	0.688	0.063	0.375	18.125
Minnesota	17	1.353	0.529	0.471	0.118	0.235	15.059
St. Louis	16	0.750	0.188	0.375	0.000	0.188	13.938
Cincinnati	17	1.353	0.706	0.529	0.118	0.000	15.412
Indianapolis	16	1.188	0.375	0.375	0.125	0.313	11.500
Cleveland	16	0.938	0.438	0.125	0.188	0.188	6.313
San Diego	16	1.188	0.313	0.500	0.188	0.188	11.625
Denver	19	1.105	0.526	0.474	0.053	0.053	9.474
San Francisco	16	0.938	0.500	0.250	0.063	0.125	8.000
N.Y. Jets	16	0.938	0.438	0.375	0.000	0.125	11.313
Kansas City	18	1.167	0.556	0.278	0.111	0.222	11.500
Carolina	19	0.737	0.421	0.158	0.158	0.000	6.211
Seattle	18	0.444	0.111	0.167	0.056	0.111	6.444
New Orleans	16	1.375	0.750	0.063	0.063	0.500	11.688