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 England	19	2.053	1.000	0.737	0.158	0.158	26.737
Kansas City	17	1.059	0.529	0.235	0.059	0.235	8.000
Buffalo	17	0.941	0.353	0.353	0.176	0.059	9.412
Baltimore	16	0.750	0.375	0.250	0.000	0.125	8.188
Cleveland	16	1.625	0.375	0.750	0.125	0.375	17.250
Pittsburgh	17	1.353	0.235	0.882	0.000	0.235	21.471
Oakland	16	1.188	0.313	0.625	0.188	0.063	16.625
Jacksonville	19	1.316	0.368	0.474	0.105	0.368	15.947
Houston	16	2.313	0.750	1.063	0.125	0.375	26.750
Arizona	16	1.938	0.438	0.875	0.188	0.438	22.938
Green Bay	16	1.250	0.500	0.625	0.063	0.063	13.188
Carolina	17	1.176	0.471	0.529	0.000	0.176	13.412
Dallas	16	1.188	0.375	0.625	0.063	0.125	16.000
LA Chargers	16	1.375	0.313	1.000	0.000	0.063	16.750
Minnesota	18	1.833	0.556	0.944	0.111	0.222	25.278
Denver	16	1.125	0.313	0.500	0.000	0.313	14.563
Washington	16	1.000	0.375	0.375	0.000	0.250	12.563
Seattle	16	1.188	0.375	0.563	0.000	0.250	12.688
LA Rams	17	1.118	0.412	0.529	0.059	0.118	14.176
San Francisco	16	0.813	0.313	0.250	0.063	0.188	8.813
Tampa Bay	16	1.438	0.750	0.438	0.063	0.188	13.500
N.Y. Jets	16	1.250	0.375	0.438	0.000	0.438	14.438
Atlanta	18	1.222	0.611	0.389	0.111	0.111	10.944
Detroit	16	1.188	0.500	0.563	0.000	0.125	16.688
Indianapolis	16	1.063	0.688	0.125	0.000	0.250	11.000
Philadelphia	19	1.105	0.526	0.526	0.000	0.053	17.947
N.Y. Giants	16	0.750	0.313	0.313	0.063	0.063	7.000
Tennessee	18	1.167	0.611	0.167	0.111	0.278	9.833
Cincinnati	16	1.125	0.438	0.625	0.000	0.063	10.688
Miami	16	1.063	0.375	0.438	0.000	0.250	14.063
New Orleans	18	0.444	0.111	0.167	0.000	0.167	3.722
Chicago	16	1.188	0.688	0.188	0.063	0.250	9.375