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
Chicago	16	1.563	0.750	0.500	0.063	0.250	12.063
Green Bay	18	1.444	0.444	0.778	0.056	0.167	17.500
Minnesota	18	1.444	0.722	0.556	0.000	0.167	12.833
Atlanta	16	1.063	0.188	0.500	0.000	0.375	16.375
LA Rams	16	1.250	0.375	0.375	0.125	0.375	10.188
Cleveland	16	1.750	0.438	0.875	0.188	0.250	15.938
LA Chargers	16	1.500	0.438	1.000	0.063	0.000	16.750
Seattle	18	1.111	0.444	0.278	0.056	0.333	11.722
Cincinnati	16	1.938	0.563	0.813	0.125	0.438	20.000
Tampa Bay	16	1.438	0.500	0.750	0.000	0.188	18.500
San Francisco	19	1.158	0.263	0.632	0.000	0.263	11.789
New England	17	1.471	0.529	0.824	0.118	0.000	16.706
Pittsburgh	16	1.688	0.438	0.938	0.125	0.188	24.000
Denver	16	1.688	0.813	0.625	0.063	0.188	17.938
Arizona	16	1.188	0.188	0.563	0.188	0.250	16.438
Buffalo	17	1.000	0.412	0.294	0.000	0.294	12.765
Indianapolis	16	1.688	0.688	0.688	0.063	0.250	22.188
Tennessee	19	1.316	0.684	0.421	0.053	0.158	13.421
Oakland	16	0.938	0.438	0.313	0.063	0.125	9.875
Kansas City	19	1.947	0.895	0.684	0.105	0.263	21.000
Jacksonville	16	1.313	0.250	0.500	0.063	0.500	14.500
Miami	16	1.813	0.375	0.688	0.063	0.688	22.000
Philadelphia	17	1.529	0.529	0.471	0.118	0.412	19.235
N.Y. Giants	16	1.188	0.563	0.313	0.250	0.063	11.438
New Orleans	17	0.765	0.235	0.412	0.059	0.059	6.647
Washington	16	0.750	0.063	0.500	0.000	0.188	7.938
Carolina	16	0.500	0.125	0.313	0.000	0.063	9.688
Houston	18	1.500	0.944	0.167	0.056	0.333	11.056
Dallas	16	1.125	0.313	0.375	0.188	0.250	11.625
N.Y. Jets	16	1.250	0.313	0.500	0.000	0.438	15.625
Detroit	16	1.313	0.750	0.313	0.000	0.250	13.375
Baltimore	17	0.941	0.353	0.118	0.059	0.412	10.882