Passing Penalties

2012

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 (253), Defensive Holding (149), Roughing the Passer (90), and Illegal Contact (68)

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Team	Defensive Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Indianapolis	591	0.039	0.010	0.019	0.007	0.003	0.386
Chicago	633	0.017	0.003	0.006	0.005	0.003	0.139
Buffalo	572	0.040	0.009	0.021	0.007	0.003	0.455
Miami	641	0.036	0.008	0.020	0.005	0.003	0.427
Houston	697	0.032	0.009	0.013	0.007	0.003	0.336
Pittsburgh	560	0.029	0.005	0.021	0.000	0.002	0.613
New England	720	0.035	0.013	0.017	0.001	0.004	0.444
Kansas City	491	0.024	0.006	0.012	0.002	0.004	0.269
San Diego	607	0.031	0.008	0.013	0.005	0.005	0.313
Minnesota	692	0.026	0.004	0.013	0.003	0.006	0.363
Detroit	575	0.028	0.009	0.016	0.000	0.003	0.391
Carolina	593	0.022	0.003	0.015	0.000	0.003	0.288
N.Y. Jets	525	0.042	0.011	0.015	0.006	0.010	0.434
Arizona	535	0.026	0.004	0.015	0.004	0.004	0.329
Jacksonville	555	0.047	0.005	0.025	0.004	0.013	0.614
Tampa Bay	655	0.029	0.011	0.012	0.002	0.005	0.348
Philadelphia	514	0.039	0.012	0.016	0.010	0.002	0.346
Green Bay	679	0.028	0.010	0.009	0.004	0.004	0.383
Cleveland	637	0.041	0.006	0.020	0.009	0.005	0.493
Cincinnati	648	0.023	0.011	0.011	0.002	0.000	0.250
Baltimore	783	0.029	0.006	0.011	0.005	0.006	0.292
Denver	646	0.033	0.011	0.011	0.002	0.009	0.345
New Orleans	606	0.023	0.007	0.010	0.003	0.003	0.300
Washington	698	0.021	0.006	0.013	0.001	0.001	0.225
San Francisco	712	0.028	0.013	0.010	0.003	0.003	0.279
Seattle	667	0.022	0.009	0.007	0.001	0.004	0.220
Oakland	540	0.024	0.006	0.007	0.002	0.009	0.309
N.Y. Giants	567	0.016	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.000	0.123
Dallas	547	0.029	0.009	0.009	0.004	0.007	0.250
Tennessee	603	0.023	0.002	0.012	0.000	0.010	0.247
St. Louis	597	0.020	0.005	0.007	0.002	0.007	0.198
Atlanta	640	0.009	0.005	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.089