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