Passing Penalties

2016

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 (289), Defensive Holding (211), Roughing the Passer (89), and Illegal Contact (48)

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Team	Defensive Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Carolina	660	0.012	0.003	0.003	0.000	0.006	0.129
Atlanta	839	0.026	0.013	0.012	0.000	0.001	0.275
Houston	641	0.037	0.006	0.028	0.002	0.002	0.663
Jacksonville	584	0.036	0.012	0.015	0.002	0.007	0.461
Green Bay	735	0.024	0.010	0.010	0.000	0.005	0.246
Cincinnati	626	0.027	0.011	0.008	0.005	0.003	0.201
N.Y. Jets	571	0.035	0.012	0.021	0.002	0.000	0.459
Philadelphia	586	0.034	0.005	0.020	0.003	0.005	0.369
Kansas City	657	0.029	0.008	0.015	0.005	0.002	0.294
Pittsburgh	748	0.024	0.004	0.012	0.001	0.007	0.360
LA Rams	614	0.036	0.010	0.015	0.003	0.008	0.376
Tennessee	674	0.031	0.012	0.016	0.000	0.003	0.389
Detroit	608	0.035	0.015	0.016	0.000	0.003	0.447
New England	748	0.023	0.008	0.011	0.003	0.001	0.271
New Orleans	612	0.034	0.010	0.023	0.000	0.002	0.467
Washington	627	0.029	0.008	0.011	0.003	0.006	0.324
Arizona	593	0.032	0.008	0.013	0.002	0.008	0.371
Seattle	653	0.031	0.015	0.009	0.002	0.005	0.268
San Diego	615	0.031	0.011	0.013	0.002	0.005	0.211
Minnesota	589	0.039	0.015	0.015	0.005	0.003	0.458
Denver	592	0.044	0.020	0.017	0.003	0.003	0.434
N.Y. Giants	710	0.027	0.007	0.013	0.000	0.007	0.423
Tampa Bay	587	0.020	0.009	0.012	0.000	0.000	0.204
Oakland	590	0.049	0.022	0.025	0.000	0.002	0.478
Cleveland	569	0.030	0.007	0.009	0.009	0.005	0.313
Dallas	713	0.025	0.010	0.007	0.001	0.007	0.259
San Francisco	553	0.027	0.011	0.011	0.005	0.000	0.278
Chicago	567	0.048	0.011	0.016	0.009	0.012	0.557
Baltimore	609	0.033	0.007	0.015	0.007	0.005	0.360
Indianapolis	614	0.041	0.010	0.026	0.002	0.003	0.422
Miami	644	0.036	0.011	0.014	0.005	0.006	0.346
Buffalo	551	0.033	0.016	0.009	0.000	0.007	0.361