Passing Penalties

2009

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 (190), Defensive Holding (104), Illegal Contact (92), and Roughing the Passer (69)

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Team	Offensive Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Atlanta	597	0.028	0.007	0.012	0.005	0.005	0.199
Cleveland	472	0.015	0.002	0.006	0.006	0.000	0.193
Minnesota	660	0.030	0.008	0.014	0.003	0.006	0.374
Tampa Bay	557	0.018	0.002	0.009	0.004	0.004	0.232
Green Bay	650	0.037	0.009	0.022	0.002	0.005	0.423
Jacksonville	563	0.016	0.004	0.012	0.000	0.000	0.167
Houston	619	0.015	0.005	0.003	0.005	0.002	0.137
Seattle	650	0.025	0.008	0.012	0.003	0.002	0.278
Denver	592	0.022	0.005	0.012	0.002	0.003	0.323
Baltimore	593	0.017	0.000	0.010	0.005	0.002	0.320
San Diego	587	0.032	0.003	0.019	0.005	0.005	0.378
N.Y. Giants	574	0.024	0.005	0.005	0.009	0.005	0.233
Cincinnati	545	0.040	0.006	0.013	0.018	0.004	0.334
Detroit	627	0.022	0.005	0.010	0.005	0.003	0.300
New England	655	0.038	0.012	0.009	0.008	0.009	0.435
Arizona	692	0.026	0.007	0.012	0.001	0.006	0.315
Kansas City	581	0.026	0.003	0.015	0.003	0.003	0.246
Dallas	662	0.020	0.003	0.014	0.002	0.002	0.218
San Francisco	567	0.018	0.002	0.011	0.002	0.004	0.307
Pittsburgh	586	0.031	0.009	0.010	0.007	0.005	0.363
Buffalo	487	0.027	0.004	0.002	0.004	0.016	0.267
Washington	577	0.019	0.007	0.007	0.005	0.000	0.166
Oakland	532	0.024	0.002	0.009	0.011	0.002	0.274
N.Y. Jets	489	0.027	0.010	0.006	0.008	0.002	0.258
New Orleans	669	0.018	0.003	0.009	0.001	0.004	0.218
Philadelphia	636	0.022	0.006	0.011	0.005	0.000	0.193
Chicago	597	0.028	0.007	0.008	0.008	0.005	0.308
Indianapolis	746	0.025	0.003	0.016	0.003	0.004	0.412
St. Louis	584	0.015	0.009	0.003	0.000	0.003	0.127
Miami	579	0.017	0.007	0.007	0.002	0.002	0.199
Tennessee	490	0.024	0.010	0.002	0.012	0.000	0.153
Carolina	498	0.018	0.004	0.002	0.008	0.004	0.139