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