Passing Penalties

2011

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 (210), Defensive Holding (124), Roughing the Passer (100), and Illegal Contact (70)

Scroll left and right for additional columns.

Team	Offensive Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
New Orleans	797	0.016	0.001	0.011	0.003	0.001	0.189
Buffalo	600	0.030	0.005	0.018	0.002	0.005	0.500
Chicago	521	0.021	0.006	0.006	0.000	0.010	0.192
St. Louis	604	0.030	0.005	0.012	0.008	0.005	0.348
San Francisco	571	0.019	0.005	0.009	0.004	0.002	0.208
San Diego	611	0.026	0.008	0.013	0.002	0.003	0.290
Cincinnati	606	0.038	0.005	0.021	0.005	0.007	0.584
Cleveland	610	0.030	0.007	0.015	0.000	0.008	0.313
Washington	630	0.029	0.011	0.005	0.003	0.010	0.275
Minnesota	559	0.021	0.004	0.011	0.002	0.005	0.277
Green Bay	641	0.036	0.008	0.019	0.005	0.005	0.410
Pittsburgh	626	0.022	0.006	0.008	0.003	0.005	0.275
Denver	524	0.040	0.008	0.010	0.006	0.017	0.525
Miami	522	0.031	0.006	0.015	0.004	0.006	0.433
N.Y. Giants	790	0.032	0.010	0.015	0.003	0.004	0.406
Jacksonville	513	0.023	0.008	0.010	0.002	0.004	0.267
Oakland	549	0.038	0.015	0.011	0.007	0.005	0.330
N.Y. Jets	586	0.039	0.010	0.019	0.005	0.005	0.476
Baltimore	648	0.028	0.005	0.017	0.005	0.002	0.502
Arizona	604	0.036	0.012	0.012	0.007	0.007	0.331
Dallas	609	0.018	0.005	0.008	0.003	0.002	0.181
Indianapolis	569	0.018	0.004	0.011	0.000	0.004	0.283
Tennessee	607	0.018	0.003	0.007	0.005	0.003	0.214
Houston	557	0.014	0.007	0.005	0.000	0.002	0.138
Kansas City	535	0.024	0.007	0.009	0.006	0.002	0.179
Carolina	555	0.029	0.004	0.005	0.005	0.014	0.281
New England	758	0.021	0.007	0.004	0.009	0.001	0.157
Detroit	745	0.020	0.008	0.005	0.003	0.004	0.223
Atlanta	663	0.026	0.006	0.011	0.002	0.008	0.275
Tampa Bay	620	0.016	0.003	0.010	0.000	0.003	0.174
Seattle	557	0.020	0.002	0.011	0.004	0.004	0.343
Philadelphia	587	0.022	0.005	0.003	0.005	0.009	0.193