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	Offensive Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Chicago	529	0.032	0.004	0.021	0.004	0.004	0.384
Indianapolis	726	0.039	0.004	0.019	0.008	0.007	0.503
N.Y. Jets	539	0.050	0.022	0.020	0.006	0.002	0.391
Houston	671	0.024	0.004	0.012	0.001	0.006	0.316
Denver	655	0.040	0.012	0.020	0.006	0.002	0.415
Oakland	632	0.030	0.003	0.014	0.003	0.009	0.408
Baltimore	730	0.038	0.008	0.022	0.005	0.003	0.458
San Diego	576	0.028	0.012	0.009	0.000	0.007	0.297
Kansas City	515	0.025	0.004	0.014	0.004	0.004	0.342
Detroit	768	0.018	0.003	0.009	0.003	0.004	0.243
Minnesota	546	0.029	0.013	0.013	0.000	0.004	0.366
Atlanta	710	0.030	0.014	0.008	0.004	0.003	0.214
San Francisco	562	0.028	0.009	0.011	0.002	0.007	0.292
Arizona	665	0.014	0.005	0.008	0.000	0.002	0.156
Miami	540	0.048	0.004	0.022	0.009	0.013	0.591
Cincinnati	619	0.021	0.006	0.011	0.000	0.003	0.276
Washington	508	0.026	0.002	0.012	0.004	0.008	0.305
N.Y. Giants	559	0.038	0.007	0.021	0.007	0.002	0.513
Philadelphia	666	0.027	0.009	0.008	0.002	0.009	0.351
Green Bay	686	0.035	0.010	0.016	0.003	0.006	0.443
New England	764	0.033	0.008	0.018	0.004	0.003	0.376
Tennessee	578	0.029	0.012	0.009	0.007	0.002	0.220
New Orleans	686	0.015	0.006	0.007	0.000	0.001	0.179
Seattle	507	0.032	0.010	0.014	0.004	0.004	0.444
Tampa Bay	591	0.017	0.002	0.008	0.003	0.003	0.191
Carolina	526	0.042	0.015	0.011	0.004	0.011	0.344
Buffalo	538	0.024	0.004	0.009	0.002	0.009	0.297
Jacksonville	636	0.027	0.006	0.013	0.006	0.002	0.258
Pittsburgh	610	0.021	0.005	0.011	0.000	0.005	0.310
Dallas	694	0.024	0.009	0.010	0.006	0.000	0.251
Cleveland	602	0.017	0.003	0.005	0.003	0.005	0.209
St. Louis	592	0.015	0.008	0.005	0.000	0.002	0.152