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	Offensive Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Denver	610	0.036	0.011	0.020	0.003	0.002	0.351
Tampa Bay	613	0.034	0.010	0.016	0.007	0.002	0.320
Chicago	586	0.024	0.007	0.014	0.000	0.003	0.348
Green Bay	793	0.034	0.014	0.013	0.004	0.004	0.494
Jacksonville	658	0.049	0.018	0.027	0.002	0.002	0.585
N.Y. Jets	586	0.031	0.007	0.014	0.002	0.009	0.374
Cincinnati	604	0.031	0.012	0.017	0.002	0.002	0.310
Cleveland	633	0.030	0.006	0.013	0.002	0.009	0.406
San Diego	616	0.041	0.023	0.015	0.002	0.002	0.281
Washington	630	0.030	0.008	0.011	0.002	0.010	0.500
San Francisco	539	0.022	0.009	0.009	0.000	0.004	0.184
Detroit	665	0.035	0.011	0.020	0.002	0.003	0.335
Tennessee	533	0.032	0.006	0.021	0.000	0.006	0.390
Kansas City	613	0.024	0.015	0.003	0.005	0.002	0.166
Miami	546	0.024	0.007	0.007	0.004	0.005	0.229
N.Y. Giants	665	0.023	0.005	0.014	0.002	0.003	0.203
Dallas	550	0.029	0.007	0.013	0.004	0.005	0.375
Seattle	673	0.025	0.007	0.012	0.000	0.006	0.363
LA Rams	585	0.027	0.010	0.014	0.000	0.003	0.320
Oakland	662	0.042	0.008	0.030	0.002	0.003	0.556
Minnesota	626	0.026	0.005	0.010	0.003	0.008	0.294
Philadelphia	642	0.023	0.005	0.009	0.003	0.006	0.279
Pittsburgh	715	0.027	0.011	0.014	0.000	0.001	0.281
Atlanta	680	0.032	0.009	0.018	0.001	0.004	0.385
Carolina	598	0.027	0.005	0.013	0.007	0.002	0.329
Baltimore	712	0.021	0.003	0.008	0.003	0.007	0.292
Houston	682	0.037	0.016	0.019	0.000	0.001	0.337
Buffalo	521	0.036	0.012	0.012	0.008	0.006	0.441
Arizona	687	0.045	0.019	0.016	0.006	0.004	0.397
Indianapolis	628	0.040	0.016	0.018	0.003	0.003	0.519
New England	727	0.040	0.021	0.012	0.001	0.006	0.392
New Orleans	701	0.024	0.009	0.006	0.001	0.009	0.267