Illegal Block Above the Waist

Definition

Often called on the field as "Illegal Block in the Back". A blocker contacting a non-ballcarrying member of the opposing team from behind and above the waist.

Outcome

10 yards

2012 Stats

Penalties By Week

Note: Offsetting and Declined penalties are ignored, except where specified.

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Week	Games	Total Count	Penalty Yards	Home	Away	Declined	Offsetting
1	16	8	80	3	5	0	0
2	16	9	80	2	7	2	1
3	16	8	64	6	2	1	0
4	15	9	88	4	5	0	0
5	14	5	35	1	4	0	0
6	14	6	60	1	5	0	0
7	13	4	38	3	1	0	0
8	14	3	24	2	1	1	0
9	14	6	54	3	3	0	0
10	14	7	63	3	4	0	0
11	14	8	74	5	3	0	0
12	16	8	80	4	4	0	0
13	16	9	83	5	4	0	0
14	16	7	66	4	3	0	0
15	16	6	51	3	3	4	0
16	16	3	26	1	2	1	2
17	16	4	38	3	1	1	0
Wildcard Weekend	4	1	5	1	0	0	0
Conference Championships	2	1	10	0	1	0	0
Totals	262	112	1019	54	58	10	3

Penalties By Week - Per Game

Note: Offsetting and Declined penalties are ignored, except where specified.

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Week	Games	Total Count	Penalty Yards	Home	Away	Declined	Offsetting
1	16	0.5	5	0.19	0.31	0	0
2	16	0.56	5	0.13	0.44	0.13	0.06
3	16	0.5	4	0.38	0.13	0.06	0
4	15	0.6	5.87	0.27	0.33	0	0
5	14	0.36	2.5	0.07	0.29	0	0
6	14	0.43	4.29	0.07	0.36	0	0
7	13	0.31	2.92	0.23	0.08	0	0
8	14	0.21	1.71	0.14	0.07	0.07	0
9	14	0.43	3.86	0.21	0.21	0	0
10	14	0.5	4.5	0.21	0.29	0	0
11	14	0.57	5.29	0.36	0.21	0	0
12	16	0.5	5	0.25	0.25	0	0
13	16	0.56	5.19	0.31	0.25	0	0
14	16	0.44	4.13	0.25	0.19	0	0
15	16	0.38	3.19	0.19	0.19	0.25	0
16	16	0.19	1.63	0.06	0.13	0.06	0.13
17	16	0.25	2.38	0.19	0.06	0.06	0
Wildcard Weekend	4	0.25	1.25	0.25	0	0	0
Conference Championships	2	0.5	5	0	0.5	0	0
Totals	262	8.04	72.71	3.76	4.29	0.63	0.19