Illegal Contact

Definition

Making significant contact with a receiver after the receiver has advanced five yards beyond the line of scrimmage. Exceptions: The illegal contact is called only if the quarterback is still in pocket and the ball is still in his hands.

Outcome

5 yards, automatic first down

2009 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	6	30	3	3	1	1
2	16	3	15	3	0	2	0
3	16	2	10	0	2	4	0
4	14	2	10	1	1	2	0
5	14	7	34	4	3	4	0
6	14	5	30	4	1	2	0
7	13	2	10	0	2	2	0
8	13	4	20	0	4	2	1
9	13	5	25	2	3	3	1
10	15	6	30	3	3	3	0
11	16	8	41	5	3	0	0
12	16	2	10	2	0	4	1
13	16	5	25	2	3	3	2
14	16	5	25	1	4	2	0
15	16	10	50	5	5	4	0
16	16	11	55	1	10	2	0
17	16	4	20	2	2	0	0
Wildcard Weekend	4	4	20	0	4	0	0
Conference Championships	2	1	6	0	1	0	0
Totals	262	92	466	38	54	40	6

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	0.38	1.88	0.19	0.19	0.06	0.06
2	16	0.19	0.94	0.19	0	0.13	0
3	16	0.13	0.63	0	0.13	0.25	0
4	14	0.14	0.71	0.07	0.07	0.14	0
5	14	0.5	2.43	0.29	0.21	0.29	0
6	14	0.36	2.14	0.29	0.07	0.14	0
7	13	0.15	0.77	0	0.15	0.15	0
8	13	0.31	1.54	0	0.31	0.15	0.08
9	13	0.38	1.92	0.15	0.23	0.23	0.08
10	15	0.4	2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0
11	16	0.5	2.56	0.31	0.19	0	0
12	16	0.13	0.63	0.13	0	0.25	0.06
13	16	0.31	1.56	0.13	0.19	0.19	0.13
14	16	0.31	1.56	0.06	0.25	0.13	0
15	16	0.63	3.13	0.31	0.31	0.25	0
16	16	0.69	3.44	0.06	0.63	0.13	0
17	16	0.25	1.25	0.13	0.13	0	0
Wildcard Weekend	4	1	5	0	1	0	0
Conference Championships	2	0.5	3	0	0.5	0	0
Totals	262	7.26	37.09	2.51	4.76	2.69	0.41