Illegal Formation

Definition

Fewer than 7 players line up on the line of scrimmage; or Eligible receivers fail to line up as the leftmost and rightmost players on the line; or when five properly numbered ineligible players fail to line up on the line.

Outcome

5 yards

2009 Stats

Penalty Log

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Against	Beneficiary	Date	Player	Pos	Ref Crew	Week	Quarter	Time	Down	Distance	Yardage	Declined	Offsetting	Home	Phase
Tennessee	Pittsburgh	09/10/09	D.Stewart	T	Bill Leavy	1	1	04:27	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tennessee	Pittsburgh	09/10/09	N.Washington	WR	Bill Leavy	1	2	05:19	2	7	0	No	Yes	No	Offense
Pittsburgh	Tennessee	09/10/09	M.Wallace	WR	Bill Leavy	1	2	00:07	3	18	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tennessee	Pittsburgh	09/10/09	D.Stewart	T	Bill Leavy	1	3	02:30	3	6	5	No	No	No	Offense
Baltimore	Kansas City	09/13/09	Unnamed		Gene Steratore	1	3	09:57	3	9	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Philadelphia	Carolina	09/13/09	S.Andrews	G	Jeff Triplette	1	3	05:36	2	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Buffalo	New England	09/14/09	D.Bell	T	Scott Green	1	1	12:51	3	7	5	No	No	No	Offense
Buffalo	New England	09/14/09	D.Bell	T	Scott Green	1	2	04:59	2	7	5	No	No	No	Offense
Detroit	Minnesota	09/20/09	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	2	2	11:27	4	1	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Green Bay	Cincinnati	09/20/09	J.Jones	WR	Ed Hochuli	2	1	03:53	2	5	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
New England	N.Y. Jets	09/20/09	J.Galloway	WR	John Parry	2	2	03:40	3	1	5	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Jets	New England	09/20/09	Unnamed		John Parry	2	3	14:23	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Philadelphia	New Orleans	09/20/09	Unnamed		Al Riveron	2	3	10:54	2	6	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Philadelphia	New Orleans	09/20/09	Unnamed		Al Riveron	2	4	05:17	4	5	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Indianapolis	Miami	09/21/09	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	2	2	00:23	2	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Baltimore	Cleveland	09/27/09	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	3	3	12:41	4	9	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Cincinnati	Pittsburgh	09/27/09	A.Collins	T	Gene Steratore	3	1	06:42	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
St. Louis	Green Bay	09/27/09	A.Barron	T	Walt Coleman	3	4	10:55	3	5	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Indianapolis	Seattle	10/04/09	Unnamed		Mike Carey	4	4	13:28	4	7	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Jacksonville	Tennessee	10/04/09	M.Williams	G	Al Riveron	4	2	02:30	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Kansas City	10/04/09	B.Kehl	LB	Jerome Boger	4	2	06:06	4	5	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
N.Y. Giants	Kansas City	10/04/09	K.McKenzie	T	Jerome Boger	4	3	12:22	1	20	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Miami	Buffalo	10/04/09	J.Long	T	Carl Cheffers	4	3	11:09	2	7	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
St. Louis	San Francisco	10/04/09	J.Wade	DB	Tony Corrente	4	2	01:29	3	4	5	No	No	No	Offense
Minnesota	Green Bay	10/05/09	P.Loadholt	T	Gene Steratore	4	3	15:00	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Baltimore	Cincinnati	10/11/09	T.Pryce	DE	Jeff Triplette	5	3	00:52	0	0	1	No	No	Yes	Defense
Washington	Carolina	10/11/09	D.Batiste	G	Walt Coleman	5	3	03:53	3	11	5	No	No	No	Offense
Dallas	Kansas City	10/11/09	M.Austin	WR	Ron Winter	5	2	10:21	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Seattle	Jacksonville	10/11/09	K.Williams	T	Scott Green	5	2	09:58	2	6	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	Seattle	10/11/09	M.Thomas	WR	Scott Green	5	3	00:05	2	6	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Houston	10/18/09	A.Whitworth	T	Bill Leavy	6	2	04:38	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Houston	Cincinnati	10/18/09	C.Barwin	OLB	Bill Leavy	6	3	00:07	4	5	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Green Bay	Detroit	10/18/09	C.Clifton	T	Jerome Boger	6	1	04:04	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Green Bay	Detroit	10/18/09	C.Clifton	T	Jerome Boger	6	2	09:06	2	7	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Carolina	Buffalo	10/25/09	J.Otah	T	Terry McAulay	7	1	00:30	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Arizona	N.Y. Giants	10/25/09	S.Breaston	WR	Al Riveron	7	1	06:57	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
San Diego	Oakland	11/01/09	S.Cooper	LB	Terry McAulay	8	3	13:46	4	19	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Tampa Bay	Green Bay	11/08/09	Unnamed		Pete Morelli	9	2	13:29	4	12	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
New Orleans	Carolina	11/08/09	Unnamed		Scott Green	9	2	04:48	2	13	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Detroit	Seattle	11/08/09	D.Williams	WR	John Parry	9	3	01:02	3	16	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Philadelphia	Dallas	11/08/09	T.Herremans	G	Walt Coleman	9	1	03:34	3	18	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Chicago	San Francisco	11/12/09	K.Shaffer	T	Ron Winter	10	4	02:36	3	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Pittsburgh	11/15/09	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	10	1	04:26	0	0	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Buffalo	Tennessee	11/15/09	T.Owens	WR	John Parry	10	2	14:03	3	24	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Oakland	Kansas City	11/15/09	C.Schilens	WR	Mike Carey	10	2	10:22	3	16	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Seattle	Arizona	11/15/09	R.Willis	T	Walt Coleman	10	4	02:09	1	4	5	No	No	No	Offense
San Diego	Philadelphia	11/15/09	M.McNeill	T	Jerome Boger	10	4	12:42	3	15	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Washington	Dallas	11/22/09	Unnamed		Al Riveron	11	4	02:41	0	0	7	No	No	No	Special Teams
Seattle	Minnesota	11/22/09	J.Babineaux	FS	Ed Hochuli	11	2	10:05	0	0	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Minnesota	Seattle	11/22/09	P.Loadholt	T	Ed Hochuli	11	4	06:37	3	5	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Atlanta	Tampa Bay	11/29/09	T.Clabo	T	Walt Anderson	12	1	12:19	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cincinnati	Cleveland	11/29/09	C.Johnson	WR	Mike Carey	12	1	05:10	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Baltimore	Pittsburgh	11/29/09	M.Oher	T	Ed Hochuli	12	2	02:54	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
New England	New Orleans	11/30/09	N.Kaczur	T	Pete Morelli	12	3	12:30	2	9	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Detroit	Cincinnati	12/06/09	D.Williams	WR	Tony Corrente	13	1	09:34	3	5	0	No	Yes	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Detroit	12/06/09	Unnamed		Tony Corrente	13	4	06:19	2	11	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	San Diego	12/06/09	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	13	1	02:49	2	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	San Diego	12/06/09	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	13	1	00:45	0	0	0	No	Yes	Yes	Special Teams
Dallas	N.Y. Giants	12/06/09	D.Free	T	Bill Leavy	13	2	13:05	2	10	0	No	Yes	No	Offense
Green Bay	Chicago	12/13/09	Unnamed		Mike Carey	14	1	05:41	2	11	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Denver	Indianapolis	12/13/09	R.Quinn	TE	Bill Leavy	14	2	13:13	4	4	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Miami	Jacksonville	12/13/09	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	14	1	11:37	4	5	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Kansas City	Buffalo	12/13/09	B.Albert	T	Al Riveron	14	2	08:54	3	6	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Carolina	New England	12/13/09	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	14	3	09:43	3	12	5	No	No	No	Offense
New England	Carolina	12/13/09	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	14	4	04:15	2	11	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	Indianapolis	12/17/09	M.Thomas	WR	Walt Anderson	15	4	03:17	2	8	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Baltimore	Chicago	12/20/09	M.Oher	T	Bill Leavy	15	2	00:35	3	1	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cincinnati	San Diego	12/20/09	A.Whitworth	T	Carl Cheffers	15	3	12:22	1	10	6	No	No	No	Offense
Seattle	Tampa Bay	12/20/09	T.Houshmandzadeh	WR	Mike Carey	15	3	08:37	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Minnesota	Carolina	12/20/09	Unnamed		Pete Morelli	15	3	10:17	2	2	5	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Washington	12/21/09	W.Beatty	T	Walt Coleman	15	4	08:52	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
San Diego	Tennessee	12/25/09	M.McNeill	T	Tony Corrente	16	3	01:52	3	4	5	No	No	No	Offense
Buffalo	Atlanta	12/27/09	A.Ramsey	T	Bill Leavy	16	3	06:49	2	14	5	No	No	No	Offense
Seattle	Green Bay	12/27/09	D.Branch	WR	Walt Coleman	16	2	13:08	2	7	5	No	No	No	Offense
Baltimore	Pittsburgh	12/27/09	Unnamed		Pete Morelli	16	4	14:54	2	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Indianapolis	N.Y. Jets	12/27/09	A.Collie	WR	Terry McAulay	16	1	12:59	2	3	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Minnesota	Chicago	12/28/09	P.Harvin	WR	Gene Steratore	16	1	03:00	2	8	5	No	No	No	Offense
New Orleans	Carolina	01/03/10	Unnamed		Al Riveron	17	3	08:06	0	0	10	No	No	No	Special Teams
Cincinnati	N.Y. Jets	01/03/10	Unnamed		Walt Anderson	17	3	06:37	1	15	5	No	No	No	Offense
Green Bay	Arizona	01/03/10	G.Jennings	WR	Carl Cheffers	17	1	13:34	2	5	5	No	No	No	Offense
Kansas City	Denver	01/03/10	Unnamed		Scott Green	17	2	06:34	1	2	5	No	No	No	Offense
Arizona	Green Bay	01/10/10	L.Fitzgerald	WR	Scott Green	Wildcard Weekend	1	12:40	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Totals							2.36		2.15	8.26	289	21	4	40