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

2011 Stats

Penalty Log

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Against	Beneficiary	Date	Player	Pos	Ref Crew	Week	Quarter	Time	Down	Distance	Yardage	Declined	Offsetting	Home	Phase
Cleveland	Cincinnati	09/11/11	K.Maiava	OLB	Bill Leavy	1	2	04:14	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Atlanta	Chicago	09/11/11	O.Mughelli	FB	Ed Hochuli	1	1	15:00	0	0	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Arizona	Carolina	09/11/11	B.Keith	T	Carl Cheffers	1	1	00:59	3	5	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
New England	Miami	09/12/11	C.Johnson	WR	Pete Morelli	1	1	02:03	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Jets	Jacksonville	09/18/11	S.Holmes	WR	Scott Green	2	3	12:40	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
San Francisco	Dallas	09/18/11	A.Snyder	G	Ron Winter	2	4	13:46	2	8	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Miami	Cleveland	09/25/11	J.Mastrud	TE	Walt Anderson	3	1	07:12	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tennessee	Denver	09/25/11	Unnamed		John Parry	3	4	01:39	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Minnesota	Detroit	09/25/11	C.Johnson	G	Ron Winter	3	3	09:16	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Green Bay	Chicago	09/25/11	J.Sitton	G	Mike Carey	3	1	12:16	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Seattle	Arizona	09/25/11	B.Giacomini	T	Al Riveron	3	4	13:30	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Pittsburgh	Indianapolis	09/25/11	J.Scott	T	Terry McAulay	3	4	10:03	3	8	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Buffalo	10/02/11	A.Green	WR	Gene Steratore	4	1	11:43	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Dallas	Detroit	10/02/11	P.Tanner	RB	John Parry	4	2	06:28	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Carolina	Chicago	10/02/11	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	4	1	11:29	2	12	5	No	No	No	Offense
Carolina	Chicago	10/02/11	T.Wharton	G	Terry McAulay	4	4	14:02	2	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
St. Louis	Washington	10/02/11	J.Smith	T	Walt Coleman	4	2	04:30	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Arizona	10/02/11	K.McKenzie	T	Jerome Boger	4	1	12:16	2	9	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Jacksonville	10/09/11	D.Roland	T	Al Riveron	5	4	04:02	3	6	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Atlanta	Green Bay	10/09/11	J.Jones	WR	Jeff Triplette	5	3	05:28	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
San Francisco	Detroit	10/16/11	A.Davis	T	Mike Carey	6	1	08:02	3	5	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
San Francisco	Detroit	10/16/11	A.Davis	T	Mike Carey	6	2	00:08	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
New Orleans	Tampa Bay	10/16/11	C.Brown	T	Jerome Boger	6	3	14:03	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	New Orleans	10/16/11	Unnamed		Jerome Boger	6	4	11:49	3	14	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Chicago	Minnesota	10/16/11	J.Webb	T	Walt Anderson	6	1	06:01	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Miami	10/23/11	R.Clady	T	Clete Blakeman	7	1	06:52	3	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Jets	San Diego	10/23/11	Unnamed		Ron Winter	7	2	11:23	2	1	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tampa Bay	Chicago	10/23/11	D.Dotson	T	Tony Corrente	7	1	12:39	2	1	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	Seattle	10/23/11	Unnamed		Mike Carey	7	3	09:29	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Baltimore	Jacksonville	10/24/11	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	7	4	12:34	2	14	6	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Miami	10/30/11	Unnamed		Ron Winter	8	4	04:09	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Baltimore	Arizona	10/30/11	Unnamed		Jeff Triplette	8	2	09:07	2	2	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Baltimore	Arizona	10/30/11	B.McKinnie	T	Jeff Triplette	8	2	06:51	3	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Washington	Buffalo	10/30/11	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	8	3	09:24	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
New Orleans	Tampa Bay	11/06/11	J.Graham	TE	Carl Cheffers	9	1	11:38	2	8	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Oakland	11/06/11	C.Clark	T	John Parry	9	4	11:06	2	9	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Tennessee	11/06/11	A.Green	WR	Jeff Triplette	9	4	04:19	3	6	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
San Diego	Oakland	11/10/11	K.Sperry	TE	Ed Hochuli	10	1	12:41	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Oakland	San Diego	11/10/11	Unnamed		Ed Hochuli	10	3	11:02	2	4	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Carolina	Tennessee	11/13/11	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	10	1	03:58	4	4	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Denver	Kansas City	11/13/11	E.Decker	WR	Ron Winter	10	4	03:24	2	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Miami	Washington	11/13/11	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	10	1	05:10	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Green Bay	Detroit	11/24/11	G.Jennings	WR	Terry McAulay	12	3	13:49	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Dallas	Miami	11/24/11	Unnamed		Pete Morelli	12	4	04:54	4	16	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Cincinnati	Cleveland	11/27/11	A.Green	WR	Walt Anderson	12	1	04:36	2	4	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	Cincinnati	11/27/11	T.Pashos	T	Walt Anderson	12	3	06:46	2	13	5	No	No	No	Offense
Houston	Jacksonville	11/27/11	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	12	1	00:47	3	12	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Minnesota	Atlanta	11/27/11	G.Camarillo	WR	Al Riveron	12	2	02:25	3	15	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
St. Louis	Arizona	11/27/11	H.Dahl	G	Mike Carey	12	2	15:00	2	8	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Oakland	Chicago	11/27/11	L.Murphy	WR	Ron Winter	12	2	09:03	3	19	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Giants	New Orleans	11/28/11	C.Snee	G	Gene Steratore	12	2	02:17	2	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Jets	Washington	12/04/11	P.Turner	WR	John Parry	13	3	02:59	2	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Washington	N.Y. Jets	12/04/11	L.Alexander	LB	John Parry	13	4	01:59	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Chicago	Kansas City	12/04/11	Unnamed		Jerome Boger	13	2	09:53	4	1	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Detroit	New Orleans	12/04/11	T.Young	WR	Clete Blakeman	13	1	05:08	2	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Green Bay	12/04/11	Unnamed		Jeff Triplette	13	3	08:34	2	3	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	San Diego	12/05/11	C.West	WR	Walt Anderson	13	2	04:57	2	5	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	Tampa Bay	12/11/11	M.Lewis	TE	Jerome Boger	14	1	07:20	2	3	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
New Orleans	Tennessee	12/11/11	J.Bushrod	T	Mike Carey	14	1	11:03	2	9	5	No	No	No	Offense
San Francisco	Arizona	12/11/11	D.Walker	TE	Al Riveron	14	3	01:21	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Chicago	12/11/11	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	14	2	14:24	2	7	4	No	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Chicago	12/11/11	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	14	3	13:05	3	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
St. Louis	Seattle	12/12/11	B.Bajema	TE	Bill Leavy	14	1	12:47	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Washington	12/18/11	M.Manningham	WR	Al Riveron	15	2	06:23	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Seattle	Chicago	12/18/11	C.Morrah	TE	Ed Hochuli	15	3	01:14	3	7	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Minnesota	New Orleans	12/18/11	P.Loadholt	T	Walt Anderson	15	1	10:19	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Minnesota	New Orleans	12/18/11	Unnamed		Walt Anderson	15	4	05:12	0	0	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
Carolina	Houston	12/18/11	Unnamed		Jeff Triplette	15	3	09:28	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Oakland	Detroit	12/18/11	D.Moore	WR	Bill Leavy	15	2	12:04	2	7	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Pittsburgh	San Francisco	12/19/11	M.Wallace	WR	Walt Coleman	15	2	08:54	1	20	5	No	No	No	Offense
New England	Miami	12/24/11	R.Gronkowski	TE	Al Riveron	16	4	10:49	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Oakland	Kansas City	12/24/11	K.Barnes	T	Mike Carey	16	2	11:10	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Oakland	Kansas City	12/24/11	S.Heyer	T	Mike Carey	16	2	10:06	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Baltimore	01/01/12	Unnamed		Tony Corrente	17	3	08:17	3	20	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Houston	Tennessee	01/01/12	K.Walter	WR	Ron Winter	17	2	13:00	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Green Bay	Detroit	01/01/12	M.Newhouse	G	Walt Coleman	17	4	08:46	2	7	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	01/01/12	J.Johnson	LB	Scott Green	17	2	10:38	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Carolina	New Orleans	01/01/12	J.Shockey	TE	Ed Hochuli	17	1	11:29	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Totals							2.35		1.71	8.65	235	31	0	43