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

2012 Stats

Penalty Log

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Against	Beneficiary	Date	Player	Pos	Ref Crew	Week	Quarter	Time	Down	Distance	Yardage	Declined	Offsetting	Home	Phase
Detroit	St. Louis	09/09/12	D.Hogue	LB	Donovan Briggans	1	3	06:03	4	3	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Denver	Pittsburgh	09/09/12	Unnamed		Gerald Wright	1	1	11:35	2	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Pittsburgh	09/09/12	Unnamed		Gerald Wright	1	1	00:54	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Pittsburgh	Denver	09/09/12	Unnamed		Gerald Wright	1	2	02:56	2	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Pittsburgh	Denver	09/09/12	M.Adams	T	Gerald Wright	1	2	02:08	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
New England	Arizona	09/16/12	Unnamed		David Scott	2	3	02:53	4	15	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Minnesota	Indianapolis	09/16/12	P.Loadholt	T	Don King	2	1	09:08	2	12	5	No	No	No	Offense
Miami	Oakland	09/16/12	J.Long	T	Mike Shepherd	2	2	12:47	3	8	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Tennessee	Detroit	09/23/12	Unnamed		Gerald Wright	3	2	05:10	4	2	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Tennessee	Detroit	09/23/12	D.Stewart	T	Gerald Wright	3	3	09:54	3	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Atlanta	San Diego	09/23/12	J.Snelling	FB	Jim Core	3	1	05:50	3	4	5	No	No	No	Offense
Pittsburgh	Oakland	09/23/12	M.Gilbert	T	David White	3	3	04:12	2	8	5	No	No	No	Offense
Baltimore	Cleveland	09/27/12	Unnamed		Gene Steratore	4	1	07:02	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tennessee	Houston	09/30/12	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	4	2	14:09	3	16	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Kansas City	San Diego	09/30/12	E.Winston	T	Bill Leavy	4	2	12:59	3	4	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
St. Louis	Seattle	09/30/12	B.Gibson	WR	Mike Carey	4	2	03:50	2	5	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Oakland	09/30/12	J.Tamme	TE	Pete Morelli	4	1	04:53	1	15	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
New Orleans	Green Bay	09/30/12	M.Colston	WR	Jeff Triplette	4	2	04:22	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Pittsburgh	Philadelphia	10/07/12	M.Wallace	WR	Tony Corrente	5	1	03:25	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tennessee	Minnesota	10/07/12	Unnamed		Jeff Triplette	5	4	01:31	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Miami	Cincinnati	10/07/12	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	5	3	13:09	2	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Denver	New England	10/07/12	Unnamed		Gene Steratore	5	1	08:22	3	5	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Tennessee	Pittsburgh	10/11/12	C.Stevens	TE	Ed Hochuli	6	2	11:59	3	16	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Green Bay	Houston	10/14/12	M.Newhouse	G	Jerome Boger	6	4	02:08	3	6	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
San Francisco	Seattle	10/18/12	D.Dobbs	DE	Walt Anderson	7	3	11:59	4	2	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Minnesota	Arizona	10/21/12	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	7	3	07:41	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tampa Bay	New Orleans	10/21/12	Unnamed		Jerome Boger	7	4	10:33	4	8	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
Indianapolis	Cleveland	10/21/12	T.Hills	T	Carl Cheffers	7	1	13:45	2	4	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
New England	St. Louis	10/28/12	S.Vollmer	T	Walt Coleman	8	4	13:34	3	3	5	No	No	No	Offense
Atlanta	Philadelphia	10/28/12	Unnamed		Gene Steratore	8	2	07:51	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Detroit	Seattle	10/28/12	W.Young	LB	John Parry	8	1	10:03	4	5	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Washington	Carolina	11/04/12	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	9	4	01:49	1	3	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tennessee	Chicago	11/04/12	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	9	1	08:10	2	5	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tennessee	Chicago	11/04/12	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	9	1	07:39	2	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Baltimore	Cleveland	11/04/12	T.Smith	WR	Jeff Triplette	9	1	06:53	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cleveland	Baltimore	11/04/12	J.Cameron	TE	Jeff Triplette	9	2	14:03	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	Baltimore	11/04/12	Unnamed		Jeff Triplette	9	4	09:33	3	6	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Houston	Buffalo	11/04/12	Unnamed		Bill Vinovich	9	1	13:09	4	4	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Minnesota	Detroit	11/11/12	P.Loadholt	T	Pete Morelli	10	3	12:42	3	7	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
St. Louis	San Francisco	11/11/12	R.Saffold	G	Clete Blakeman	10	1	03:55	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
San Francisco	St. Louis	11/11/12	K.Williams	WR	Clete Blakeman	10	2	08:49	3	2	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
St. Louis	San Francisco	11/11/12	R.Saffold	G	Clete Blakeman	10	5	14:55	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Kansas City	Pittsburgh	11/12/12	J.Baldwin	WR	Carl Cheffers	10	3	03:59	3	7	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Washington	Philadelphia	11/18/12	P.Riley	ILB	Terry McAulay	11	1	04:32	4	6	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Washington	Philadelphia	11/18/12	T.Polumbus	T	Terry McAulay	11	3	15:00	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
St. Louis	San Francisco	12/02/12	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	13	4	00:59	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Oakland	Cleveland	12/02/12	R.Streater	WR	Bill Leavy	13	4	00:57	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
San Diego	Cincinnati	12/02/12	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	13	2	01:45	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Cincinnati	San Diego	12/02/12	D.Roland	T	Walt Coleman	13	4	04:56	1	6	5	No	No	No	Offense
Atlanta	Carolina	12/09/12	T.Clabo	T	Ed Hochuli	14	4	02:16	2	1	5	No	No	No	Offense
Houston	New England	12/10/12	K.Walter	WR	Terry McAulay	14	1	15:00	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Detroit	Atlanta	12/22/12	C.Johnson	WR	Gene Steratore	16	2	04:16	3	3	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Cleveland	12/23/12	R.Clady	T	Al Riveron	16	3	05:09	1	3	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Jets	San Diego	12/23/12	B.Moore	G	Pete Morelli	16	3	10:21	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Washington	Dallas	12/30/12	T.Williams	T	Walt Anderson	17	4	06:56	3	8	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Oakland	San Diego	12/30/12	B.Myers	TE	John Parry	17	4	09:00	3	2	5	No	No	No	Offense
Seattle	St. Louis	12/30/12	A.Lucas	T	Jeff Triplette	17	4	10:14	2	6	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
San Francisco	Baltimore	02/03/13	V.Davis	TE	Jerome Boger	Super Bowl	1	15:00	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Totals							2.4		2.23	7.76	210	16	0	37