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

2015 Stats

Penalty Log

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Against	Beneficiary	Date	Player	Pos	Ref Crew	Week	Quarter	Time	Down	Distance	Yardage	Declined	Offsetting	Home	Phase
Pittsburgh	New England	09/10/15	K.Beachum	T	Carl Cheffers	1	1	05:54	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Pittsburgh	New England	09/10/15	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	1	4	08:36	4	3	0	Yes	No	No	Special Teams
New England	Pittsburgh	09/10/15	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	1	4	07:45	4	12	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Green Bay	Chicago	09/13/15	R.Cobb	WR	Craig Wrolstad	1	3	04:21	2	2	5	No	No	No	Offense
Seattle	St. Louis	09/13/15	D.Coleman	FB	Jeff Triplette	1	2	03:06	4	16	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Miami	Washington	09/13/15	J.James	T	Walt Coleman	1	2	14:00	3	9	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Washington	Miami	09/13/15	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	1	4	10:55	3	24	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	N.Y. Jets	09/13/15	M.Schwartz	T	Jerome Boger	1	2	11:01	0	0	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Tampa Bay	Tennessee	09/13/15	G.Cherilus	T	John Hussey	1	3	00:50	1	11	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Tennessee	Tampa Bay	09/13/15	Unnamed		John Hussey	1	4	14:49	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	Tennessee	09/13/15	Unnamed		John Hussey	1	4	10:23	3	4	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tampa Bay	Tennessee	09/13/15	Unnamed		John Hussey	1	4	03:17	1	1	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Dallas	09/13/15	E.Flowers	T	Bill Vinovich	1	4	02:17	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
San Francisco	Minnesota	09/14/15	B.Ellington	WR	Ed Hochuli	1	1	00:28	2	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	New England	09/20/15	M.Mulligan	TE	Ron Torbert	2	2	06:38	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
San Diego	Cincinnati	09/20/15	J.Barksdale	T	Jeff Triplette	2	2	02:05	3	11	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Dallas	Philadelphia	09/20/15	Tyr.Smith	OL	Tony Corrente	2	2	08:16	3	12	5	No	No	No	Offense
Philadelphia	N.Y. Jets	09/27/15	L.Johnson	OL	Gene Steratore	3	3	13:52	2	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Jets	Philadelphia	09/27/15	B.Giacomini	T	Gene Steratore	3	3	07:17	3	5	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	New England	09/27/15	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	3	2	10:13	3	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Baltimore	09/27/15	A.Green	WR	Walt Anderson	3	1	09:20	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Buffalo	Miami	09/27/15	Unnamed		Jerome Boger	3	1	02:00	4	11	0	Yes	No	No	Special Teams
Detroit	Denver	09/27/15	E.Ebron	TE	Jeff Triplette	3	3	01:00	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Detroit	Denver	09/27/15	D.Slay	CB	Jeff Triplette	3	4	08:00	4	9	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Atlanta	Houston	10/04/15	N.Stupar	LB	Carl Cheffers	4	2	12:49	4	18	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Atlanta	Houston	10/04/15	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	4	4	04:43	4	3	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
Kansas City	Cincinnati	10/04/15	E.Fisher	T	Ron Torbert	4	4	04:11	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Indianapolis	Jacksonville	10/04/15	Unnamed		Ed Hochuli	4	1	10:25	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Indianapolis	Jacksonville	10/04/15	J.Harrison	C	Ed Hochuli	4	1	06:42	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	Indianapolis	10/04/15	Unnamed		Ed Hochuli	4	4	11:45	3	2	5	No	No	No	Offense
Indianapolis	Jacksonville	10/04/15	J.Reitz	T	Ed Hochuli	4	4	08:27	2	5	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Washington	Philadelphia	10/04/15	R.Grant	WR	Jerome Boger	4	1	15:00	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Philadelphia	Washington	10/04/15	N.Agholor	WR	Jerome Boger	4	2	01:30	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	Carolina	10/04/15	G.Cherilus	T	Gene Steratore	4	1	09:51	1	10	0	No	Yes	Yes	Offense
Carolina	Tampa Bay	10/04/15	M.Oher	T	Gene Steratore	4	2	02:01	3	24	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Buffalo	N.Y. Giants	10/04/15	K.Williams	DT	John Hussey	4	2	12:03	4	2	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Green Bay	San Francisco	10/04/15	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	4	1	02:50	4	4	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Denver	Minnesota	10/04/15	R.Harris	T	Walt Coleman	4	2	07:11	3	4	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Minnesota	10/04/15	M.Schofield	T	Walt Coleman	4	3	09:04	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	Tampa Bay	10/11/15	N.Jacobs	TE	Jerome Boger	5	3	13:40	1	10	0	No	Yes	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	Jacksonville	10/11/15	A.Marpet	G	Jerome Boger	5	3	02:47	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	Baltimore	10/11/15	G.Barnidge	TE	Jeff Triplette	5	2	09:13	4	6	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Cleveland	Baltimore	10/11/15	G.Barnidge	TE	Jeff Triplette	5	4	05:56	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cleveland	Denver	10/18/15	Unnamed		Craig Wrolstad	6	2	09:19	4	14	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Indianapolis	New England	10/18/15	Unnamed		Tony Corrente	6	3	01:14	4	3	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
Philadelphia	N.Y. Giants	10/19/15	J.Huff	WR	Carl Cheffers	6	3	09:56	3	2	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	Jacksonville	10/25/15	C.Clay	TE	Terry McAulay	7	3	00:10	1	6	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Miami	Houston	10/25/15	Unnamed		John Hussey	7	2	08:15	4	7	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Miami	Houston	10/25/15	J.Cameron	TE	John Hussey	7	2	00:56	1	10	0	No	Yes	Yes	Offense
Detroit	Minnesota	10/25/15	E.Ebron	TE	Ed Hochuli	7	1	03:16	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Baltimore	Arizona	10/26/15	J.Urschel	G	Ron Torbert	7	1	08:38	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
San Diego	Baltimore	11/01/15	J.Barksdale	T	Gene Steratore	8	3	08:42	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Pittsburgh	11/01/15	A.Green	WR	Tony Corrente	8	3	13:24	3	6	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Houston	Tennessee	11/01/15	D.Newton	T	Clete Blakeman	8	1	03:04	3	5	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
San Francisco	St. Louis	11/01/15	Unnamed		Jerome Boger	8	1	07:57	3	1	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
St. Louis	San Francisco	11/01/15	Unnamed		Jerome Boger	8	2	00:44	2	12	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
St. Louis	Minnesota	11/08/15	G.Reynolds	T	Ron Torbert	9	4	07:04	3	3	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Green Bay	Carolina	11/08/15	B.Bulaga	T	Gene Steratore	9	3	00:56	3	14	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
New England	Washington	11/08/15	S.Vollmer	T	Terry McAulay	9	2	09:26	1	7	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
San Diego	Chicago	11/09/15	Unnamed		Craig Wrolstad	9	1	09:24	2	5	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Carolina	Tennessee	11/15/15	M.Remmers	T	Walt Anderson	10	1	10:42	3	2	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cleveland	Pittsburgh	11/15/15	J.Dray	TE	Ron Torbert	10	3	01:23	1	11	5	No	No	No	Offense
Arizona	Seattle	11/15/15	Unnamed		Clete Blakeman	10	2	11:16	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Houston	11/16/15	A.Whitworth	T	Walt Coleman	10	3	10:47	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Detroit	Oakland	11/22/15	B.Pettigrew	TE	Clete Blakeman	11	2	09:55	4	3	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
N.Y. Jets	Houston	11/22/15	Unnamed		John Parry	11	2	13:52	4	8	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Green Bay	Minnesota	11/22/15	D.Bakhtiari	OL	Walt Coleman	11	3	02:37	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Miami	Dallas	11/22/15	J.Fox	T	Jeff Triplette	11	2	01:02	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Arizona	Cincinnati	11/22/15	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	11	1	03:46	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
New England	Buffalo	11/23/15	M.Cannon	OL	Gene Steratore	11	1	10:41	3	7	0	No	Yes	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	New England	11/23/15	S.Henderson	T	Gene Steratore	11	1	02:49	3	3	5	No	No	No	Offense
Detroit	Philadelphia	11/26/15	B.Pettigrew	TE	John Parry	12	1	09:35	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Seattle	Pittsburgh	11/29/15	G.Gilliam	T	Walt Anderson	12	4	03:00	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Houston	Buffalo	12/06/15	K.Lamm	T	Tony Corrente	13	4	05:46	2	14	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Chicago	San Francisco	12/06/15	Unnamed		Jerome Boger	13	3	06:57	2	6	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	12/06/15	D.Dotson	T	Ed Hochuli	13	1	04:26	1	15	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Philadelphia	New England	12/06/15	Unnamed		Ron Torbert	13	4	08:03	4	13	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
New England	Houston	12/13/15	Unnamed		Jeff Triplette	14	1	08:15	2	6	5	No	No	No	Offense
Indianapolis	Jacksonville	12/13/15	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	14	2	14:14	3	9	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Carolina	Atlanta	12/13/15	D.Funchess	WR	Tony Corrente	14	4	14:16	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Carolina	Atlanta	12/13/15	D.Funchess	WR	Tony Corrente	14	4	09:03	2	6	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
New Orleans	Tampa Bay	12/13/15	Z.Strief	T	Clete Blakeman	14	2	14:28	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
New Orleans	Tampa Bay	12/13/15	Unnamed		Clete Blakeman	14	4	15:00	2	9	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	St. Louis	12/17/15	G.Cherilus	T	Jerome Boger	15	2	14:45	1	10	2	No	No	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	St. Louis	12/17/15	Unnamed		Jerome Boger	15	3	13:17	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Carolina	12/20/15	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	15	4	00:05	2	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
New England	Tennessee	12/20/15	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	15	1	01:52	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tennessee	New England	12/20/15	D.Green	WR	Walt Coleman	15	3	05:09	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Washington	Buffalo	12/20/15	Unnamed		Clete Blakeman	15	2	00:08	2	2	0	No	No	Yes	Offense
New Orleans	Detroit	12/21/15	S.Kelemete	G	Pete Morelli	15	2	00:52	2	1	4	No	No	Yes	Offense
Oakland	San Diego	12/24/15	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	16	2	03:39	4	3	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Washington	Philadelphia	12/26/15	T.Compton	T	Walt Coleman	16	1	07:59	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Philadelphia	Washington	12/26/15	L.Johnson	OL	Walt Coleman	16	2	12:00	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Atlanta	Carolina	12/27/15	L.Toilolo	TE	John Parry	16	4	01:44	2	13	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
New England	Miami	01/03/16	M.Slater	WR	Ed Hochuli	17	4	05:05	4	23	0	No	Yes	No	Special Teams
Baltimore	Cincinnati	01/03/16	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	17	1	02:09	2	15	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Baltimore	Cincinnati	01/03/16	K.Osemele	G	Carl Cheffers	17	2	13:22	2	3	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
San Francisco	St. Louis	01/03/16	J.Staley	T	Walt Coleman	17	1	01:06	3	7	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Pittsburgh	Cincinnati	01/09/16	R.Foster	G	John Parry	Wildcard Weekend	2	01:05	2	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Carolina	Seattle	01/17/16	D.Mayo	LB	Tony Corrente	Divisional Playoffs	4	02:55	4	2	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Seattle	Carolina	01/17/16	A.Bailey	G	Tony Corrente	Divisional Playoffs	4	01:26	2	15	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Arizona	Carolina	01/24/16	Unnamed		Bill Vinovich	Conference Championships	2	01:56	0	0	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Totals							2.47		2.18	8.62	301	35	5	51