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

2016 Stats

Penalty Log

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Against	Beneficiary	Date	Player	Pos	Ref Crew	Week	Quarter	Time	Down	Distance	Yardage	Declined	Offsetting	Home	Phase
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	09/11/16	V.Jackson	WR	Jeff Triplette	1	1	02:41	2	15	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Buffalo	Baltimore	09/11/16	Unnamed		Brad Allen	1	4	12:06	3	7	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Jets	Cincinnati	09/11/16	Unnamed		Clete Blakeman	1	2	00:01	4	3	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
N.Y. Giants	Dallas	09/11/16	S.Shepard	WR	Ron Torbert	1	4	12:11	3	5	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Dallas	Washington	09/18/16	Unnamed		Bill Vinovich	2	1	03:04	3	1	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Washington	Dallas	09/18/16	N.Paul	TE	Bill Vinovich	2	1	01:01	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Philadelphia	Chicago	09/19/16	B.Celek	TE	Jeff Triplette	2	3	14:10	2	8	5	No	No	No	Offense
Houston	New England	09/22/16	C.Fiedorowicz	TE	Walt Coleman	3	2	14:17	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Arizona	Buffalo	09/25/16	M.Floyd	WR	Walt Anderson	3	2	06:36	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Washington	09/25/16	Unnamed		John Hussey	3	3	13:10	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Washington	09/25/16	Unnamed		John Hussey	3	3	09:22	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Oakland	Tennessee	09/25/16	V.Alexander	G	Tony Corrente	3	4	09:20	2	9	5	No	No	No	Offense
LA Rams	Tampa Bay	09/25/16	B.Quick	WR	Ed Hochuli	3	1	04:11	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Chicago	Detroit	10/02/16	Unnamed		Tony Corrente	4	4	02:12	4	4	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
Tennessee	Houston	10/02/16	Unnamed		Clete Blakeman	4	3	10:13	1	10	0	No	Yes	No	Offense
Buffalo	New England	10/02/16	Unnamed		Pete Morelli	4	3	00:47	2	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Denver	Tampa Bay	10/02/16	Unnamed		Jerome Boger	4	2	01:54	4	7	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
LA Rams	Arizona	10/02/16	Unnamed		Gene Steratore	4	2	09:06	2	9	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Baltimore	Washington	10/09/16	Unnamed		Ron Torbert	5	3	12:07	2	5	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Philadelphia	Detroit	10/09/16	L.Johnson	OL	Pete Morelli	5	4	12:01	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Pittsburgh	N.Y. Jets	10/09/16	A.Villanueva	T	John Parry	5	2	06:00	4	2	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
Buffalo	LA Rams	10/09/16	C.Glenn	T	Walt Coleman	5	4	02:48	2	1	5	No	No	No	Offense
San Diego	Denver	10/13/16	S.McGrath	TE	Craig Wrolstad	6	3	05:40	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Miami	Pittsburgh	10/16/16	J.James	T	Ed Hochuli	6	2	09:55	1	1	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Baltimore	N.Y. Giants	10/16/16	Unnamed		Jeff Triplette	6	1	04:24	3	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tennessee	Cleveland	10/16/16	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	6	1	14:22	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	Tennessee	10/16/16	A.Pasztor	T	Carl Cheffers	6	1	07:01	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Oakland	Kansas City	10/16/16	Unnamed		Pete Morelli	6	3	10:53	4	2	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Indianapolis	Houston	10/16/16	H.Ridgeway	DT	Bill Vinovich	6	1	06:02	4	2	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Green Bay	Chicago	10/20/16	Unnamed		John Parry	7	2	06:49	4	3	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Washington	Detroit	10/23/16	R.Grant	WR	Walt Coleman	7	4	03:15	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Philadelphia	Minnesota	10/23/16	M.Tobin	G	John Hussey	7	4	12:37	2	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
San Francisco	Tampa Bay	10/23/16	T.Brown	T	Pete Morelli	7	2	08:29	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
San Francisco	Tampa Bay	10/23/16	T.Brown	T	Pete Morelli	7	3	05:55	3	6	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Pittsburgh	New England	10/23/16	Unnamed		Craig Wrolstad	7	1	01:00	4	4	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Pittsburgh	New England	10/23/16	Unnamed		Craig Wrolstad	7	4	15:00	2	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Atlanta	Green Bay	10/30/16	T.Gabriel	WR	Walt Anderson	8	1	13:41	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Atlanta	Green Bay	10/30/16	R.Schraeder	T	Walt Anderson	8	1	13:10	2	15	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Atlanta	Green Bay	10/30/16	J.Jones	WR	Walt Anderson	8	2	07:10	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	New England	10/30/16	Unnamed		John Parry	8	2	12:01	2	9	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	N.Y. Jets	10/30/16	Unnamed		Pete Morelli	8	2	09:21	2	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Houston	Detroit	10/30/16	C.Clark	T	Brad Allen	8	3	15:00	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Kansas City	Indianapolis	10/30/16	Unnamed		Craig Wrolstad	8	4	15:00	4	16	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Oakland	Tampa Bay	10/30/16	V.Alexander	G	Terry McAulay	8	2	03:27	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Oakland	Tampa Bay	10/30/16	V.Alexander	G	Terry McAulay	8	5	06:48	2	11	5	No	No	No	Offense
San Diego	Denver	10/30/16	J.Barksdale	T	Tony Corrente	8	2	14:18	2	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
San Diego	Denver	10/30/16	J.Barksdale	T	Tony Corrente	8	2	10:11	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Carolina	Arizona	10/30/16	D.Funchess	WR	Walt Coleman	8	1	09:52	2	6	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Arizona	Carolina	10/30/16	J.Veldheer	T	Walt Coleman	8	4	14:33	1	20	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	11/03/16	B.Myers	TE	Ron Torbert	9	2	08:58	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Atlanta	Tampa Bay	11/03/16	M.Sanu	WR	Ron Torbert	9	2	01:03	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Pittsburgh	Baltimore	11/06/16	Unnamed		John Hussey	9	2	00:08	4	20	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Pittsburgh	Baltimore	11/06/16	A.Brown	WR	John Hussey	9	4	14:56	2	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Miami	N.Y. Jets	11/06/16	L.Carroo	WR	Walt Coleman	9	3	15:00	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Miami	N.Y. Jets	11/06/16	L.Tunsil	OL	Walt Coleman	9	3	03:29	4	2	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
LA Rams	Carolina	11/06/16	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	9	4	00:34	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Indianapolis	Green Bay	11/06/16	Unnamed		Tony Corrente	9	4	14:28	4	14	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Carolina	Kansas City	11/13/16	E.Dickson	TE	Carl Cheffers	10	3	09:00	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Carolina	New Orleans	11/17/16	D.Williams	T	Pete Morelli	11	2	14:17	2	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	Cincinnati	11/20/16	C.Glenn	T	Terry McAulay	11	1	09:43	1	6	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Buffalo	11/20/16	J.Fisher	T	Terry McAulay	11	1	05:25	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Cincinnati	Buffalo	11/20/16	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	11	4	08:19	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	Detroit	11/20/16	J.Parnell	T	Bill Vinovich	11	1	08:05	1	15	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Jacksonville	Detroit	11/20/16	J.Ramsey	CB	Bill Vinovich	11	4	00:26	4	6	0	Yes	No	No	Special Teams
Philadelphia	Seattle	11/20/16	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	11	2	05:57	3	6	5	No	No	No	Offense
Minnesota	Detroit	11/24/16	C.Patterson	WR	Carl Cheffers	12	4	00:43	3	2	5	No	No	No	Offense
Indianapolis	Pittsburgh	11/24/16	J.McNary	ILB	Walt Coleman	12	2	06:17	4	11	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Pittsburgh	Indianapolis	11/24/16	A.Villanueva	T	Walt Coleman	12	2	00:58	2	7	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Baltimore	Cincinnati	11/27/16	R.Stanley	OL	Clete Blakeman	12	2	08:03	2	1	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	Buffalo	11/27/16	M.Jack	LB	Tony Corrente	12	2	01:38	4	5	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Jacksonville	Buffalo	11/27/16	M.Jack	LB	Tony Corrente	12	3	04:42	4	10	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Tennessee	Chicago	11/27/16	D.Kelly	T	Ed Hochuli	12	1	12:55	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	Seattle	11/27/16	G.Cherilus	T	Bill Vinovich	12	1	05:19	2	5	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Kansas City	11/27/16	Unnamed		Pete Morelli	12	3	01:51	4	2	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Carolina	Oakland	11/27/16	T.Turner	G	Jerome Boger	12	2	01:04	2	6	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Oakland	Buffalo	12/04/16	A.Howard	T	Bill Vinovich	13	1	13:25	3	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Pittsburgh	N.Y. Giants	12/04/16	Unnamed		Terry McAulay	13	1	05:11	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Carolina	Seattle	12/04/16	T.Turner	G	John Parry	13	2	01:35	3	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
San Diego	Carolina	12/11/16	Unnamed		Ron Torbert	14	2	04:42	3	8	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Carolina	San Diego	12/11/16	Unnamed		Ron Torbert	14	4	00:26	4	12	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Cincinnati	Cleveland	12/11/16	J.Fisher	T	Gene Steratore	14	1	00:58	3	5	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Cleveland	Cincinnati	12/11/16	Unnamed		Gene Steratore	14	2	14:11	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cincinnati	Cleveland	12/11/16	J.Shaw	CB	Gene Steratore	14	4	01:14	4	6	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Jacksonville	Minnesota	12/11/16	M.Lee	WR	John Hussey	14	3	11:32	3	6	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Jets	San Francisco	12/11/16	Unnamed		Craig Wrolstad	14	4	01:28	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Jets	Miami	12/17/16	Unnamed		Pete Morelli	15	3	10:37	4	12	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
New England	Denver	12/18/16	M.Mitchell	WR	Walt Anderson	15	1	11:18	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Washington	Carolina	12/19/16	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	15	4	03:44	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
San Diego	Cleveland	12/24/16	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	16	2	04:49	4	11	0	Yes	No	No	Special Teams
San Diego	Cleveland	12/24/16	Unnamed		Walt Coleman	16	4	03:54	3	11	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Minnesota	Green Bay	12/24/16	Unnamed		Jeff Triplette	16	4	01:18	1	1	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tennessee	Jacksonville	12/24/16	Unnamed		Pete Morelli	16	3	08:13	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tennessee	Jacksonville	12/24/16	J.Conklin	T	Pete Morelli	16	4	12:08	2	2	5	No	No	No	Offense
Indianapolis	Oakland	12/24/16	C.Rogers	WR	Ed Hochuli	16	4	08:50	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Baltimore	Pittsburgh	12/25/16	Unnamed		John Parry	16	2	00:29	3	6	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Denver	Kansas City	12/25/16	D.Stephenson	T	Tony Corrente	16	2	01:03	1	15	0	No	Yes	No	Offense
Atlanta	New Orleans	01/01/17	L.Reynolds	LB	Ron Torbert	17	4	10:22	4	6	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Dallas	Philadelphia	01/01/17	E.Cleary	T	Walt Coleman	17	1	00:43	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tennessee	Houston	01/01/17	A.Woods	NT	Bill Vinovich	17	2	00:23	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Kansas City	San Diego	01/01/17	Unnamed		Walt Anderson	17	4	01:11	4	7	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
San Francisco	Seattle	01/01/17	Unnamed		Tony Corrente	17	3	04:59	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Atlanta	Seattle	01/14/17	P.Wheeler	LB	Gene Steratore	Divisional Playoffs	3	06:59	4	2	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
New England	Atlanta	02/05/17	S.McClellin	OLB	Carl Cheffers	Super Bowl	2	08:48	0	0	5	No	No	No	Defense
Totals							2.51		2.18	8.06	340	33	2	47