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

2023 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	Houston	01/13/24	Unnamed		Clay Martin	Wildcard Weekend	3	11:41	4	4	0	No	Yes	No	Special Teams
Miami	Kansas City	01/13/24	Unnamed		Brad Rogers	Wildcard Weekend	1	03:39	3	1	4	No	No	No	Offense
Carolina	Atlanta	09/10/23	J.Mingo	WR	Brad Rogers	1	3	02:54	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Carolina	Atlanta	09/10/23	Unnamed		Brad Rogers	1	4	14:12	0	0	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Baltimore	Houston	09/10/23	Unnamed		Tra Blake	1	4	06:45	1	9	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cincinnati	Cleveland	09/10/23	Unnamed		Clete Blakeman	1	2	02:00	2	7	5	No	No	No	Offense
Cleveland	Cincinnati	09/10/23	Unnamed		Clete Blakeman	1	3	11:05	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	Indianapolis	09/10/23	T.Bigsby	RB	Clay Martin	1	2	13:19	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
New Orleans	Tennessee	09/10/23	Unnamed		Ron Torbert	1	2	01:43	4	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
Las Vegas	Denver	09/10/23	Unnamed		Bill Vinovich	1	3	02:19	2	1	5	No	No	No	Offense
Philadelphia	New England	09/10/23	J.Mailata	OL	Shawn Hochuli	1	2	09:42	3	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Seattle	LA Rams	09/10/23	Unnamed		Shawn Smith	1	4	09:19	4	8	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Seattle	Detroit	09/17/23	Unnamed		Alex Kemp	2	4	12:31	3	5	5	No	No	No	Offense
Indianapolis	Houston	09/17/23	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	2	2	14:24	3	20	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Houston	Indianapolis	09/17/23	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	2	2	07:06	3	3	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Kansas City	Jacksonville	09/17/23	J.Taylor	OL	Adrian Hill	2	2	03:09	2	17	5	No	No	No	Offense
San Francisco	LA Rams	09/17/23	Unnamed		Brad Allen	2	3	09:24	2	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
New England	Miami	09/17/23	C.Board	LB	Shawn Smith	2	4	11:21	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Pittsburgh	Cleveland	09/18/23	Co.Heyward	TE	Ron Torbert	2	2	02:52	4	10	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Green Bay	New Orleans	09/24/23	Unnamed		Brad Rogers	3	2	06:51	3	5	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	Houston	09/24/23	L.Farrell	TE	Scott Novak	3	3	13:09	2	5	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Seattle	Carolina	09/24/23	Unnamed		Ron Torbert	3	3	06:38	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Kansas City	Chicago	09/24/23	J.Taylor	OL	Alan Eck	3	2	02:00	3	7	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Kansas City	Chicago	09/24/23	J.Taylor	OL	Alan Eck	3	2	00:27	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	Miami	10/01/23	D.Edwards	OL	Adrian Hill	4	2	10:35	2	6	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Miami	Buffalo	10/01/23	Unnamed		Adrian Hill	4	2	09:58	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Minnesota	Carolina	10/01/23	B.Asamoah	LB	Tra Blake	4	2	09:43	0	0	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Cleveland	Baltimore	10/01/23	Unnamed		Brad Allen	4	4	11:59	4	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
Washington	Philadelphia	10/01/23	D.Brown	WR	Ron Torbert	4	4	09:41	3	1	5	No	No	No	Offense
Dallas	New England	10/01/23	Unnamed		Scott Novak	4	3	11:43	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Carolina	Detroit	10/08/23	Unnamed		Adrian Hill	5	1	01:25	2	6	5	No	No	No	Offense
New Orleans	New England	10/08/23	Unnamed		Alex Kemp	5	1	10:39	4	19	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Pittsburgh	Baltimore	10/08/23	C.Okorafor	OL	Carl Cheffers	5	4	01:00	3	12	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Minnesota	Kansas City	10/08/23	Unnamed		Land Clark	5	4	08:55	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tennessee	Baltimore	10/15/23	Unnamed		Bill Vinovich	6	2	14:25	3	1	4	No	No	Yes	Offense
Carolina	Miami	10/15/23	Unnamed		Craig Wrolstad	6	4	04:26	0	0	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Dallas	LA Chargers	10/16/23	T.Wheat	DL	Land Clark	6	2	09:49	4	4	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Indianapolis	Cleveland	10/22/23	T.Bryan	DL	Shawn Smith	7	1	11:38	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Cleveland	Indianapolis	10/22/23	Unnamed		Shawn Smith	7	1	11:01	3	8	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	10/22/23	Unnamed		Ron Torbert	7	2	11:47	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Arizona	Seattle	10/22/23	Unnamed		Scott Novak	7	1	12:30	3	5	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Minnesota	Green Bay	10/29/23	J.Metellus	DB	Shawn Hochuli	8	1	06:25	4	6	0	No	Yes	No	Special Teams
New Orleans	Indianapolis	10/29/23	B.Bresee	DL	Craig Wrolstad	8	1	07:05	4	6	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Tennessee	Atlanta	10/29/23	Unnamed		Clay Martin	8	4	14:17	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Kansas City	10/29/23	Unnamed		Brad Allen	8	3	09:04	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Denver	Kansas City	10/29/23	Unnamed		Brad Allen	8	3	00:46	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Washington	New England	11/05/23	Unnamed		Adrian Hill	9	2	06:06	0	0	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Las Vegas	N.Y. Giants	11/05/23	Unnamed		Alan Eck	9	4	10:22	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Dallas	Philadelphia	11/05/23	C.Edoga	OL	Tra Blake	9	4	06:34	1	2	5	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Jets	LA Chargers	11/06/23	Unnamed		Craig Wrolstad	9	2	07:43	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tampa Bay	Detroit	01/21/24	S.Dennis	LB	Bill Vinovich	Divisional Playoffs	3	08:22	4	14	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Cleveland	Baltimore	11/12/23	Unnamed		Land Clark	10	2	08:16	3	16	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Green Bay	Pittsburgh	11/12/23	Z.Tom	OL	Scott Novak	10	3	00:12	3	6	5	No	No	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	Tennessee	11/12/23	Unnamed		Alan Eck	10	4	05:30	3	6	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cincinnati	Baltimore	11/16/23	Unnamed		Adrian Hill	11	3	04:02	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Houston	Arizona	11/19/23	Unnamed		Alex Kemp	11	1	13:28	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Denver	Minnesota	11/19/23	G.Bolles	OL	Ron Torbert	11	4	13:43	3	1	4	No	No	Yes	Offense
Detroit	Green Bay	11/23/23	T.Walker	DB	Carl Cheffers	12	4	00:41	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Jacksonville	Houston	11/26/23	W.Little	OL	Clay Martin	12	3	14:16	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Jacksonville	Houston	11/26/23	Unnamed		Clay Martin	12	4	11:38	4	1	5	No	No	No	Offense
LA Rams	Arizona	11/26/23	K.Turner	DL	Shawn Smith	12	1	04:50	0	0	1	No	No	No	Special Teams
Pittsburgh	Arizona	12/03/23	Unnamed		Land Clark	13	2	12:04	2	4	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Pittsburgh	Arizona	12/03/23	Unnamed		Land Clark	13	3	11:33	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Houston	Denver	12/03/23	H.To'oTo'o	LB	Shawn Smith	13	2	07:14	4	2	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Houston	Denver	12/03/23	Unnamed		Shawn Smith	13	3	10:58	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	LA Rams	12/03/23	C.Tillman	WR	John Hussey	13	3	06:47	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Pittsburgh	New England	12/07/23	C.Okorafor	OL	Clay Martin	14	2	10:27	2	7	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	Jacksonville	12/10/23	Unnamed		Ron Torbert	14	2	05:56	2	2	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Jets	Houston	12/10/23	Unnamed		Brad Allen	14	2	00:12	4	17	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
Tennessee	Miami	12/11/23	Unnamed		Adrian Hill	14	3	03:00	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
Miami	Tennessee	12/11/23	B.Jones	DB	Adrian Hill	14	4	12:37	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
N.Y. Giants	New Orleans	12/17/23	M.Glowinski	OL	Carl Cheffers	15	3	08:39	1	10	5	No	No	No	Offense
LA Chargers	Buffalo	12/23/23	Unnamed		Adrian Hill	16	3	09:49	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Detroit	Minnesota	12/24/23	T.Nowaske	LB	Land Clark	16	4	02:50	4	13	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Washington	N.Y. Jets	12/24/23	Unnamed		Clay Martin	16	1	12:14	3	7	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Las Vegas	Kansas City	12/25/23	C.Bolton	LB	Clete Blakeman	16	1	11:31	4	14	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
N.Y. Jets	Cleveland	12/28/23	Unnamed		Alex Kemp	17	1	01:54	1	5	5	No	No	No	Offense
Carolina	Tampa Bay	01/07/24	Unnamed		Clete Blakeman	18	4	06:33	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Minnesota	Detroit	01/07/24	C.Darrisaw	OL	Brad Rogers	18	1	07:21	2	19	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Jets	New England	01/07/24	Unnamed		Land Clark	18	3	04:10	2	6	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Totals							2.61		2.03	7.36	288	19	2	39