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

Penalties By Season

Note: Offsetting and Declined penalties are ignored, except where specified.

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Season	Games	Penalty Count	Penalty Yards	Home	Away	Declined	Offsetting	Total Flags
2020	269	49	243	24	25	31	4	84
2021	285	68	330	37	31	24	0	92
2022	284	49	234	21	28	24	0	73
2009	267	57	289	25	32	21	4	82
2010	267	63	309	28	35	46	2	111
2011	267	47	235	26	21	31	0	78
2012	267	42	210	26	16	16	0	58
2013	267	61	301	30	31	16	0	77
2014	267	42	210	21	21	27	2	71
2015	267	62	301	31	31	35	5	102
2016	267	68	340	32	36	33	2	103
2017	267	45	215	19	26	32	0	77
2018	267	75	371	36	39	26	3	104
2019	267	67	331	25	42	28	5	100
2023	285	59	288	30	29	19	2	80
2024	166	89	440	44	45	34	12	135
Totals	4226	943	4647	455	488	443	41	1427

Penalties By Season - Per Game

Note: Offsetting and Declined penalties are ignored, except where specified.

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Season	Games	Penalty Count	Penalty Yards	Home	Away	Declined	Offsetting	Total Flags
2020	269	0.18	0.90	0.09	0.09	0.12	0.01	0.31
2021	285	0.24	1.16	0.13	0.11	0.08	0.00	0.32
2022	284	0.17	0.82	0.07	0.10	0.08	0.00	0.26
2009	267	0.21	1.08	0.09	0.12	0.08	0.01	0.31
2010	267	0.24	1.16	0.10	0.13	0.17	0.01	0.42
2011	267	0.18	0.88	0.10	0.08	0.12	0.00	0.29
2012	267	0.16	0.79	0.10	0.06	0.06	0.00	0.22
2013	267	0.23	1.13	0.11	0.12	0.06	0.00	0.29
2014	267	0.16	0.79	0.08	0.08	0.10	0.01	0.27
2015	267	0.23	1.13	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.02	0.38
2016	267	0.25	1.27	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.01	0.39
2017	267	0.17	0.81	0.07	0.10	0.12	0.00	0.29
2018	267	0.28	1.39	0.13	0.15	0.10	0.01	0.39
2019	267	0.25	1.24	0.09	0.16	0.10	0.02	0.37
2023	285	0.21	1.01	0.11	0.10	0.07	0.01	0.28
2024	166	0.54	2.65	0.27	0.27	0.20	0.07	0.81
Totals	4226	0.22	1.10	0.11	0.12	0.10	0.01	0.34