Illegal Use of Hands

Definition

Illegal use of the hands against a player while attempting to ward off a block, cover a receiver, or tackle a ball carrier. There are several restrictions on how a player may initiate contact, such as hands to the facemask of the other player involved in the blocking.

Outcome

10 yards if committed by offense; 5 yards and automatic first down if committed by defense

2013 Stats

Penalty Log

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Against	Beneficiary	Date	Player	Pos	Ref Crew	Week	Quarter	Time	Down	Distance	Yardage	Declined	Offsetting	Home	Phase
Baltimore	Denver	09/05/13	T.Suggs	OLB	Walt Coleman	1	3	09:06	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Buffalo	New England	09/08/13	C.Glenn	T	Walt Anderson	1	1	04:00	1	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	New England	09/08/13	K.Urbik	G	Walt Anderson	1	3	02:18	3	1	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	Miami	09/08/13	O.Cousins	T	Mike Carey	1	2	12:55	2	8	8	No	No	Yes	Offense
Indianapolis	Oakland	09/08/13	E.Walden	OLB	Bill Vinovich	1	3	07:54	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Green Bay	San Francisco	09/08/13	J.Sitton	G	Bill Leavy	1	2	11:57	1	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
Philadelphia	Washington	09/09/13	C.Thornton	DE	Ron Winter	1	2	00:52	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Houston	Tennessee	09/15/13	J.Watt	DE	Jeff Triplette	2	1	10:36	3	7	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Kansas City	Dallas	09/15/13	J.Asamoah	G	Jerome Boger	2	1	04:14	3	1	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Detroit	Arizona	09/15/13	W.Young	LB	Pete Morelli	2	3	01:49	3	5	5	No	No	No	Defense
Denver	N.Y. Giants	09/15/13	K.Vickerson	DT	Gene Steratore	2	3	05:31	1	9	5	No	No	No	Defense
N.Y. Giants	Denver	09/15/13	C.Webster	CB	Gene Steratore	2	3	02:02	3	8	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Jacksonville	Oakland	09/15/13	W.Rackley	G	Walt Anderson	2	1	07:50	3	7	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Jacksonville	Oakland	09/15/13	E.Monroe	T	Walt Anderson	2	3	04:10	2	19	10	No	No	No	Offense
Jacksonville	Oakland	09/15/13	J.Babin	DE	Walt Anderson	2	3	00:46	3	9	5	No	No	No	Defense
Minnesota	Cleveland	09/22/13	B.Robison	DE	Bill Leavy	3	2	10:12	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
N.Y. Jets	Buffalo	09/22/13	S.Richardson	DE	Scott Green	3	4	12:16	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
New Orleans	Arizona	09/22/13	K.Lewis	CB	Walt Coleman	3	2	13:58	3	4	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Washington	Detroit	09/22/13	Unnamed		Ed Hochuli	3	4	12:38	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Indianapolis	San Francisco	09/22/13	M.McGlynn	G	Terry McAulay	3	2	08:13	3	6	10	No	No	No	Offense
Cleveland	Cincinnati	09/29/13	D.Bryant	DE	Ron Winter	4	2	15:00	3	13	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Chicago	Detroit	09/29/13	K.Long	G	Mike Carey	4	3	04:05	3	8	10	No	No	No	Offense
Indianapolis	Jacksonville	09/29/13	J.Linkenbach	T	John Parry	4	2	02:22	1	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Jets	Tennessee	09/29/13	W.Colon	G	Walt Anderson	4	2	04:07	3	6	10	No	No	No	Offense
Atlanta	New England	09/29/13	R.Alford	CB	Walt Coleman	4	3	10:51	3	8	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
New Orleans	Miami	09/30/13	K.Vaccaro	SS	Bill Vinovich	4	3	07:37	2	18	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Denver	Dallas	10/06/13	K.Vickerson	DT	Terry McAulay	5	1	14:20	2	6	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Denver	Dallas	10/06/13	K.Vickerson	DT	Terry McAulay	5	4	14:27	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Chicago	N.Y. Giants	10/10/13	Z.Minter	DT	John Parry	6	2	11:09	2	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Baltimore	Green Bay	10/13/13	M.Yanda	G	Gene Steratore	6	2	14:41	2	15	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
St. Louis	Houston	10/13/13	Unnamed		Bill Leavy	6	4	07:38	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Carolina	Minnesota	10/13/13	R.Kalil	C	Ron Winter	6	1	11:32	1	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
Carolina	Minnesota	10/13/13	J.Senn	LB	Ron Winter	6	4	01:24	4	6	5	No	No	No	Defense
Washington	Dallas	10/13/13	R.Jackson	OLB	Walt Anderson	6	1	09:27	1	8	4	No	No	No	Defense
Dallas	Washington	10/13/13	T.Frederick	C	Walt Anderson	6	2	07:18	1	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Dallas	Washington	10/13/13	N.Hayden	DT	Walt Anderson	6	4	07:59	2	8	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	10/20/13	D.Joseph	G	Walt Anderson	7	4	05:17	4	13	10	No	No	No	Offense
Philadelphia	Dallas	10/20/13	T.Herremans	G	John Parry	7	2	07:14	3	7	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Chicago	Washington	10/20/13	L.Cohen	DE	Clete Blakeman	7	2	03:47	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Tennessee	San Francisco	10/20/13	Unnamed		Ron Winter	7	2	12:02	3	11	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Miami	New England	10/27/13	R.Incognito	C	Walt Anderson	8	2	09:55	0	0	10	No	No	No	Special Teams
New England	Miami	10/27/13	C.White	LB	Walt Anderson	8	2	03:43	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Miami	New England	10/27/13	P.Soliai	DT	Walt Anderson	8	4	12:49	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Cincinnati	N.Y. Jets	10/27/13	D.Kirkpatrick	CB	Pete Morelli	8	3	00:40	2	4	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
St. Louis	Seattle	10/28/13	T.Johnson	CB	Gene Steratore	8	1	10:45	2	8	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Seattle	St. Louis	10/28/13	J.Sweezy	OL	Gene Steratore	8	1	10:39	1	10	7	No	No	No	Offense
St. Louis	Seattle	10/28/13	H.Dahl	G	Gene Steratore	8	2	08:37	1	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Dallas	Minnesota	11/03/13	M.Bernadeau	G	Jeff Triplette	9	4	05:09	2	6	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
New Orleans	N.Y. Jets	11/03/13	B.Grubbs	G	Clete Blakeman	9	4	09:23	1	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
St. Louis	Tennessee	11/03/13	J.Cudjo	DT	Pete Morelli	9	1	12:32	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Minnesota	Washington	11/07/13	M.Kalil	T	Ed Hochuli	10	4	10:03	3	6	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	Pittsburgh	11/10/13	E.Pears	T	Scott Green	10	4	02:00	1	10	0	No	Yes	No	Offense
Houston	Arizona	11/10/13	J.Byrne	TE	Gene Steratore	10	3	13:34	1	10	8	No	No	No	Offense
New Orleans	Dallas	11/10/13	K.Vaccaro	SS	Jerome Boger	10	3	13:37	3	8	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
New Orleans	Dallas	11/10/13	C.Brown	T	Jerome Boger	10	3	07:43	3	4	11	No	No	Yes	Offense
Chicago	Baltimore	11/17/13	Z.Bowman	DB	Gene Steratore	11	2	13:32	4	24	10	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Miami	San Diego	11/17/13	O.Vernon	DE	Pete Morelli	11	2	03:39	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Washington	Philadelphia	11/17/13	D.Amerson	CB	Walt Coleman	11	2	05:33	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Philadelphia	Washington	11/17/13	J.Peters	T	Walt Coleman	11	3	13:07	1	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	11/17/13	J.Meredith	T	Ed Hochuli	11	1	02:08	3	3	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	11/17/13	A.Hayward	OLB	Ed Hochuli	11	3	09:26	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
N.Y. Giants	Green Bay	11/17/13	W.Beatty	T	Terry McAulay	11	4	11:23	3	7	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Carolina	New England	11/18/13	M.White	CB	Clete Blakeman	11	2	13:09	4	2	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Minnesota	Green Bay	11/24/13	J.Allen	LB	Bill Vinovich	12	4	12:06	3	10	3	No	No	No	Defense
Jacksonville	Houston	11/24/13	B.Meester	C	Mike Carey	12	4	08:08	3	3	10	No	No	No	Offense
St. Louis	Chicago	11/24/13	S.Wells	C	Jerome Boger	12	4	05:59	1	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Dallas	11/24/13	L.Joseph	DT	Walt Anderson	12	1	14:19	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Dallas	N.Y. Giants	11/24/13	J.Wynn	DT	Walt Anderson	12	1	02:53	3	5	5	No	No	No	Defense
Denver	New England	11/24/13	K.Webster	CB	Gene Steratore	12	4	09:45	1	19	5	No	No	No	Defense
Denver	Kansas City	12/01/13	C.Harris	CB	Terry McAulay	13	4	11:36	2	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Philadelphia	Arizona	12/01/13	C.Thornton	DE	Tony Corrente	13	3	06:09	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Buffalo	Atlanta	12/01/13	K.Williams	DT	Walt Anderson	13	2	05:15	3	3	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Buffalo	Atlanta	12/01/13	S.Gilmore	CB	Walt Anderson	13	3	12:43	2	14	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
St. Louis	San Francisco	12/01/13	T.Johnson	CB	Bill Vinovich	13	1	04:53	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Seattle	New Orleans	12/02/13	R.Okung	T	Ed Hochuli	13	2	07:25	1	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
New Orleans	Seattle	12/02/13	C.Brown	T	Ed Hochuli	13	3	12:54	1	10	8	No	No	No	Offense
Houston	Jacksonville	12/05/13	R.Harris	T	Tony Corrente	14	2	06:53	2	6	10	No	No	No	Offense
Cincinnati	Indianapolis	12/08/13	K.Cook	C	Jeff Triplette	14	3	08:34	3	4	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cincinnati	Indianapolis	12/08/13	W.Gilberry	DE	Jeff Triplette	14	4	12:29	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
New England	Cleveland	12/08/13	A.Talib	CB	Jerome Boger	14	3	10:23	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Carolina	New Orleans	12/08/13	B.Bell	T	Walt Anderson	14	4	15:00	1	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
St. Louis	Arizona	12/08/13	T.Johnson	CB	Walt Coleman	14	4	03:37	2	7	5	No	No	No	Defense
San Francisco	Seattle	12/08/13	A.Boone	G	Clete Blakeman	14	4	10:43	3	7	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	Jacksonville	12/15/13	E.Wood	C	Ron Winter	15	3	01:22	3	5	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
New Orleans	St. Louis	12/15/13	C.Brown	T	Mike Carey	15	2	00:15	3	2	10	No	No	No	Offense
Arizona	Tennessee	12/15/13	A.Cason	DB	Pete Morelli	15	3	12:03	3	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Miami	Buffalo	12/22/13	P.Wheeler	LB	Clete Blakeman	16	3	05:21	3	7	5	No	No	No	Defense
Denver	Houston	12/22/13	C.Clark	T	Ed Hochuli	16	3	01:50	1	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
N.Y. Giants	Detroit	12/22/13	M.Patterson	DT	Jerome Boger	16	4	06:30	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Pittsburgh	Green Bay	12/22/13	C.Heyward	DL	Carl Cheffers	16	3	10:05	3	6	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Oakland	San Diego	12/22/13	T.Pashos	T	Walt Anderson	16	1	12:34	3	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Oakland	San Diego	12/22/13	J.Hunter	DE	Walt Anderson	16	1	10:46	1	10	2	No	No	No	Defense
Baltimore	New England	12/22/13	A.Jones	DE	Ron Winter	16	2	10:14	2	8	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Baltimore	New England	12/22/13	A.Shipley	C	Ron Winter	16	3	06:43	2	9	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
San Francisco	Atlanta	12/23/13	T.Brock	CB	Walt Coleman	16	4	03:34	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
New England	Buffalo	12/29/13	Cha.Jones	DE	Ed Hochuli	17	3	02:30	3	4	6	No	No	Yes	Defense
Kansas City	San Diego	12/29/13	R.Watkins	T	Bill Leavy	17	3	01:46	3	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Green Bay	San Francisco	01/05/14	D.Bakhtiari	OL	Ed Hochuli	Wildcard Weekend	2	00:34	2	4	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Seattle	New Orleans	01/11/14	C.Avril	DE	Terry McAulay	Divisional Playoffs	4	02:00	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Denver	San Diego	01/12/14	R.Ayers	DE	Clete Blakeman	Divisional Playoffs	4	14:25	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Totals							2.62		1.96	8.56	532	23	2	53