Personal Foul

Definition

A conduct- or safety-related infraction. Includes unnecessary roughness, such as hitting a ball carrier after he is already out of bounds, "piling on" a ball carrier who is already down, or violent contact with an opponent who is away from and out of the play. If the officials decide that the action was particularly flagrant, the player in question can be ejected from the game.

Caution: Many things people often think of as personal fouls are actually more specific penalties. This page only list things that officially went "in the books" as a Personal Foul. For example, though a ref may say "Personal Foul, Roughing the Passer" that penalty will not be on this page. It will be on the Roughing the Passer page.

Outcome

15 yards; automatic first down if committed by defense

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
Washington	Miami	09/13/15	M.Moses	T	Walt Coleman	1	4	11:08	2	20	6	No	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	Indianapolis	09/13/15	J.Hughes	DE	John Parry	1	1	02:50	1	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Buffalo	Indianapolis	09/13/15	R.Brooks	CB	John Parry	1	3	09:34	0	0	15	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Buffalo	Indianapolis	09/13/15	P.Brown	OLB	John Parry	1	4	02:29	2	5	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Detroit	San Diego	09/13/15	J.Ihedigbo	SS	Clete Blakeman	1	2	08:15	2	9	15	No	No	No	Defense
Tennessee	Tampa Bay	09/13/15	J.Casey	DE	John Hussey	1	2	00:13	1	15	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Carolina	Houston	09/20/15	T.Williams	DB	Clete Blakeman	2	1	13:52	4	16	15	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Buffalo	New England	09/20/15	D.Williams	SS	Ron Torbert	2	1	01:41	4	19	14	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Buffalo	New England	09/20/15	C.Graham	CB	Ron Torbert	2	1	01:41	4	19	0	Yes	No	Yes	Special Teams
New Orleans	Tennessee	11/08/15	M.Mauti	LB	Jerome Boger	9	4	11:32	0	0	15	No	No	Yes	Special Teams
Pittsburgh	Cleveland	11/15/15	Unnamed		Ron Torbert	10	2	00:37	0	0	0	No	Yes	Yes	Special Teams
Cleveland	Pittsburgh	11/15/15	Unnamed		Ron Torbert	10	2	00:37	0	0	0	No	Yes	No	Special Teams
N.Y. Giants	Washington	11/29/15	Unnamed		Carl Cheffers	12	3	00:24	1	10	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Washington	N.Y. Giants	11/29/15	T.Williams	T	Carl Cheffers	12	3	00:24	1	10	0	No	Yes	Yes	Offense
Cincinnati	Pittsburgh	01/09/16	A.Jones	CB	John Parry	Wildcard Weekend	4	00:18	1	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Totals							2.47		1.54	9.53	125	1	5	11