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

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
2009	267	58	746	37	21	3	7	68
2010	267	58	797	31	27	4	9	71
2011	267	79	989	36	43	3	13	95
2012	267	83	1143	39	44	4	16	103
2013	267	79	1084	32	47	2	7	88
2014	267	65	831	33	32	3	14	82
2015	267	9	125	8	1	1	5	15
Totals	1869	431	5715	216	215	20	71	522

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
2009	267	0.22	2.79	0.14	0.08	0.01	0.03	0.25
2010	267	0.22	2.99	0.12	0.10	0.01	0.03	0.27
2011	267	0.30	3.70	0.13	0.16	0.01	0.05	0.36
2012	267	0.31	4.28	0.15	0.16	0.01	0.06	0.39
2013	267	0.30	4.06	0.12	0.18	0.01	0.03	0.33
2014	267	0.24	3.11	0.12	0.12	0.01	0.05	0.31
2015	267	0.03	0.47	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.06
Totals	1869	0.23	3.06	0.12	0.12	0.01	0.04	0.28