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

2012 Stats

Overall Totals By Team

There was an average of 2.59 Personal Foul penalties per team league wide.

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		Against					Beneficiary
Name	Games	Count	Yards Lost	Dismissed	Home	Away	Count	Yards Gained	Dismissed	Home	Away
Arizona	16	2	27	1	1	1	2	30	1	1	1
Atlanta	18	0	0	2	0	0	3	36	2	2	1
Baltimore	20	11	162	3	7	4	5	75	4	4	1
Buffalo	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Carolina	16	4	51	1	1	3	7	90	0	2	5
Chicago	16	2	25	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Cincinnati	17	5	75	0	3	2	5	70	0	2	3
Cleveland	16	1	15	1	0	1	3	45	1	1	2
Dallas	16	2	20	0	0	2	2	30	0	0	2
Denver	17	2	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Detroit	16	3	54	0	1	2	1	15	0	0	1
Green Bay	18	2	17	0	2	0	2	27	0	1	1
Houston	18	4	60	0	1	3	4	58	0	4	0
Indianapolis	17	4	53	0	2	2	3	45	0	1	2
Jacksonville	16	2	30	0	1	1	2	27	0	1	1
Kansas City	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	45	0	3	0
Oakland	16	3	45	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0
St. Louis	16	3	36	0	2	1	6	90	0	4	2
San Diego	16	4	60	1	3	1	2	30	1	2	0
Miami	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	1	0
Minnesota	17	2	30	0	0	2	1	15	0	0	1
New England	18	1	15	0	1	0	4	55	0	0	4
New Orleans	16	5	71	0	5	0	3	32	0	2	1
N.Y. Giants	16	1	15	2	0	1	8	81	2	4	4
N.Y. Jets	16	3	38	1	2	1	2	30	0	1	1
Philadelphia	16	0	0	5	0	0	1	15	5	0	1
Pittsburgh	16	4	37	0	2	2	2	28	0	2	0
San Francisco	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	1
Seattle	18	3	45	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0
Tampa Bay	16	2	17	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	16	2	30	0	0	2	6	97	0	4	2
Washington	17	6	85	0	2	4	4	51	0	2	2
Totals	267	83	1143	20	39	44	83	1143	20	44	39