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

2011 Stats

Overall Totals By Team - Per Game

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		Against					Beneficiary
Name	Games	Count	Yards Lost	Dismissed	Home	Away	Count	Yards Gained	Dismissed	Home	Away
Arizona	16	0.19	2.81	0.13	0.38	0.00	0.31	3.88	0.00	0.50	0.13
Atlanta	17	0.06	0.88	0.06	0.00	0.11	0.18	1.00	0.06	0.25	0.11
Baltimore	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.22	1.28	0.00	0.33	0.11
Buffalo	16	0.25	3.19	0.06	0.13	0.38	0.19	2.81	0.06	0.13	0.25
Carolina	16	0.31	4.69	0.13	0.50	0.13	0.19	2.69	0.06	0.38	0.00
Chicago	16	0.06	0.94	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Cincinnati	17	0.18	1.65	0.18	0.25	0.11	0.12	0.94	0.12	0.13	0.11
Cleveland	16	0.19	2.50	0.00	0.13	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00
Dallas	16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Denver	18	0.11	1.67	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Detroit	17	0.24	2.47	0.06	0.25	0.22	0.18	1.35	0.12	0.13	0.22
Green Bay	17	0.06	0.18	0.00	0.11	0.00	0.12	1.76	0.00	0.11	0.13
Houston	18	0.33	3.22	0.06	0.33	0.33	0.22	3.06	0.06	0.44	0.00
Indianapolis	16	0.13	1.88	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.13	1.75	0.00	0.00	0.25
Jacksonville	16	0.31	3.50	0.06	0.13	0.50	0.19	2.50	0.06	0.25	0.13
Kansas City	16	0.13	1.88	0.06	0.13	0.13	0.25	3.75	0.00	0.13	0.38
Oakland	16	0.38	5.00	0.00	0.75	0.00	0.38	5.13	0.00	0.50	0.25
St. Louis	16	0.19	2.81	0.00	0.25	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
San Diego	16	0.06	0.94	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.13	1.88	0.00	0.13	0.13
Miami	16	0.31	4.31	0.00	0.25	0.38	0.38	3.25	0.00	0.38	0.38
Minnesota	16	0.06	0.81	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.25	3.75	0.00	0.13	0.38
New England	19	0.05	0.79	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.11	1.26	0.00	0.18	0.00
New Orleans	18	0.11	1.67	0.00	0.11	0.11	0.17	2.39	0.00	0.22	0.11
N.Y. Giants	20	0.05	0.20	0.00	0.11	0.00	0.10	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.18
N.Y. Jets	16	0.06	0.94	0.06	0.00	0.13	0.31	4.69	0.06	0.50	0.13
Philadelphia	16	0.13	1.06	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.06	0.94	0.00	0.13	0.00
Pittsburgh	17	0.18	1.82	0.06	0.13	0.22	0.00	0.00	0.12	0.00	0.00
San Francisco	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.83	0.00	0.00	0.13
Seattle	16	0.19	2.50	0.00	0.13	0.25	0.19	2.81	0.06	0.00	0.38
Tampa Bay	16	0.13	1.56	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.13	1.88	0.00	0.13	0.13
Tennessee	16	0.19	2.81	0.06	0.00	0.38	0.19	1.94	0.06	0.13	0.25
Washington	16	0.19	1.69	0.00	0.13	0.25	0.06	0.94	0.06	0.00	0.13
Average	267	0.15	1.85	0.03	0.07	0.08	0.15	1.85	0.03	0.07	0.08