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

Penalties By Week

Note: Offsetting and Declined penalties are ignored, except where specified.

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Week	Games	Total Count	Penalty Yards	Home	Away	Declined	Offsetting
1	16	4	60	1	3	2	1
2	16	11	141	7	4	1	4
3	16	7	112	5	2	0	0
4	15	8	98	1	7	0	2
5	14	2	30	1	1	0	0
6	14	1	15	1	0	0	0
7	13	3	35	1	2	0	0
8	14	3	40	2	1	1	2
9	14	7	76	1	6	0	0
10	14	5	75	2	3	0	0
11	14	2	30	1	1	0	0
12	16	7	96	3	4	0	0
13	16	4	60	1	3	0	0
14	16	4	55	3	1	0	1
15	16	5	73	2	3	0	2
16	16	5	72	4	1	0	0
17	16	5	75	3	2	0	4
Totals	256	83	1143	39	44	4	16

Penalties By Week - Per Game

Note: Offsetting and Declined penalties are ignored, except where specified.

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Week	Games	Total Count	Penalty Yards	Home	Away	Declined	Offsetting
1	16	0.25	3.75	0.06	0.19	0.13	0.06
2	16	0.69	8.81	0.44	0.25	0.06	0.25
3	16	0.44	7	0.31	0.13	0	0
4	15	0.53	6.53	0.07	0.47	0	0.13
5	14	0.14	2.14	0.07	0.07	0	0
6	14	0.07	1.07	0.07	0	0	0
7	13	0.23	2.69	0.08	0.15	0	0
8	14	0.21	2.86	0.14	0.07	0.07	0.14
9	14	0.5	5.43	0.07	0.43	0	0
10	14	0.36	5.36	0.14	0.21	0	0
11	14	0.14	2.14	0.07	0.07	0	0
12	16	0.44	6	0.19	0.25	0	0
13	16	0.25	3.75	0.06	0.19	0	0
14	16	0.25	3.44	0.19	0.06	0	0.06
15	16	0.31	4.56	0.13	0.19	0	0.13
16	16	0.31	4.5	0.25	0.06	0	0
17	16	0.31	4.69	0.19	0.13	0	0.25
Totals	256	5.43	74.72	2.53	2.92	0.26	1.02