Atlanta Falcons

2015

Penalty Counts

The Atlanta Falcons have played 16 games. The Rank columns refer to overall league rank for that type of penalty. Offsetting and Declined penalties are listed in the "Dismissed" column, but are otherwise ignored.

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Name	Against	League Avg	League Avg-Against	Yards Lost	Benefit	Benefit Yards	Dismissed	Home	Away	Rank	Beneficiary Rank
False Start	13	18.44	5.44	65	13	61	0	10	3	4T	29T
Unnecessary Roughness	7	7.38	0.38	85	4	50	1	3	4	14T	26T
Defensive Pass Interference	10	7.59	-2.41	202	6	74	6	7	3	25T	17T
Face Mask (15 Yards)	6	3.16	-2.84	69	1	15	0	1	5	29T	26T
Offensive Pass Interference	5	3.25	-1.75	50	2	20	0	4	1	26T	19T
Illegal Shift	0	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	1T	10T
Offensive Holding	27	22.53	-4.47	263	23	220	7	12	15	26T	14
Roughing the Passer	4	3.19	-0.81	47	1	15	1	2	2	19T	28T
Personal Foul	0	0.28	0.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Illegal Contact	0	1.94	1.94	0	4	21	2	0	0	1T	2T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	2	4.03	2.03	20	0	0	1	0	2	5T	31T
Illegal Use of Hands	1	3.72	2.72	1	7	33	2	0	1	1T	2T
Intentional Grounding	1	1.06	0.06	10	0	0	0	0	1	13T	22T
Defensive Offside	4	5.56	1.56	20	8	38	2	3	1	8T	7T
Tripping	0	0.34	0.34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Roughing the Kicker	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	1	2.72	1.72	15	3	45	0	0	1	4T	11T
Delay of Game	1	4.75	3.75	5	4	20	0	0	1	1T	18T
Defensive 12 On-field	3	1.63	-1.37	15	2	10	1	1	2	27T	8T
Horse Collar Tackle	1	0.44	-0.56	5	2	30	0	1	0	22T	1T
Encroachment	2	1.38	-0.62	7	1	5	0	1	1	20T	13T
Defensive Holding	3	7.13	4.13	14	7	26	2	3	0	3T	15T
Illegal Formation	1	1.94	0.94	5	2	10	2	1	0	5T	11T
Illegal Touch Pass	0	0.19	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Offside on Free Kick	0	0.5	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	16T
Neutral Zone Infraction	2	4.97	2.97	10	2	10	0	0	2	3T	26T
Defensive Delay of Game	0	0.19	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0.28	0.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0.41	0.41	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	12T
Illegal Motion	0	0.38	0.38	0	1	5	0	0	0	1T	1T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	1	0.53	-0.47	5	0	0	0	0	1	19T	14T
Illegal Crackback	0	0.13	0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Illegal Substitution	1	0.25	-0.75	6	0	0	0	0	1	25T	9T
Offensive 12 On-field	0	0.22	0.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Chop Block	1	0.5	-0.5	15	0	0	0	1	0	22T	14T
Clipping	1	0.25	-0.75	14	0	0	0	1	0	26T	8T
Fair Catch Interference	0	0.19	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Leverage	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Player Out of Bounds on Punt	0	0.41	0.41	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	10T
Illegal Forward Pass	0	0.28	0.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Low Block	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Interference with Opportunity to Catch	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Invalid Fair Catch Signal	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Disqualification	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Touch Kick	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Offensive Offside	0	0.13	0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Taunting	0	0.59	0.59	0	1	15	0	0	0	1T	6T
Leaping	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Blindside Block	2	0.25	-1.75	21	0	0	0	0	2	32	8T
Kickoff Out of Bounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Illegal Peelback	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Totals	100	114.74	14.74	969	95	728	27	51	49

Penalty Counts - Per Game

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Name	Against	Yards Lost	Benefit	Benefit Yards	Dismissed	Rank	Beneficiary Rank
False Start	0.81	4.06	0.81	3.81	0	5	28T
Unnecessary Roughness	0.44	5.31	0.25	3.13	0.06	16T	26T
Defensive Pass Interference	0.63	12.63	0.38	4.63	0.38	25T	17T
Face Mask (15 Yards)	0.38	4.31	0.06	0.94	0	30T	26T
Offensive Pass Interference	0.31	3.13	0.13	1.25	0	28T	19T
Illegal Shift	0	0	0.06	0.31	0	1T	10T
Offensive Holding	1.69	16.44	1.44	13.75	0.44	27T	14
Roughing the Passer	0.25	2.94	0.06	0.94	0.06	20T	28T
Personal Foul	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Illegal Contact	0	0	0.25	1.31	0.13	1T	2T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	0.13	1.25	0	0	0.06	6T	31T
Illegal Use of Hands	0.06	0.06	0.44	2.06	0.13	1T	2T
Intentional Grounding	0.06	0.63	0	0	0	16T	22T
Defensive Offside	0.25	1.25	0.5	2.38	0.13	10T	7T
Tripping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Roughing the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	0.06	0.94	0.19	2.81	0	5T	11T
Delay of Game	0.06	0.31	0.25	1.25	0	1T	18T
Defensive 12 On-field	0.19	0.94	0.13	0.63	0.06	28T	8T
Horse Collar Tackle	0.06	0.31	0.13	1.88	0	25T	1T
Encroachment	0.13	0.44	0.06	0.31	0	21T	13T
Defensive Holding	0.19	0.88	0.44	1.63	0.13	3T	14T
Illegal Formation	0.06	0.31	0.13	0.63	0.13	7T	11T
Illegal Touch Pass	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Offside on Free Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	16T
Neutral Zone Infraction	0.13	0.63	0.13	0.63	0	4	26T
Defensive Delay of Game	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0	1T	12T
Illegal Motion	0	0	0.06	0.31	0	1T	1T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	0.06	0.31	0	0	0	23T	14T
Illegal Crackback	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Illegal Substitution	0.06	0.38	0	0	0	28T	9T
Offensive 12 On-field	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Chop Block	0.06	0.94	0	0	0	25T	14T
Clipping	0.06	0.88	0	0	0	28T	8T
Fair Catch Interference	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Leverage	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Player Out of Bounds on Punt	0	0	0	0	0	1T	10T
Illegal Forward Pass	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Low Block	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Interference with Opportunity to Catch	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Invalid Fair Catch Signal	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Disqualification	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Touch Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Offensive Offside	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Taunting	0	0	0.06	0.94	0	1T	6T
Leaping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Blindside Block	0.13	1.31	0	0	0	32	8T
Kickoff Out of Bounds	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Illegal Peelback	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Totals	6.26	60.59	5.96	45.53	1.71