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Automatic First Downs

This page shows all penalties that resulted in an automatic first down based on the type of penalty. There are many additional penalties that based on the penalty yardage and distance remaining resulted in a first down.

"3rd & Long" is 3rd down and 6 or more yards. "Desperation" is 3rd and 10 or more or 4th and 6 or more. "Yardage Mitigated" is the total yardage the team had left to get a first down when the flag was thrown granting a gratis first down. Remember: There are more first down plays than 2nd down plays, more 2nd down plays than 3rd, and so on.

Beneficiary means the team benefitted from the penalty. Declined and Offsetting penalties are not shown in this table. Penalties occurring on special teams are not included.

The table below contains the following penalties: Defensive Pass Interference (284), Defensive Holding (253), Roughing the Passer (136), Illegal Use of Hands (76), Face Mask (15 Yards) (50), Illegal Contact (38), Lowering the Head to Initiate Contact (24), Unsportsmanlike Conduct (19), Horse Collar Tackle (19), Taunting (4), and Tripping (1)

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TeamGamesTotal1st Down2nd Down3rd Down4th Down3rd & LongDesperationYardage MitigatedPenalty Yards
Chicago161.7500.5000.5000.7500.0000.2500.12514.00013.563
Green Bay181.9440.3330.6670.8330.1110.5000.22215.94422.500
Minnesota182.0000.6670.5000.8330.0000.6110.22216.72219.000
Atlanta162.0000.4380.5631.0000.0000.5000.18816.68823.875
LA Rams161.3130.3130.5630.4380.0000.3130.18811.31311.125
Cleveland161.8750.5000.5000.6250.1880.4380.18813.25016.438
LA Chargers162.1881.0000.7500.3130.1250.3130.18820.93825.000
Seattle181.3330.6110.5000.1670.0560.1670.11113.61113.333
Cincinnati162.1250.7500.5630.6880.1250.5000.37519.81321.563
Tampa Bay161.5000.6880.5000.2500.0630.1880.18814.18819.438
San Francisco191.5260.5790.2110.5790.1580.3680.15811.47416.211
New England171.8240.2940.7060.7060.1180.4120.41214.70619.647
Pittsburgh162.2500.6880.7500.8130.0000.4380.18818.93829.813
Denver162.0000.8130.3750.7500.0630.4380.25015.87521.313
Arizona161.6880.6250.5000.5000.0630.4380.06314.56323.313
Buffalo171.2350.2940.4120.4710.0590.2940.1769.70614.941
Indianapolis161.9380.9380.3130.6250.0630.4380.25015.06324.125
Tennessee191.7370.8950.4740.3680.0000.2630.21116.21117.000
Oakland161.0630.5000.3130.2500.0000.1880.0638.81311.000
Kansas City192.3681.0000.6840.6840.0000.4740.21120.36822.737
Jacksonville161.6880.5000.5000.5000.1880.3130.06314.18818.000
Miami162.1881.0630.3750.7500.0000.3130.25019.18826.375
Philadelphia171.8820.7650.5290.4710.0590.3530.17617.29422.765
N.Y. Giants161.5630.5000.4380.6250.0000.4380.18811.81314.313
New Orleans170.9410.2940.3530.2940.0000.0590.0597.0008.706
Washington161.0630.3750.2500.3130.0630.1880.0638.18811.375
Carolina161.1250.5000.3750.1880.0630.1250.0009.18816.313
Houston181.7220.5560.5000.6670.0000.4440.16714.27814.389
Dallas161.5630.7500.2500.5630.0000.3130.00014.25014.250
N.Y. Jets161.5630.5630.4380.5630.0000.3750.18813.75018.250
Detroit161.8131.0000.6250.1880.0000.1250.06317.37517.813
Baltimore171.3530.5290.5880.2350.0000.1180.00011.05915.765