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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Arizona Cardinals

NFC West

ACCEPTED / GAME
6.8

41 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
66.0

396 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
9th

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
−0.7/ game

Below league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 6 games.

False Start17%7 accepted
Offensive Holding12%5 accepted
Defensive Pass Interference12%5 accepted
Illegal Block Above the Waist10%4 accepted
Unnecessary Roughness10%4 accepted
WEEK BY WEEK

Penalty rate

Team penalties / game NFL average · 7.5

6 games in this sample. Frequency describes volume, not accuracy.

More statistical splits
VENUE

Home vs. away

Home11Away30
27% of accepted73% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense18Defense17
44% of accepted41% of accepted

6 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 6 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Ron Torbert1 games · 8 acceptedAlan Eck1 games · 6 acceptedBrad Allen1 games · 10 acceptedShawn Smith1 games · 7 acceptedCarl Cheffers1 games · 5 acceptedClay Martin1 games · 5 accepted