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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Chicago Bears

NFC North

ACCEPTED / GAME
7.3

44 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
57.0

342 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
11th

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
−0.2/ game

Below league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 6 games.

Offensive Holding30%13 accepted
False Start18%8 accepted
Kickoff Short of Landing Zone7%3 accepted
Delay of Game7%3 accepted
Defensive Offside5%2 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

Home17Away27
39% of accepted61% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense25Defense9
57% of accepted20% of accepted

10 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 6 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Brad Allen1 games · 12 acceptedLand Clark1 games · 8 acceptedShawn Hochuli1 games · 5 acceptedCarl Cheffers1 games · 4 acceptedClay Martin1 games · 3 acceptedScott Novak1 games · 12 accepted