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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Cincinnati Bengals

AFC North

ACCEPTED / GAME
8.0

40 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
62.4

312 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
24th

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
+0.5/ game

Above league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 5 games.

False Start20%8 accepted
Offensive Holding18%7 accepted
Defensive Offside10%4 accepted
Defensive Holding10%4 accepted
Face Mask8%3 accepted
WEEK BY WEEK

Penalty rate

Team penalties / game NFL average · 7.5

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

More statistical splits
VENUE

Home vs. away

Home18Away22
45% of accepted55% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense16Defense19
40% of accepted48% of accepted

5 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 5 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

John Hussey1 games · 7 acceptedAdrian Hill1 games · 12 acceptedClay Martin1 games · 6 acceptedAlex Moore1 games · 11 acceptedBrad Rogers1 games · 4 accepted