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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Cleveland Browns

AFC North

ACCEPTED / GAME
9.2

55 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
62.0

372 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
30th

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
+1.7/ game

Above league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 6 games.

Offensive Holding24%13 accepted
False Start20%11 accepted
Neutral Zone Infraction9%5 accepted
Delay of Game9%5 accepted
Roughing the Passer7%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

Home32Away23
58% of accepted42% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense27Defense20
49% of accepted36% of accepted

8 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 6 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Craig Wrolstad1 games · 11 acceptedBrad Rogers1 games · 6 acceptedLand Clark1 games · 12 acceptedClete Blakeman1 games · 14 acceptedBill Vinovich1 games · 6 acceptedCarl Cheffers1 games · 6 accepted