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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Denver Broncos

AFC West

ACCEPTED / GAME
7.3

44 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
44.8

269 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
12th

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 Holding16%7 accepted
Delay of Game16%7 accepted
False Start16%7 accepted
Defensive Pass Interference7%3 accepted
Offensive Pass Interference5%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

Home23Away21
52% of accepted48% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense26Defense14
59% of accepted32% of accepted

4 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 6 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Clay Martin1 games · 7 acceptedJohn Hussey1 games · 10 acceptedBill Vinovich1 games · 5 acceptedRon Torbert1 games · 7 acceptedShawn Hochuli1 games · 7 acceptedBrad Rogers1 games · 8 accepted