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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Los Angeles Chargers

AFC West

ACCEPTED / GAME
9.0

54 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
73.5

441 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
29th

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
+1.5/ game

Above league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 6 games.

False Start28%15 accepted
Offensive Holding26%14 accepted
Defensive Pass Interference7%4 accepted
Defensive Holding6%3 accepted
Illegal Block Above the Waist4%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

Home24Away30
44% of accepted56% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense32Defense18
59% of accepted33% 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

Ron Torbert1 games · 7 acceptedBill Vinovich1 games · 8 acceptedClete Blakeman1 games · 7 acceptedScott Novak1 games · 16 acceptedShawn Hochuli1 games · 9 acceptedAlan Eck1 games · 7 accepted