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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Miami Dolphins

AFC East

ACCEPTED / GAME
7.8

39 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
52.0

260 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
20th

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
+0.3/ game

Above league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 5 games.

Offensive Holding26%10 accepted
False Start13%5 accepted
Defensive Offside10%4 accepted
Delay of Game8%3 accepted
Illegal Contact8%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

Home15Away24
38% of accepted62% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense21Defense11
54% of accepted28% of accepted

7 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 5 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Clete Blakeman1 games · 8 acceptedShawn Smith1 games · 7 acceptedAlex Moore1 games · 8 acceptedAdrian Hill1 games · 9 acceptedBrad Rogers1 games · 7 accepted