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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Minnesota Vikings

NFC North

ACCEPTED / GAME
6.0

30 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
50.0

250 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
2nd

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
−1.5/ game

Below league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 5 games.

False Start23%7 accepted
Offensive Holding20%6 accepted
Delay of Game10%3 accepted
Defensive Offside7%2 accepted
Unnecessary Roughness7%2 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

Home14Away16
47% of accepted53% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense21Defense7
70% of accepted23% of accepted

2 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 5 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Shawn Hochuli1 games · 3 acceptedLand Clark1 games · 3 acceptedScott Novak1 games · 9 acceptedAdrian Hill1 games · 11 acceptedJohn Hussey1 games · 4 accepted