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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

New England Patriots

AFC East

ACCEPTED / GAME
7.5

45 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
59.5

357 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
15th

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
−0.0/ game

Below league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 6 games.

Offensive Holding24%11 accepted
False Start13%6 accepted
Delay of Game9%4 accepted
Illegal Block Above the Waist7%3 accepted
Defensive Pass Interference7%3 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

Home23Away22
51% of accepted49% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense23Defense15
51% of accepted33% of accepted

7 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 6 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Adrian Hill1 games · 7 acceptedCarl Cheffers1 games · 6 acceptedAlex Kemp1 games · 9 acceptedBill Vinovich1 games · 6 acceptedCraig Wrolstad1 games · 12 acceptedClete Blakeman1 games · 5 accepted