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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC North

ACCEPTED / GAME
6.0

36 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
51.7

310 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
3rd

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
−1.5/ game

Below league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 6 games.

Offensive Holding25%9 accepted
Defensive Holding11%4 accepted
False Start11%4 accepted
Defensive Offside8%3 accepted
Face Mask6%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

Home18Away18
50% of accepted50% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense19Defense12
53% of accepted33% of accepted

5 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 6 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Brad Rogers1 games · 7 acceptedCarl Cheffers1 games · 5 acceptedClay Martin1 games · 5 acceptedClete Blakeman1 games · 8 acceptedShawn Smith1 games · 6 acceptedLand Clark1 games · 5 accepted