average nfl penalties per game by season

The Chicago Bears have the most penalties per game played by a team in a season, with 12.1 in 1944.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Penalties: team season data complete from 1941

	TEAM	PEN/GP	PEN	GP	SEASON	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Bears	12.1	121	10	1944	6	3	1	37	258	25.8	172	17.2	140
2	Raiders	10.19	163	16	2011	8	8	0	38	359	22.4	433	27.1	328	35.7	53.8
3	Bears	10.17	122	12	1948	10	2	0	53	375	31.3	151	12.6	242
4	Redskins	10.17	122	12	1948	7	5	0	40	291	24.3	287	23.9	236
5	Chiefs	9.88	158	16	1998	7	9	0	35	327	20.4	363	22.7	289	31.8	52.0
6	Bears	9.83	118	12	1951	7	5	0	38	286	23.8	282	23.5	256
7	Raiders	9.75	156	16	1996	7	9	0	38	340	21.3	293	18.3	306	40.6	64.3
8	Raiders	9.75	156	16	1994	9	7	0	34	303	18.9	327	20.4	267	39.4	25.0
9	Browns	9.75	117	12	1951	11	1	0	43	331	27.6	152	12.7	203
10	Raiders	9.56	86	9	1982	8	1	0	33	260	28.9	200	22.2	175
11	Bears	9.45	104	11	1946	8	2	1	40	289	26.3	193	17.5	211
12	Oilers	9.31	149	16	1989	9	7	0	41	365	22.8	412	25.8	327
13	Seahawks	9.25	148	16	2017	9	7	0	43	366	22.9	332	20.8	299	37.3	55.6
14	Raiders	9.25	148	16	2010	8	8	0	44	410	25.6	371	23.2	306	34.1	40.0
15	Raiders	9.25	148	16	1993	10	6	0	29	306	19.1	326	20.4	292	36.6	12.5
16	Raiders	9.19	147	16	2016	12	4	0	47	416	26.0	385	24.1	334	38.1	46.2
17	Raiders	9.19	147	16	2005	4	12	0	33	290	18.1	383	23.9	294	39.7	50.0
18	Rams	9.17	110	12	1950	9	3	0	64	466	38.8	309	25.8	278
19	Cardinals	9.06	145	16	2005	5	11	0	26	311	19.4	387	24.2	304	38.1	31.3
20	Browns	9	72	8	2026	5	3	0	13	139	17.4	173	21.6	138	32.4	36.4
21	Packers	9	135	15	1987	5	9	1	28	255	17.0	300	20.0	248
22	Jets	9	135	15	1987	6	9	0	39	334	22.3	360	24.0	292
23	Bills	9	144	16	1983	8	8	0	36	283	17.7	351	21.9	309
24	Bears	9	99	11	1942	11	0	0	53	376	34.2	84	7.6	155
25	Bills	8.94	143	16	2015	8	8	0	45	379	23.7	359	22.4	297	37.9	43.8

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Eagles	2	6	0	.250
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Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
Packers	5	3	0	.625
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Raiders	4	4	0	.500
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