most penalties in a game nfl until 1963

Before 1964, the Cleveland Browns had the most penalties by a team in a game, with 21 penalties against the Bears on November 25, 1951.

Interpreted as:
most penalties in a regular-season game NFL until 1963
TEAMPENDATETMOPPRESULTTD1DWNOFFOPP OFF3DWN%4DWN%
1Browns
Browns
21
11/25/1951
vs
W
42-21
6
22
516
237
2Browns
Browns
18
10/7/1951
@
W
38-23
5
26
450
312
3Raiders
Raiders
17
9/7/1963
@
W
24-13
3
16
328
318
4Bears
Bears
16
11/25/1951
@
L
21-42
3
22
237
516
5Cardinals
Cardinals
15
11/2/1958
vs
T
21-21
3
13
384
399
6Eagles
Eagles
15
11/10/1957
vs
L
16-27
2
13
201
376
7Bears
Bears
15
11/21/1954
@
W
28-13
4
19
333
337
8Browns
Browns
15
11/15/1953
vs
W
23-21
2
22
457
336
9Eagles
Eagles
15
11/30/1952
@
L
22-28
2
21
354
178
10Bears
Bears
15
9/28/1952
@
W
24-14
3
19
378
210
11Bears
Bears
15
9/30/1951
@
W
31-20
4
22
329
282
12Rams
Rams
15
10/22/1950
vs
W
70-27
10
28
535
423
13Chargers
Chargers
14
10/28/1960
@
W
45-16
6
15
456
231
14Bears
Bears
14
11/9/1958
vs
W
24-10
3
15
362
145
15Bears
Bears
14
11/6/1955
vs
W
52-31
7
25
504
319
1649ers
49ers
14
11/20/1954
@
W
31-3
4
25
472
202
1749ers
49ers
14
11/29/1953
@
W
38-21
5
16
368
234
1849ers
49ers
14
10/19/1952
@
W
40-16
5
26
420
191
19Rams
Rams
14
10/12/1952
@
W
30-28
3
22
305
408
20Browns
Browns
14
10/15/1950
vs
W
34-24
4
21
412
263
21Colts
Colts
13
10/29/1961
vs
L
20-21
3
19
372
341
22Bears
Bears
13
10/9/1960
vs
W
34-27
4
21
457
102
23Steelers
Steelers
13
11/11/1956
@
L
7-14
1
14
149
252
24Cardinals
Cardinals
13
11/14/1954
@
L
17-28
2
23
380
243
25Eagles
Eagles
13
10/9/1954
vs
W
24-22
3
17
288
231
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for penalties going back to the 1950 season.

More Browns Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,400

Sanders

Shedeur Sanders

RUSH

827

Judkins

Quinshon Judkins

REC

731

Fannin

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PPG

16.4

31st

OPP PPG

22.3

14th

RUSH YDS/G

97.0

27th

PASS YDS/G

185.4

31st

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7
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8
9
0
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6
11
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12
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10
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12
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6
0
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7
9
1
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5
12
0
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4
13
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6
0
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9
7
1
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
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8
9
0
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6
11
0
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3
0
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Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
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3
14
0
.176