which team has the most penalty yards in a season

The Oakland Raiders have suffered the most penalty yards by a team in a season, with 1,358 yards in 2011.

	TEAM	PEN YDS	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Raiders	1,358	2011	16	8	8	0	38	359	22.4	433	27.1	328	35.7	53.8
2	Seahawks	1,342	2017	16	9	7	0	43	366	22.9	332	20.8	299	37.3	55.6
3	Chiefs	1,304	1998	16	7	9	0	35	327	20.4	363	22.7	289	31.8	52.0
4	Raiders	1,276	2010	16	8	8	0	44	410	25.6	371	23.2	306	34.1	40.0
5	Raiders	1,274	1969	14	12	1	1	45	377	26.9	242	17.3	261
6	Raiders	1,266	1996	16	7	9	0	38	340	21.3	293	18.3	306	40.6	64.3
7	Raiders	1,251	2016	16	12	4	0	47	416	26.0	385	24.1	334	38.1	46.2
8	Bills	1,249	2015	16	8	8	0	45	379	23.7	359	22.4	297	37.9	43.8
9	Colts	1,239	1979	16	5	11	0	33	271	16.9	351	21.9	291
10	Chargers	1,229	1998	16	5	11	0	23	241	15.1	342	21.4	272	32.9	47.1
11	Raiders	1,209	1984	16	11	5	0	44	368	23.0	278	17.4	301
12	Cowboys	1,196	1999	16	8	8	0	42	352	22.0	276	17.3	295	35.2	35.3
13	Buccaneers	1,195	2015	16	6	10	0	37	342	21.4	417	26.1	336	41.6	53.8
14	Bears	1,194	1968	14	7	7	0	25	250	17.9	333	23.8	219
15	Raiders	1,186	1994	16	9	7	0	34	303	18.9	327	20.4	267	39.4	25.0
16	Cardinals	1,184	2005	16	5	11	0	26	311	19.4	387	24.2	304	38.1	31.3
17	Seahawks	1,183	2013	16	13	3	0	45	417	26.1	231	14.4	307	37.3	54.5
18	Raiders	1,181	1993	16	10	6	0	29	306	19.1	326	20.4	292	36.6	12.5
19	Seahawks	1,179	1984	16	12	4	0	51	418	26.1	282	17.6	287
20	Jaguars	1,178	2016	16	3	13	0	34	318	19.9	400	25.0	321	35.3	43.8
21	Rams	1,169	1978	16	12	4	0	33	316	19.8	245	15.3	301
22	Jaguars	1,165	2019	16	6	10	0	29	300	18.8	397	24.8	298	34.5	48.0
23	Lions	1,165	1984	16	4	11	1	32	283	17.7	408	25.5	306
24	Browns	1,165	1978	16	8	8	0	40	334	20.9	356	22.3	293
25	49ers	1,156	1998	16	12	4	0	61	479	29.9	328	20.5	381	45.5	44.4

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Sun 9/20	LV	@	LAC	4:05 PM
Sun 9/27	LV	@	NO	4:25 PM
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Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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