Someone asked me in the live chat today about the Raiders’ won-loss ratio in games which they had been penalized 10 or more times.



It was a good question, because it sure seems like the Raiders have played their best with a lot of flags, and I promised to look it up.

Instead, blog reader Phillip Bland did it before I had a chance.

His findings, passed along by e-mail:

Penalties and penalty yards by game:

Titans 10-77 L (Titans 8-81)

Rams 12-90 W (Rams 8-92)

Cardinals 11-123 L (Cardinals 7-104)

Texans 2-23 L (Texans 5-26)

Chargers 12-85 W (Chargers 7-53)

49er’s 8-60 L (49er’s 11-143)

Broncos 10-94 W (Broncos 5-64)

Seahawks 11-105 W (Seahawks 7-55)

Chiefs 15-140 W (Chiefs 12-100)

Steelers 7-55 L (Steelers 14-163)

Dolphins 4-20 L (Dolphins 5-35)

Chargers 13-105 W (Chargers 3-19)

Less than 10 penalties 0-4

10 or more penalties 6-2

More than 100 penalty yards 3-1

Conclusion: We are much better when we play 11 on 15