NFL Referee Stats

OverAndBack

I don't know that it's indicative of anything, but I keep track of the stuff, so here it is. Through four weeks of the NFL season, the average number of penalties accepted and average yardage for each of the 17 NFL officials crews (listed by referee):

Referee.........G....AP.....AY
Tony Corrente...3...18.0..127.0
Larry Nemmers...3...17.3..176.3
Tom White.......4...17.3..124.0
Ed Hochuli......4...16.0..131.8
Mike Carey......4...16.0..115.8
Walt Coleman....4...15.8..140.5
Bill Vinovich...4...15.0..111.3
Bernie Kukar....4...14.5..126.5
Bill Leavy......3...13.7..117.3
Ron Winter......3...13.7..114.7
Peter Morelli...4...13.5..129.5
Jeff Triplette..3...13.3..107.0
Johnny Grier....4...12.8..100.3
Terry McAulay...4...12.5..105.5
Gerry Austin....3...12.3..111.3
Bill Carollo....3...12.3...92.7
Walt Anderson...3....9.0...64.3
NFL AVERAGE.........14.4..117.9

JugglingReferee

Originally posted by OverAndBack
I don't know that it's indicative of anything, but I keep track of the stuff, so here it is. Through four weeks of the NFL season, the average number of penalties accepted and average yardage for each of the 17 NFL officials crews (listed by referee):

Referee.........G....AP.....AY
Tony Corrente...3...18.0..127.0
Larry Nemmers...3...17.3..176.3
Tom White.......4...17.3..124.0
Ed Hochuli......4...16.0..131.8
Mike Carey......4...16.0..115.8
Walt Coleman....4...15.8..140.5
Bill Vinovich...4...15.0..111.3
Bernie Kukar....4...14.5..126.5
Bill Leavy......3...13.7..117.3
Ron Winter......3...13.7..114.7
Peter Morelli...4...13.5..129.5
Jeff Triplette..3...13.3..107.0
Johnny Grier....4...12.8..100.3
Terry McAulay...4...12.5..105.5
Gerry Austin....3...12.3..111.3
Bill Carollo....3...12.3...92.7
Walt Anderson...3....9.0...64.3
NFL AVERAGE.........14.4..117.9

Very cool info.

I'll bet Bill Leavy feel pretty average these days. 🙂

Now compare those #s to teams that are penalized the most and cross-reference officials and what teams they do and see if a crew's average is affected by the teams they officiate. 🙂

OverAndBack

Probably not a big enough sample to be able to draw a reasonable conclusion.

BTW, here were the final numbers from 2003 (courtesy Behind the Football Stripes):

Crew Chief......G..Tot..Yards..PPG
Walt Anderson..15..257..2,193..17.1
Johnny Grier...15..238..2,001..15.9
Ron Winter.....15..213..1,666..14.2
Tom White......15..211..1,817..14.1
Terry McAulay..16..224..1,864..14.0
Jeff Triplette.15..210..1,813..14.0
Pete Morelli...16..217..1,972..13.6
Larry Nemmers..15..197..1,550..13.1
Ron Blum.......15..194..1,592..12.9
Tony Corrente..15..193..1,617..12.9
Ed Hochuli.....15..190..1,610..12.7
Bill Carollo...15..188..1,944..12.5
Walt Coleman...15..179..1,472..11.9
Mike Carey.....15..173..1,457..11.5
Bill Leavy.....15..172..1,400..11.5
Bernie Kukar...15..167..1,315..11.1
Gerry Austin...15..166..1,394..11.1