NFL Referee Assignments Week 12: Refs Assigned for Sunday and Monday Games

There are 17 NFL officiating crews, and with no byes this week, only one crew gets the holiday weekend off. There were four crews in action on Thursday and Friday; that still means we have 12 other crews working on Sunday and Monday.

Let’s look at the Week 12 NFL referee assignments.

NFL Referee Assignments for Week 12

All times Eastern and game day Sunday unless stated otherwise. All penalty stat information is courtesy of NFLPenalties.com.

• New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons | 1:00 p.m.
  Brad Allen
• Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals | 1:00 p.m.
  Brad Rogers
• Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans | 1:00 p.m.
  Clay Martin
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Indianapolis Colts | 1:00 p.m.
  Clete Blakeman
• New England Patriots at New York Giants | 1:00 p.m.
  Scott Novak
• Carolina Panthers at Tennessee Titans | 1:00 p.m.
  Ron Torbert
• Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals | 4:05 p.m.
  Shawn Smith
• Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos | 4:05 p.m.
  Adrian Hill
• Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas Raiders | 4:25 p.m.
  Land Clark
• Buffalo Bills at Philadelphia Eagles | 4:25 p.m.
  Shawn Hochuli
• Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers | 8:20 p.m. 
  Alan Eck
• Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings | 8:15 p.m. (Monday)
  Alex Kemp

The Jaguars enter the game with the fewest penalties called against in the NFL, having been whistled just 48 times in 10 games. Clay Martin’s crew has Jacksonville’s game this week and only called four penalties on the Jaguars in Week 1. Martin and his crew have called an NFL-low 10.44 penalties per game this season.

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Land Clark and his crew are with the Chiefs for the second time this season. They called 14 penalties, 10 against Kansas City, in the Chiefs’ win over the Vikings in Week 5. Clark’s crew calls over 14 penalties per game, the second most in the league.

They have called 16 or more penalties in five of their 10 games this season. The Chiefs have 6.7 penalties per game called against them, and their opponent this week, the Raiders, average 5.1 penalties per game.

The Ravens were called for nine penalties for 110 yards in the Week 11 win against the Bengals. Baltimore enters the week with the second-most penalty yards in the league.

The Ravens are averaging almost 60 yards per game in penalty yards. Alan Eck’s crew has Baltimore against the Chargers this week. They have issued around 100 penalty yards per game this season, tied for eighth most in the league.

Each season, officials are assigned to referees from the NFL’s officiating roster. You can see the full crews for the 2023 season in our handy guide.

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