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39 flags for 310 penalty yards: Revisiting the most penalized game in modern NFL history

Whether they never even knew, or have just simply tried to forget, the players who played in the most penalized game in modern NFL history are incredulous when told of their ignominious standing. Sure, they remember that the game was bad because, well, pretty much every one of their games that season was. But that bad?

“I knew there were a lot of flags, but I didn’t know we set a record,” says Seahawks receiver Steve Largent. “It doesn’t surprise me, though. Whenever we ran the ball, or threw the ball, there was a penalty on somebody, for something.