NFL Officiating Observatory
CREW CHIEF PROFILE
Ed Hochuli: NFL referee penalty stats (2026)
TL;DR
Ed Hochuli is an NFL referee (crew chief). Across 2015–25 his crew averaged 14.1 accepted penalties per game (46 games).
2026 flags / game—0 games · league 14.7
2026 yards / game—league 119.2
Last season flags / game—0 games
2015–25 flags / game14.146 games
Calling style
Career (2015–25): —, .
Close to the league average on every measure we track.
Season by season
| Season | Games | Flags / game |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | 14.8 |
| 2016 | 16 | 13.2 |
| 2017 | 17 | 13.0 |
Recent games
| Date | Game | Score | Flags | By team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-21 | MIN @ PHI | 7–38 | 6 | MIN 2 · PHI 4 |
| 2018-01-06 | ATL @ LA | 26–13 | 9 | ATL 4 · LA 5 |
| 2017-12-31 | LV @ LAC | 10–30 | 13 | LV 6 · LAC 7 |
| 2017-12-24 | DEN @ WAS | 11–27 | 9 | DEN 3 · WAS 6 |
| 2017-12-17 | LA @ SEA | 42–7 | 12 | LA 3 · SEA 9 |
| 2017-12-10 | DET @ TB | 24–21 | 15 | DET 8 · TB 7 |
| 2017-12-03 | SF @ CHI | 15–14 | 12 | SF 8 · CHI 4 |
| 2017-11-26 | GB @ PIT | 28–31 | 8 | GB 3 · PIT 5 |
| 2017-11-19 | ARI @ HOU | 21–31 | 16 | ARI 10 · HOU 6 |
| 2017-11-12 | DAL @ ATL | 7–27 | 10 | DAL 5 · ATL 5 |
Questions
Statistics reflect the crew chief's assignment; crews change around the chief each year. Patterns, not motives.