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Officiating crew ofScott Novak

9 games in 2026. 18.2 accepted flags a game against a league average of 14.7 (1st most of 18 crews), 164.1 penalty yards, and 44% of the flags on the home team.

All crews Flag Ledger

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Flags a game18.2league 14.7

Yards a game164.1league 118

Win prob. moved51 ptsleague 39

Late flags4.004th quarter, one-score games

TDs erased3touchdowns wiped by a flag

Game by game

Every game this crew worked

9 games, 18.2 accepted flags a game against a league average of 14.7.

Bottom line5 of 9 games above the league average; 44% of this crew's flags went against the home team.

How to read this chart

One bar = one game: as tall as the accepted flags in it; the number on top is the total, in yellow when it beats the league average.
Yellow and grey: yellow = flags against the home team, grey = against the away team; the small numbers inside are the split.
Dashed line: the league average, 14.7 flags a game. Under the bar: away @ home, week and final score. Tap a game to open it.

Against the league

What this crew calls

Unsportsmanlike Conduct×2.7

Intentional Grounding×2.3

Unnecessary Roughness×2.0

Defensive Too Many Men on Field×2.0

Illegal Contact×0.4

Illegal Formation×0.6

Encroachment×0.6

Bottom lineTheir signature call: unsportsmanlike conduct, ×2.7 the league rate.

How to read this chart

One row per penalty type.: The center line is the league rate per game.
Bar to the right (×1.5, ×2.0…):: this crew calls it more often than the league; ×2.0 = twice as often.
Bar to the left (×0.5…):: calls it less often; ×0.5 = half as often. Few games, so treat single rows as hints, not proof.

On the field

The crew

Scott NovakReferee
Mark StewartLine Judge
Brian SakowskiDown Judge
John JenkinsField Judge · 8 of 9
Tony JosselynBack Judge · 8 of 9
Don WillardSide Judge · 8 of 9
Mike MortonUmpire · 7 of 9

The flag that mattered most

Biggest swing

24pts

Unnecessary Roughness on NYJ, Week 2, OT 6:17

(Shotgun) 10-J.Love pass short right to 30-C.Brooks pushed ob at NYJ 37 for 15 yards (2-J.Brownlee). PENALTY on NYJ-2-J.Brownlee, Unnecessary Roughness, 15 yards, enforced at NYJ 37.

The career · 2019 to today

Scott Novak, every season

Regular season and playoffs since 2019, compared with each season's average and with the league. All referees since 1999

Bottom lineOver his career, Scott Novak calls −0.1 flags a game below the season average; home teams won 46% of his games (league 56%).

How to read this chart

The tiles:: career totals: games, flags a game compared with each season's average (+ = more), how often the home team won and covered the spread, how often games went over the betting total, and the share of flags on the home team, each next to the league figure.
The bars:: one per season. Up (yellow) = he called more flags a game than the league did that year; down (blue) = fewer. Taller = further from average. Comparing with each year matters because flag rates change with the rules.
The four boxes below:: pass interference, holding, roughing and pre-snap fouls, per game above (+) or below (−) the season average.

Games since 20191161 playoff games

Flags vs the season−0.111.9 accepted flags a game

Home teams won46%league 56% · outside normal variation

Home teams covered41%league 49%

Went over the total48%league 49%

Flags on the home team49%league 48%

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Pass interference−0.10a game vs the seasonHolding−0.01a game vs the seasonRoughing−0.21a game vs the seasonPre-snap fouls+0.18a game vs the season

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