Week 3 Officiating: Meet Bill Vinovich and Crew

Name: Bill Vinovich

Age: 64

Promoted To Referee: 2001

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Last Game: Week 2 2025 DAL @ NYG

Last Lions Game: 11/10/24 – DET 26 @ HOU 23

• The Detroit Lions committed 4 penalties for 61 yards. They were flagged a total of 4 times

• The Houston Texans committed 4 penalties for 30 yards. They were flagged a total of 4 times

• Together there were 8 penalties for 91 yards. There were 8 total flags in this game

Notable

Vinovich’s Crew through two games this year has thrown the most flags per game at 23 but have had many dismissed (declined/offset) leaving accepted flags per game at 18.5. The total is a bit elevated due to the sloppy OT game between the Cowboys and Giants last week, where the crew had 26 penalties accepted, pushing their per game season avg to a virtually even split between the Home (9.5) and Away (9) teams.  The Lions will need to be mindful of keeping their composure, and the OL will have to battle a hostile crowd to avoid this Crew’s top penalties called so far this year.

2025 Most Called Penalties (2 games)

6 - Unnecessary Roughness

6 - False Start

6 - Offensive Holding

5 - Delay of Game

4 - Defensive Pass Interference 

2024 Most Called Penalties (17 games)

52 - False Start

27 - Offensive Holding 

24 - Defensive Pass Interference13 - Neutral Zone Infraction

10 - Unnecessary Roughness