personal foul
noun
: a foul in a game (such as basketball) involving usually physical contact with or deliberate roughing of an opponent compare technical foul
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Tack on a 15-yard Talanoa Hufanga personal foul on the game’s final drive, and Denver had more penalty yards in the final 13-plus minutes than the Chargers had in the game.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
On the first of the Dons’ three consecutive touchdown drives, the Comanches committed a 15-yard personal foul penalty on a third-and-7 play that would have gone for a 2-yard loss.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
The Minutemen committed a personal foul on a tackle and Farfan soon hit Moody on a 9-yard pass.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
As reported by the press, the game featured multiple other unsportsmanlike infractions by both teams, including shoving, punching and personal fouls.
—Ron Mix, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
On the first of the Dons’ three consecutive touchdown drives, the Comanches committed a 15-yard personal foul penalty on a third-and-7 play that would have gone for a 2-yard loss.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
The Minutemen committed a personal foul on a tackle and Farfan soon hit Moody on a 9-yard pass.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
As reported by the press, the game featured multiple other unsportsmanlike infractions by both teams, including shoving, punching and personal fouls.
—Ron Mix, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Personal foul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20foul. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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