We now know the Week 5 NFL referee assignments, including the London game, Sunday Night Football, and Monday Night Football. Let’s take a look at which NFL refs and their crews will be officiating each game and examine what we might see from the refs in the two prime-time games this week.
NFL Referee Assignments for Week 5
The remaining 15 NFL ref assignments for Week 5 are listed below. Prior to the season, the NFL assigned each ref with a crew from the NFL’s officiating roster. You can see which officials are on each crew in our guide to the 2022 NFL officiating crews.
Note: All times are Eastern.
New York Giants at Green Bay Packers | 9:30 a.m.
Alex Kemp
Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills | 1 p.m.
John Hussey
Los Angeles Chargers at Cleveland Browns | 1 p.m.
Adrian Hill
Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars | 1 p.m.
Ron Torbert
Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings | 1 p.m.
Shawn Hochuli
Detroit Lions at New England Patriots | 1 p.m.
Craig Wrolstad
Seattle Seahawks at New Orleans Saints | 1 p.m.
Brad Allen
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets | 1 p.m.
Clay Martin
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 p.m.
Jerome Boger
Tennessee Titans at Washington Commanders | 1 p.m.
Land Clark
San Francisco 49ers at Carolina Panthers | 4:05 p.m.
Shawn Smith
Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals | 4:25 p.m.
Tra Blake
Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams | 4:25 p.m.
Bill Vinovich
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens | 8:20 p.m.
Scott Novak
Monday Night Football Referee Assignments
Las Vegas Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs | 8:15 p.m.
Brad Allen
What Can We Expect To See From the Prime-time NFL Officiating Crews in Week 5?
We could see two reasonably clean prime-time games this week with Novak and Allen in charge. Both referees rank in the bottom half in terms of penalty count through the first four weeks. Novak’s crew has thrown 56 flags at an average of 14 per game, with 48 total penalties at an average of 12 per game.
They appear to be especially tough on offenses, with 22 penalties across false start (nine), offensive holding (eight), and ineligible downfield receiver (five). Therefore, we could see some disjointed offense on Sunday Night Football when the Bengals and Ravens face off. However, they have thrown just seven flags for defensive holding or defensive pass interference across those four games.
Allen’s crew is averaging 13.67 penalty flags thrown per game, which is the sixth-lowest number in the league. Their 34 accepted penalties at 11.33 per game are the fifth-lowest on a per-game basis. Of their 34 flags, Allen’s crew has thrown 10 false starts, four offensive holding penalties, and three delay of game penalties. They have thrown just three penalties combined across defensive holding and defensive pass interference.