With the referee assignments for Week 5 revealed, which NFL refs will take charge of each game this week? Let’s take a look at which refs will be appearing on our screen in the prime-time games this week, as well as who will be calling your favorite team’s game this week.
NFL ref assignments for Week 5
The list below contains the referee for each game. Each of those refs has a group of officials assigned to them from the officiating roster before the season begins. Check out our comprehensive guide of which official is on which officiating crews in 2021.
Which referee is in charge of the London Game?
- New York Jets vs. Atlanta Falcons | 9:30 AM ET | Tony Corrente
Referee assignments for early Sunday games
- Philadelphia Eagles at Carolina Panthers | 1 PM ET | Shawn Hochuli
- Green Bay Packers at Cincinnati Bengals | 1 PM ET | Bill Vinovich
- New England Patriots at Houston Texans | 1 PM ET | Scott Novak
- Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars | 1 PM ET | Alex Kemp
- Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings | 1 PM ET | Clete Blakeman
- Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 PM ET | Brad Rogers
- Miami Dolphins at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 PM ET | Jerome Boger
- New Orleans Saints at Washington Football Team | 1 PM ET | Shawn Smith
NFL referee assignments for Week 5’s Sunday afternoon and prime-time games
- Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Chargers | 4:05 PM ET | Brad Allen
- Chicago Bears at Las Vegas Raiders | 4:05 PM ET | Craig Wrolstad
- San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals | 4:25 PM ET | Clay Martin
- New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys | 4:25 PM ET | John Hussey
- Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs | 8:20 PM ET | Carl Cheffers
Which of the NFL refs is assigned to MNF in Week 5?
- Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore Ravens | 8:15 PM ET | Land Clark
Which officiating crew has thrown the most penalty flags in the first four weeks?
No officiating crew has thrown more flags through the first four weeks than Scott Novak’s group with 73. At an average of 18.3 flags per game, they are more than one flag per game higher than the second-place crew. However, Novak’s team has seen their flag count reduce from 27 in Week 1 to 11 in Week 4.
The other crews that make up the top five include Shawn Hochuli, Land Clark, Adrian Hill, and Alex Kemp. With the Week 5 NFL referee assignment putting Clark in charge of Monday Night Football, we could see a lot of flags in the final prime-time game of the week.
In contrast, the crew that has thrown the fewest flags per game is Brad Allen’s. With just 35 flags across their three games, Allen’s team has an average of 11.7 flags per game. The Week 5 assignment has Allen as the ref of the Browns at Chargers game.
The next fewest flags belong to Shawn Smith, Bill Vinovich, Clay Martin, and Ron Torbert’s crew.