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1947 NFL Punting Average by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Gross yards per punt

The Green Bay Packers led the whole NFL in punting average in 1947, with 43.6, 0.6 ahead of the Detroit Lions. The average across 10 NFL teams is 41.6.

Led the whole NFL in 1947 Green Bay Packers 12 games
43.6 Punting Average 0.6 clear of Detroit Lions
# Team G P/A
1 Green Bay Packers 12 43.6
2 Detroit Lions 12 43.0
3 Philadelphia Eagles 12 42.3
4 New York Giants 12 42.3
NFL average 41.6
5 Chicago Bears 12 41.5
6 Pittsburgh Steelers 12 41.1
7 Chicago Cardinals 12 40.8
8 Boston Yanks 12 40.5
9 Washington Redskins 12 40.3
10 Los Angeles Rams 12 40.1

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.