1956 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Los Angeles Rams led the whole NFL in punting average in 1956, with 43.1, 0.4 ahead of the Green Bay Packers. The average across 12 NFL teams is 40.6.

Led the whole NFL in 1956 Los Angeles Rams 12 games

43.1 Punting Average 0.4 clear of Green Bay Packers

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Los Angeles Rams	12	43.1
2	Green Bay Packers	12	42.7
3	Washington Redskins	12	42.4
4	Cleveland Browns	12	41.9
5	Philadelphia Eagles	12	41.8
6	New York Giants	12	41.8
7	Detroit Lions	12	41.3
	NFL average		40.6
8	Chicago Bears	12	39.3
9	San Francisco 49ers	12	38.4
10	Baltimore Colts	12	38.4
11	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	38.2
12	Chicago Cardinals	12	37.8

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.