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1969 NFL Punting Average by Team

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

The Baltimore Colts led the whole NFL in punting average in 1969, with 45.3, 0.7 ahead of the San Diego Chargers. The average across 26 NFL teams is 40.9.

Led the whole NFL in 1969 Baltimore Colts 14 games
45.3 Punting Average 0.7 clear of San Diego Chargers
# Team Conference G P/A
1 Baltimore Colts NFL 14 45.3
2 San Diego Chargers AFL 14 44.6
3 Buffalo Bills AFL 14 44.5
4 Kansas City Chiefs AFL 14 44.4
5 New York Jets AFL 14 44.3
6 Dallas Cowboys NFL 14 43.3
7 Oakland Raiders AFL 14 42.7
8 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 14 42.3
9 Washington Redskins NFL 14 42.2
10 Boston Patriots AFL 14 41.5
11 New Orleans Saints NFL 14 41.4
12 Atlanta Falcons NFL 14 41.2
NFL average 40.9
13 Los Angeles Rams NFL 14 40.7
14 Miami Dolphins AFL 14 40.6
15 San Francisco 49ers NFL 14 40.5
16 Denver Broncos AFL 14 40.1
17 Green Bay Packers NFL 14 40.1
18 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 40.0
19 Philadelphia Eagles NFL 14 39.8
20 Chicago Bears NFL 14 39.0
21 Houston Oilers AFL 14 38.9
22 Cincinnati Bengals AFL 14 38.8
23 St. Louis Cardinals NFL 14 37.6
24 New York Giants NFL 14 37.6
25 Cleveland Browns NFL 14 37.5
26 Detroit Lions NFL 14 33.9

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.