1971 AFC Punting Average by Team

The Kansas City Chiefs led the AFC in punting average in 1971, with 44.8, 0.1 ahead of the Cincinnati Bengals. The average across 13 AFC teams is 41.3.

Led the AFC in 1971 Kansas City Chiefs 14 games

44.8 Punting Average 0.1 clear of Cincinnati Bengals

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Kansas City Chiefs	14	44.8
2	Cincinnati Bengals	14	44.7
3	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	43.7
4	San Diego Chargers	14	43.5
5	Denver Broncos	14	41.8
	AFC average		41.3
6	Baltimore Colts	14	41.0
7	Buffalo Bills	14	40.9
8	Houston Oilers	14	40.6
9	Miami Dolphins	14	40.1
10	Oakland Raiders	14	39.9
11	Cleveland Browns	14	39.9
12	New York Jets	14	38.8
13	New England Patriots	14	37.3

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.