1972 AFC Punting Average by Team

The Kansas City Chiefs led the AFC in punting average in 1972, with 44.8, 1.2 ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The average across 13 AFC teams is 40.8.

Led the AFC in 1972 Kansas City Chiefs 14 games

44.8 Punting Average 1.2 clear of Pittsburgh Steelers

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Kansas City Chiefs	14	44.8
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	43.6
3	Cleveland Browns	14	43.2
4	Baltimore Colts	14	42.1
5	Cincinnati Bengals	14	42.1
6	Houston Oilers	14	41.0
	AFC average		40.8
7	San Diego Chargers	14	40.3
8	Denver Broncos	14	40.1
9	Miami Dolphins	14	39.4
10	New York Jets	14	39.3
11	Buffalo Bills	14	38.8
12	New England Patriots	14	38.1
13	Oakland Raiders	14	36.9

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.