1978 AFC Punting Average by Team

The Oakland Raiders led the AFC in punting average in 1978, with 42.7, 0.3 ahead of the Cincinnati Bengals. The average across 14 AFC teams is 39.0.

Led the AFC in 1978 Oakland Raiders 16 games

42.7 Punting Average 0.3 clear of Cincinnati Bengals

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Oakland Raiders	16	42.7
2	Cincinnati Bengals	16	42.4
3	Kansas City Chiefs	16	41.1
4	Miami Dolphins	16	40.3
5	New York Jets	16	40.1
6	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	40.0
7	Cleveland Browns	16	39.1
	AFC average		39.0
8	Houston Oilers	16	38.9
9	Buffalo Bills	16	38.8
10	Baltimore Colts	16	38.2
11	San Diego Chargers	16	37.3
12	Seattle Seahawks	16	36.4
13	Denver Broncos	16	36.4
14	New England Patriots	16	35.0

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.