1978 NFC Punting Average by Team

The Detroit Lions led the NFC in punting average in 1978, with 42.5, 0.4 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 14 NFC teams is 39.0.

Led the NFC in 1978 Detroit Lions 16 games

42.5 Punting Average 0.4 clear of New York Giants

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Detroit Lions	16	42.5
2	New York Giants	16	42.1
3	New Orleans Saints	16	42.0
4	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	40.9
5	Dallas Cowboys	16	40.5
6	Washington Redskins	16	39.4
	NFC average		39.0
7	Atlanta Falcons	16	38.8
8	St. Louis Cardinals	16	37.8
9	Minnesota Vikings	16	37.7
10	San Francisco 49ers	16	37.3
11	Philadelphia Eagles	16	37.2
12	Los Angeles Rams	16	37.0
13	Chicago Bears	16	37.0
14	Green Bay Packers	16	35.5

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.