1978 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Oakland Raiders led the whole NFL in punting average in 1978, with 42.7, 0.2 ahead of the Detroit Lions. The average across 28 NFL teams is 39.0.

Led the whole NFL in 1978 Oakland Raiders 16 games

42.7 Punting Average 0.2 clear of Detroit Lions

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	42.7
2	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	42.5
3	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	42.4
4	New York Giants	NFC	16	42.1
5	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	42.0
6	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	41.1
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	40.9
8	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	40.5
9	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	40.3
10	New York Jets	AFC	16	40.1
11	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	40.0
12	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	39.4
13	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	39.1
	NFL average			39.0
14	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	38.9
15	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	38.8
16	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	38.8
17	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	38.2
18	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	37.8
19	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	37.7
20	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	37.3
21	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	37.3
22	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	37.2
23	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	37.0
24	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	37.0
25	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	36.4
26	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	36.4
27	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	35.5
28	New England Patriots	AFC	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.