1979 AFC Punting Average by Team

The Kansas City Chiefs led the AFC in punting average in 1979, with 43.6, 1.0 ahead of the Oakland Raiders. The average across 14 AFC teams is 39.9.

Led the AFC in 1979 Kansas City Chiefs 16 games

43.6 Punting Average 1.0 clear of Oakland Raiders

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Kansas City Chiefs	16	43.6
2	Oakland Raiders	16	42.6
3	Cincinnati Bengals	16	41.3
4	Cleveland Browns	16	41.2
5	New York Jets	16	40.8
6	Houston Oilers	16	40.6
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	40.2
8	Seattle Seahawks	16	40.1
9	Miami Dolphins	16	40.0
10	Denver Broncos	16	39.9
	AFC average		39.9
11	Buffalo Bills	16	38.2
12	Baltimore Colts	16	36.9
13	New England Patriots	16	36.6
14	San Diego Chargers	16	36.5

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.