1979 NFC Punting Average by Team

The New York Giants led the NFC in punting average in 1979, with 42.7, 1.0 ahead of the Dallas Cowboys. The average across 14 NFC teams is 39.6.

Led the NFC in 1979 New York Giants 16 games

42.7 Punting Average 1.0 clear of Dallas Cowboys

#	Team	G	P/A
1	New York Giants	16	42.7
2	Dallas Cowboys	16	41.7
3	Green Bay Packers	16	40.4
4	Los Angeles Rams	16	40.1
5	Detroit Lions	16	40.1
6	Atlanta Falcons	16	39.7
	NFC average		39.6
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	39.6
8	New Orleans Saints	16	39.5
9	Minnesota Vikings	16	39.5
10	Philadelphia Eagles	16	39.5
11	St. Louis Cardinals	16	38.7
12	Washington Redskins	16	38.4
13	Chicago Bears	16	37.9
14	San Francisco 49ers	16	37.0

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.