1979 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Kansas City Chiefs led the whole NFL in punting average in 1979, with 43.6, 0.9 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 28 NFL teams is 39.8.

Led the whole NFL in 1979 Kansas City Chiefs 16 games

43.6 Punting Average 0.9 clear of New York Giants

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	43.6
2	New York Giants	NFC	16	42.7
3	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	42.6
4	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	41.7
5	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	41.3
6	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	41.2
7	New York Jets	AFC	16	40.8
8	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	40.6
9	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	40.4
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	40.2
11	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	40.1
12	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	40.1
13	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	40.1
14	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	40.0
15	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	39.9
	NFL average			39.8
16	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	39.7
17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	39.6
18	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	39.5
19	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	39.5
20	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	39.5
21	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	38.7
22	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	38.4
23	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	38.2
24	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	37.9
25	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	37.0
26	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	36.9
27	New England Patriots	AFC	16	36.6
28	San Diego Chargers	AFC	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.