1980 NFC Punting Average by Team

The New York Giants led the NFC in punting average in 1980, with 44.8, 2.5 ahead of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The average across 14 NFC teams is 40.5.

Led the NFC in 1980 New York Giants 16 games

44.8 Punting Average 2.5 clear of Tampa Bay Buccaneers

#	Team	G	P/A
1	New York Giants	16	44.8
2	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	42.3
3	Detroit Lions	16	42.2
4	St. Louis Cardinals	16	41.5
5	San Francisco 49ers	16	40.9
6	Dallas Cowboys	16	40.9
7	Chicago Bears	16	40.6
	NFC average		40.5
8	Los Angeles Rams	16	39.5
9	New Orleans Saints	16	39.3
10	Philadelphia Eagles	16	39.3
11	Washington Redskins	16	39.2
12	Atlanta Falcons	16	39.1
13	Minnesota Vikings	16	38.8
14	Green Bay Packers	16	38.2

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.