1987 AFC Punting Average by Team

The San Diego Chargers led the AFC in punting average in 1987, with 42.0, 0.8 ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The average across 14 AFC teams is 39.6.

Led the AFC in 1987 San Diego Chargers 15 games

42.0 Punting Average 0.8 clear of Pittsburgh Steelers

#	Team	G	P/A
1	San Diego Chargers	15	42.0
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	41.2
3	Denver Broncos	15	41.2
4	Cincinnati Bengals	15	41.0
5	Los Angeles Raiders	15	40.5
6	Kansas City Chiefs	15	40.4
	AFC average		39.6
7	Houston Oilers	15	39.6
8	Indianapolis Colts	15	39.2
9	Miami Dolphins	15	39.1
10	Seattle Seahawks	15	38.9
11	Buffalo Bills	15	38.7
12	New England Patriots	15	38.5
13	New York Jets	15	37.1
14	Cleveland Browns	15	36.9

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.