1989 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Phoenix Cardinals led the whole NFL in punting average in 1989, with 43.6, 0.3 ahead of the Houston Oilers. The average across 28 NFL teams is 40.6.

Led the whole NFL in 1989 Phoenix Cardinals 16 games

43.6 Punting Average 0.3 clear of Houston Oilers

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Phoenix Cardinals	NFC	16	43.6
2	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	43.3
3	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	43.1
4	New York Giants	NFC	16	43.1
5	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	43.0
6	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	42.9
7	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	42.4
8	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	41.3
9	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	41.1
10	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	40.8
11	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	40.6
	NFL average			40.6
12	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	40.5
13	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	40.5
14	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	40.1
15	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	39.9
16	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	39.9
17	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	39.8
18	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	39.7
19	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	39.5
20	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	39.5
21	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	39.4
22	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	39.4
23	New York Jets	AFC	16	39.4
24	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	39.4
25	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	39.1
26	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	39.0
27	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	38.8
28	New England Patriots	AFC	16	38.0

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.