1997 AFC Punting Average by Team

The New England Patriots led the AFC in punting average in 1997, with 45.8, 0.5 ahead of the Indianapolis Colts. The average across 15 AFC teams is 43.4.

Led the AFC in 1997 New England Patriots 16 games

45.8 Punting Average 0.5 clear of Indianapolis Colts

#	Team	G	P/A
1	New England Patriots	16	45.8
2	Indianapolis Colts	16	45.3
3	Oakland Raiders	16	45.0
4	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	44.9
5	San Diego Chargers	16	44.6
6	Miami Dolphins	16	43.6
7	New York Jets	16	43.4
	AFC average		43.4
8	Denver Broncos	16	43.3
9	Cincinnati Bengals	16	42.9
10	Baltimore Ravens	16	42.7
11	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	42.6
12	Kansas City Chiefs	16	42.0
13	Buffalo Bills	16	41.8
14	Tennessee Oilers	16	41.6
15	Seattle Seahawks	16	41.4

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.