2003 NFC Punting Average by Team

The Carolina Panthers led the NFC in punting average in 2003, with 43.9, 0.6 ahead of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The average across 16 NFC teams is 41.0.

Led the NFC in 2003 Carolina Panthers 16 games

43.9 Punting Average 0.6 clear of Tampa Bay Buccaneers

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Carolina Panthers	16	43.9
2	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	43.3
3	New Orleans Saints	16	42.9
4	Arizona Cardinals	16	42.8
5	St. Louis Rams	16	41.8
6	Green Bay Packers	16	41.3
7	Chicago Bears	16	41.2
	NFC average		41.0
8	Philadelphia Eagles	16	40.6
9	Seattle Seahawks	16	40.5
10	New York Giants	16	40.5
11	Washington Redskins	16	40.2
12	Atlanta Falcons	16	39.9
13	Detroit Lions	16	39.9
14	Minnesota Vikings	16	39.1
15	Dallas Cowboys	16	38.9
16	San Francisco 49ers	16	38.7

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.