1953 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Pittsburgh Steelers led the whole NFL in punting average in 1953, with 46.9, 3.1 ahead of the Cleveland Browns. The average across 12 NFL teams is 41.2.

Led the whole NFL in 1953 Pittsburgh Steelers 12 games

46.9 Punting Average 3.1 clear of Cleveland Browns

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	46.9
2	Cleveland Browns	12	43.8
3	Chicago Bears	12	42.6
4	Philadelphia Eagles	12	42.4
5	Los Angeles Rams	12	42.2
6	Chicago Cardinals	12	41.6
	NFL average		41.2
7	San Francisco 49ers	12	40.6
8	Detroit Lions	12	40.6
9	New York Giants	12	39.2
10	Washington Redskins	12	38.5
11	Baltimore Colts	12	38.4
12	Green Bay Packers	12	37.6

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.