1970 NFC Punting Average by Team

The New Orleans Saints led the NFC in punting average in 1970, with 42.5, 1.2 ahead of the Dallas Cowboys. The average across 13 NFC teams is 39.6.

Led the NFC in 1970 New Orleans Saints 14 games

42.5 Punting Average 1.2 clear of Dallas Cowboys

#	Team	G	P/A
1	New Orleans Saints	14	42.5
2	Dallas Cowboys	14	41.3
3	St. Louis Cardinals	14	40.9
4	Washington Redskins	14	40.9
5	Chicago Bears	14	40.8
6	Green Bay Packers	14	40.2
7	Detroit Lions	14	40.0
	NFC average		39.6
8	Los Angeles Rams	14	39.1
9	Atlanta Falcons	14	38.7
10	San Francisco 49ers	14	38.4
11	New York Giants	14	38.3
12	Minnesota Vikings	14	37.9
13	Philadelphia Eagles	14	36.6

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.