1971 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Kansas City Chiefs led the whole NFL in punting average in 1971, with 44.8, 0.1 ahead of the Cincinnati Bengals. The average across 26 NFL teams is 40.8.

Led the whole NFL in 1971 Kansas City Chiefs 14 games

44.8 Punting Average 0.1 clear of Cincinnati Bengals

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	14	44.8
2	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	14	44.7
3	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	14	43.7
4	San Diego Chargers	AFC	14	43.5
5	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	14	41.9
6	Denver Broncos	AFC	14	41.8
7	Detroit Lions	NFC	14	41.7
8	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	14	41.6
9	New Orleans Saints	NFC	14	41.4
10	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	14	41.4
11	Baltimore Colts	AFC	14	41.0
12	Buffalo Bills	AFC	14	40.9
	NFL average			40.8
13	New York Giants	NFC	14	40.6
14	Houston Oilers	AFC	14	40.6
15	Washington Redskins	NFC	14	40.5
16	Chicago Bears	NFC	14	40.2
17	Miami Dolphins	AFC	14	40.1
18	Green Bay Packers	NFC	14	40.0
19	Oakland Raiders	AFC	14	39.9
20	Cleveland Browns	AFC	14	39.9
21	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	14	39.5
22	New York Jets	AFC	14	38.8
23	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	14	38.8
24	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	14	38.7
25	New England Patriots	AFC	14	37.3
26	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	14	36.9

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.