1972 NFC Punting Average by Team

The Los Angeles Rams led the NFC in punting average in 1972, with 44.2, 1.4 ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. The average across 13 NFC teams is 41.0.

Led the NFC in 1972 Los Angeles Rams 14 games

44.2 Punting Average 1.4 clear of Atlanta Falcons

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Los Angeles Rams	14	44.2
2	Atlanta Falcons	14	42.8
3	Minnesota Vikings	14	42.8
4	New York Giants	14	42.7
5	Green Bay Packers	14	41.8
6	Chicago Bears	14	41.2
	NFC average		41.0
7	New Orleans Saints	14	40.8
8	Detroit Lions	14	40.3
9	Philadelphia Eagles	14	40.3
10	San Francisco 49ers	14	39.7
11	St. Louis Cardinals	14	39.4
12	Washington Redskins	14	38.5
13	Dallas Cowboys	14	38.2

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.