1977 NFC Punting Average by Team

The New Orleans Saints led the NFC in punting average in 1977, with 42.0, 0.8 ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. The average across 14 NFC teams is 38.8.

Led the NFC in 1977 New Orleans Saints 14 games

42.0 Punting Average 0.8 clear of Atlanta Falcons

#	Team	G	P/A
1	New Orleans Saints	14	42.0
2	Atlanta Falcons	14	41.2
3	Chicago Bears	14	40.4
4	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	40.3
5	New York Giants	14	39.9
6	Green Bay Packers	14	39.9
7	Minnesota Vikings	14	39.8
8	Dallas Cowboys	14	39.2
	NFC average		38.8
9	Washington Redskins	14	38.5
10	Philadelphia Eagles	14	37.2
11	Detroit Lions	14	36.9
12	St. Louis Cardinals	14	36.7
13	San Francisco 49ers	14	36.4
14	Los Angeles Rams	14	35.2

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.