1977 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Oakland Raiders led the whole NFL in punting average in 1977, with 43.3, 1.3 ahead of the New Orleans Saints. The average across 28 NFL teams is 38.9.

Led the whole NFL in 1977 Oakland Raiders 14 games

43.3 Punting Average 1.3 clear of New Orleans Saints

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Oakland Raiders	AFC	14	43.3
2	New Orleans Saints	NFC	14	42.0
3	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	14	41.9
4	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	14	41.2
5	Chicago Bears	NFC	14	40.4
6	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	14	40.3
7	New York Giants	NFC	14	39.9
8	Green Bay Packers	NFC	14	39.9
9	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	14	39.9
10	Buffalo Bills	AFC	14	39.9
11	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	14	39.8
12	Houston Oilers	AFC	14	39.4
13	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	14	39.2
14	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	14	39.2
15	Denver Broncos	AFC	14	39.2
16	Cleveland Browns	AFC	14	39.0
	NFL average			38.9
17	Washington Redskins	NFC	14	38.5
18	Baltimore Colts	AFC	14	38.3
19	San Diego Chargers	AFC	14	37.6
20	New York Jets	AFC	14	37.6
21	Miami Dolphins	AFC	14	37.5
22	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	14	37.2
23	Detroit Lions	NFC	14	36.9
24	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	14	36.8
25	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	14	36.7
26	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	14	36.4
27	New England Patriots	AFC	14	36.2
28	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	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.