1980 AFC Punting Average by Team

The Denver Broncos led the AFC in punting average in 1980, with 43.9, 0.3 ahead of the Oakland Raiders. The average across 14 AFC teams is 40.6.

Led the AFC in 1980 Denver Broncos 16 games

43.9 Punting Average 0.3 clear of Oakland Raiders

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Denver Broncos	16	43.9
2	Oakland Raiders	16	43.6
3	Miami Dolphins	16	42.6
4	New York Jets	16	42.4
5	Seattle Seahawks	16	41.6
6	Houston Oilers	16	40.7
7	Cincinnati Bengals	16	40.7
	AFC average		40.6
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	40.2
9	Kansas City Chiefs	16	39.5
10	San Diego Chargers	16	39.1
11	Baltimore Colts	16	39.1
12	Buffalo Bills	16	38.7
13	Cleveland Browns	16	38.3
14	New England Patriots	16	38.0

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.