1981 AFC Punting Average by Team

The Cincinnati Bengals led the AFC in punting average in 1981, with 45.4, 2.1 ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The average across 14 AFC teams is 40.9.

Led the AFC in 1981 Cincinnati Bengals 16 games

45.4 Punting Average 2.1 clear of Pittsburgh Steelers

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Cincinnati Bengals	16	45.4
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	43.3
3	Oakland Raiders	16	43.2
4	Cleveland Browns	16	42.4
5	San Diego Chargers	16	41.0
	AFC average		40.9
6	Miami Dolphins	16	40.8
7	New York Jets	16	40.6
8	Denver Broncos	16	40.4
9	Houston Oilers	16	39.7
10	Buffalo Bills	16	39.7
11	Baltimore Colts	16	39.4
12	New England Patriots	16	39.3
13	Seattle Seahawks	16	39.0
14	Kansas City Chiefs	16	38.5

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.