1981 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Cincinnati Bengals led the whole NFL in punting average in 1981, with 45.4, 1.9 ahead of the Detroit Lions. The average across 28 NFL teams is 41.1.

Led the whole NFL in 1981 Cincinnati Bengals 16 games

45.4 Punting Average 1.9 clear of Detroit Lions

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	45.4
2	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	43.5
3	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	43.3
4	New York Giants	NFC	16	43.3
5	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	43.2
6	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	42.4
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	42.2
8	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	42.0
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	41.8
10	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	41.5
11	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	41.4
	NFL average			41.1
12	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	41.0
13	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	40.8
14	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	40.7
15	New York Jets	AFC	16	40.6
16	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	40.6
17	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	40.5
18	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	40.5
19	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	40.4
20	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	40.3
21	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	40.0
22	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	39.7
23	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	39.7
24	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	39.7
25	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	39.4
26	New England Patriots	AFC	16	39.3
27	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	39.0
28	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	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.