1986 NFC Punting Average by Team

The New York Giants led the NFC in punting average in 1986, with 44.8, 0.9 ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. The average across 14 NFC teams is 41.3.

Led the NFC in 1986 New York Giants 16 games

44.8 Punting Average 0.9 clear of Atlanta Falcons

#	Team	G	P/A
1	New York Giants	16	44.8
2	Atlanta Falcons	16	43.9
3	Washington Redskins	16	43.6
4	New Orleans Saints	16	42.7
5	San Francisco 49ers	16	41.6
6	Philadelphia Eagles	16	41.3
7	Chicago Bears	16	41.3
	NFC average		41.3
8	Detroit Lions	16	40.8
9	Dallas Cowboys	16	40.7
10	Minnesota Vikings	16	40.6
11	Green Bay Packers	16	40.4
12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	40.2
13	Los Angeles Rams	16	38.6
14	St. Louis Cardinals	16	37.5

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.