1989 AFC Punting Average by Team

The Houston Oilers led the AFC in punting average in 1989, with 43.3, 0.4 ahead of the Indianapolis Colts. The average across 14 AFC teams is 40.4.

Led the AFC in 1989 Houston Oilers 16 games

43.3 Punting Average 0.4 clear of Indianapolis Colts

#	Team	G	P/A
1	Houston Oilers	16	43.3
2	Indianapolis Colts	16	42.9
3	Miami Dolphins	16	42.4
4	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	41.1
5	Los Angeles Raiders	16	40.5
	AFC average		40.4
6	Kansas City Chiefs	16	40.1
7	Seattle Seahawks	16	39.9
8	Denver Broncos	16	39.9
9	Cincinnati Bengals	16	39.7
10	San Diego Chargers	16	39.5
11	Buffalo Bills	16	39.4
12	New York Jets	16	39.4
13	Cleveland Browns	16	39.4
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.