1997 NFC Punting Average by Team

The New Orleans Saints led the NFC in punting average in 1997, with 45.9, 0.8 ahead of the Washington Redskins. The average across 15 NFC teams is 42.7.

Led the NFC in 1997 New Orleans Saints 16 games

45.9 Punting Average 0.8 clear of Washington Redskins

#	Team	G	P/A
1	New Orleans Saints	16	45.9
2	Washington Redskins	16	45.1
3	Green Bay Packers	16	45.0
4	Arizona Cardinals	16	44.3
5	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	43.1
	NFC average		42.7
6	Detroit Lions	16	42.6
7	Chicago Bears	16	42.5
8	Carolina Panthers	16	42.4
9	St. Louis Rams	16	42.4
10	Philadelphia Eagles	16	42.1
11	Minnesota Vikings	16	42.1
12	Dallas Cowboys	16	41.8
13	New York Giants	16	40.8
14	San Francisco 49ers	16	40.8
15	Atlanta Falcons	16	39.3

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.