average punt return yards allowed per punt in an nfl season

The Chicago Bears had 39.16 opponent punt yards per opponent punt in 1942.

Interpreted as:
average punt return punt yards allowed per punt in an NFL season
TEAMOPP YDS/OPP PUNTPR AVGOPP YDSOPP PUNTSEASONGPPUNTYDSPUNT AVG
1Bears
Bears
39.16
11.8
2,976
76
1942
11
49
1,902
38.8
2Cardinals
Cardinals
40.73
11.4
3,055
75
1942
11
74
2,925
39.5
3Packers
Packers
37.09
10.2
2,077
56
1942
11
58
2,169
37.4
4Giants
Giants
38.63
12.7
2,472
64
1942
11
65
2,506
38.6
5
Dodgers
41.45
10.7
2,570
62
1942
11
73
3,016
41.3
6Lions
Lions
43.26
11.1
2,985
69
1942
11
71
2,882
40.6
7Redskins
Redskins
36.48
12.1
3,028
83
1942
11
63
2,853
45.3
8Eagles
Eagles
39.86
14.2
2,591
65
1942
11
72
2,848
39.6
9Steelers
Steelers
40.52
15.4
2,877
71
1942
11
75
2,741
36.5
10Rams
Rams
38.98
10.2
2,183
56
1942
11
77
3,101
40.3
11Bears
Bears
39.18
12.8
2,429
62
1943
10
48
1,785
37.2
12Cardinals
Cardinals
36.47
10.2
1,860
51
1943
10
56
2,165
38.7
13Packers
Packers
36.4
11.6
2,002
55
1943
10
52
1,870
36.0
14Giants
Giants
37.75
13.3
2,869
76
1943
10
69
2,727
39.5
15
Dodgers
37.03
8.9
2,222
60
1943
10
89
3,220
36.2
16Lions
Lions
41.55
13.6
2,742
66
1943
10
65
2,693
41.4
17Redskins
Redskins
37.13
10.8
2,822
76
1943
10
65
2,799
43.1
18Eagles
Eagles
39.52
10.5
2,371
60
1943
10
62
2,132
34.4
19Bears
Bears
25.19
9.1
1,461
58
1944
10
57
2,084
36.6
20Cardinals
Cardinals
14.9
9.4
745
50
1944
10
60
1,964
32.7
21Packers
Packers
14.3
8.9
815
57
1944
10
48
1,772
36.9
22Giants
Giants
35.28
12.1
2,117
60
1944
10
60
2,315
38.6
23
Tigers
33.06
11.6
2,347
71
1944
10
74
2,814
38.0
24Lions
Lions
5.4
14.2
308
57
1944
10
54
2,185
40.5
25Redskins
Redskins
35.95
10.3
1,977
55
1944
10
59
2,303
39.0
StatMuse has team, season-level data for opponent punt yards going back to the 1942 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,942

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,087

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

713

Loveland

Colston Loveland
Team Rankings

PPG

25.9

9th

OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
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14
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11
6
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6
11
0
.353
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
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4
13
0
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
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Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
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5
0
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14
0
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