which team has most punt return yards per game season

The New York Giants have gained the most punt-return yards per game by a team in a season, with 65.2 per game in 1941.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Punt-Return Yards Per Game: team season data complete from 1935

	TEAM	PR YDS/G	SEASON	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
1	Giants	65.2	1941	11	20	467	23.4	42.5	0	47	717	15.3	0
2	Bears	65.1	1948	12	29	751	25.9	62.6	1	55	781	14.2	1
3	Redskins	61.4	1941	11	28	580	20.7	52.7	0	45	675	15.0	3
4	Packers	60.8	1950	12	56	1,233	22.0	102.8	0	44	729	16.6	2
5	Steelers	60.2	1942	11	30	699	23.3	63.5	1	43	662	15.4	2
6	Eagles	59.7	1947	12	44	854	19.4	71.2	1	54	716	13.3	2
7	Cardinals	59.3	1936	12					0		712		1
8	Giants	56.9	1938	11					0		626		0
9	Lions	56.3	1945	10	30	662	22.1	66.2	0	39	563	14.4	1
10	Eagles	56.3	1944	10	26	630	24.2	63.0	1	41	563	13.7	1
11	Giants	56.3	1951	12	28	724	25.9	60.3	1	48	675	14.1	4
12	Cardinals	55.8	1948	12	38	915	24.1	76.3	0	35	669	19.1	4
13	Steelers	55.3	1974	14	42	901	21.5	64.4	0	67	774	11.6	1
14	Packers	54.7	1996	16	47	1,038	22.1	64.9	1	58	875	15.1	3
15	Eagles	54.2	1942	11	42	882	21.0	80.2	1	42	596	14.2	1
16	Eagles	54.0	1937	11					0		594		0
17	Redskins	53.7	1940	11		741		67.4	0		591		1
18	Rams	53.3	1947	12	36	727	20.2	60.6	0	44	640	14.5	2
19	Rams	52.0	1949	12	37	690	18.6	57.5	0	43	624	14.5	2
20	Packers	51.2	1939	11					0		563		1
21	Broncos	50.9	1977	14	34	732	21.5	52.3	0	58	712	12.3	1
22	Redskins	50.8	1939	11					1		559		1
23	Bears	50.1	1950	12	35	818	23.4	68.2	0	60	601	10.0	0
24	Bears	49.7	1936	12					0		596		0
25	Bears	49.6	1941	11	29	685	23.6	62.3	1	27	546	20.2	2

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Sun 11/8	NYG	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Thu 11/12	WAS	@	NYG	8:15 PM
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Commanders	1	4	1	.250
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Bears	5	2	0	.714
Packers	4	2	0	.667
Lions	3	2	0	.600
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