The Minnesota Vikings played 1 years in the NFL when winning the Defensive Player of the Year award >0 times in 1971.
Interpreted as:
defensive player of the year in a regular season winners back to back years NFL| TEAM | SEAS | DPOY | SEASON | GP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCK | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Vikings | 1 | 1 | 1971 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 |  | Steelers | 1 | 1 | 1972 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 |  | Dolphins | 1 | 1 | 1973 | 14 | 8 | 163 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | | Steelers | 1 | 1 | 1974 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | | Steelers | 1 | 1 | 1975 | 14 | 11 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | | Steelers | 1 | 1 | 1976 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 |  | Cowboys | 1 | 1 | 1977 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 |  | Broncos | 1 | 1 | 1978 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 9 |  | Buccaneers | 1 | 1 | 1979 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 10 |  | Raiders | 1 | 1 | 1980 | 16 | 13 | 273 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 |  | Giants | 1 | 1 | 1981 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | | Giants | 1 | 1 | 1982 | 9 | 7.5 | 1 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | | Dolphins | 1 | 1 | 1983 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 14 |  | Seahawks | 1 | 1 | 1984 | 16 | 0.0 | 10 | 126 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 15 |  | Bears | 1 | 1 | 1985 | 16 | 3.0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | | Giants | 1 | 1 | 1986 | 16 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 |  | Eagles | 1 | 1 | 1987 | 12 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 18 | | Bears | 1 | 1 | 1988 | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | | Vikings | 1 | 1 | 1989 | 16 | 18.0 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 20 |  | Bills | 1 | 1 | 1990 | 16 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 |  | Saints | 1 | 1 | 1991 | 16 | 17.0 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | | Seahawks | 1 | 1 | 1992 | 16 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | | Steelers | 1 | 1 | 1993 | 16 | 2.0 | 8 | 138 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 24 |  | 49ers | 1 | 1 | 1994 | 14 | 0.0 | 6 | 303 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | | Bills | 1 | 1 | 1995 | 15 | 17.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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Rams| AFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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