who was defensive player of the year in 2001

Michael Strahan won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 2001.

Regular season

		NAME	DPOY	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1		Michael Strahan M. Strahan	1	2001	NYG	16	61	12	73	22.5	177.5	0	0	0	6	1	1

	NAME	DATE	DPOY	SEASON	TM		OPP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	1/6/2002	1	2001	NYG	vs	GB	3	1	4	1.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	12/30/2001	1	2001	NYG	@	PHI	5	1	6	3.5	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	12/23/2001	1	2001	NYG	vs	SEA	3	2	5	1.0	7	0	0	0	0	1	1
4	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	12/15/2001	1	2001	NYG	vs	ARI	3	2	5	0.5	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	12/9/2001	1	2001	NYG	@	DAL	4	0	4	1.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	11/25/2001	1	2001	NYG	vs	OAK	1	1	2	0.5	0.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	11/19/2001	1	2001	NYG	@	MIN	0	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	11/11/2001	1	2001	NYG	@	ARI	6	1	7	1.0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	11/4/2001	1	2001	NYG	vs	DAL	4	2	6	1.5	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	10/28/2001	1	2001	NYG	@	WAS	4	0	4	2.0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	10/22/2001	1	2001	NYG	vs	PHI	4	0	4	2.0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	10/14/2001	1	2001	NYG	@	STL	6	0	6	4.0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	10/7/2001	1	2001	NYG	vs	WAS	3	1	4	1.5	12	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	9/30/2001	1	2001	NYG	vs	NO	7	0	7	3.0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	9/23/2001	1	2001	NYG	@	KC	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	9/10/2001	1	2001	NYG	@	DEN	6	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Average		0.1					3.8	0.8	4.6	1.4	11.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.1
	Total		1					61	12	73	22.5	177.5	0	0	0	6	1	1

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Saints	0	1	0	.000
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