who was the defensive player of the year in 1971

Alan Page won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 1971.

		NAME	DPOY	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1		Alan Page A. Page	1	1971	MIN	14	8	0.6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

	NAME	DATE	DPOY	SEASON	TM		OPP	YDS	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC TD	KR YDS	KR TD	PR YDS	PR TD
1	Alan Page A. Page	12/19/1971	1	1971	MIN	@	CHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Alan Page A. Page	12/11/1971	1	1971	MIN	vs	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Alan Page A. Page	12/5/1971	1	1971	MIN	@	SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Alan Page A. Page	11/28/1971	1	1971	MIN	vs	ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Alan Page A. Page	11/21/1971	1	1971	MIN	@	NO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Alan Page A. Page	11/14/1971	1	1971	MIN	vs	GB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Alan Page A. Page	11/7/1971	1	1971	MIN	vs	SF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Alan Page A. Page	10/31/1971	1	1971	MIN	@	NYG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Alan Page A. Page	10/25/1971	1	1971	MIN	vs	BAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Alan Page A. Page	10/17/1971	1	1971	MIN	@	GB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Alan Page A. Page	10/10/1971	1	1971	MIN	@	PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Alan Page A. Page	10/3/1971	1	1971	MIN	vs	BUF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Alan Page A. Page	9/26/1971	1	1971	MIN	vs	CHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Alan Page A. Page	9/20/1971	1	1971	MIN	@	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Average		0.1					0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Total		1					8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Vikings	6	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	.714
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Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	MIN	@	GB	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	MIN	@	SF	8:20 PM
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QB Rating Leaders

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146.4

141.7

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Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
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Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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Seahawks	4	3	0	.571
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

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Jets	2	5	0	.286
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Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	0	.833
Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000