who was the defensive player of the year in 1978

Randy Gradishar won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 1978.

		NAME	DPOY	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1		Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	1	1978	DEN	16						4	19	0		2	1

Games

	NAME	DATE	DPOY	SEASON	TM		OPP	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FR	FR TD
1	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	12/16/1978	1	1978	DEN	vs	PIT	0	0	0		0
2	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	12/10/1978	1	1978	DEN	vs	KC	0	0	0		0
3	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	12/3/1978	1	1978	DEN	@	OAK	0	0	0		1
4	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	11/23/1978	1	1978	DEN	@	DET	0	0	0		0
5	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	11/19/1978	1	1978	DEN	vs	GB	0	0	0		0
6	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	11/12/1978	1	1978	DEN	@	CLE	1	7	0		0
7	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	11/5/1978	1	1978	DEN	vs	NYJ	0	0	0		0
8	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	10/29/1978	1	1978	DEN	@	SEA	2	4	0		0
9	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	10/22/1978	1	1978	DEN	@	BAL	0	0	0		0
10	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	10/16/1978	1	1978	DEN	vs	CHI	0	0	0		0
11	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	10/8/1978	1	1978	DEN	@	SD	0	0	0		0
12	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	10/1/1978	1	1978	DEN	vs	SEA	1	8	0		0
13	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	9/24/1978	1	1978	DEN	@	KC	0	0	0		0
14	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	9/17/1978	1	1978	DEN	vs	SD	0	0	0		0
15	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	9/11/1978	1	1978	DEN	@	MIN	0	0	0		0
16	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	9/3/1978	1	1978	DEN	vs	OAK	0	0	0		0
	Average		0.1					0.3	1.2	0.0		0.1
	Total		1					4	19	0	2	1

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