who was the defensive player of the year in 1996

Bruce Smith won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 1996.

		NAME	DPOY	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1		Bruce Smith B. Smith	1	1996	BUF	16				13.5		0	0	0		1	0

Games

		NAME	DATE	DPOY	SEASON	TM		OPP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1		Bruce Smith B. Smith	12/22/1996	1	1996	BUF	vs	KC				1.0		0	0	0			0
2		Bruce Smith B. Smith	12/16/1996	1	1996	BUF	@	MIA				0.0		0	0	0			0
3		Bruce Smith B. Smith	12/8/1996	1	1996	BUF	@	SEA				0.0		0	0	0			0
4		Bruce Smith B. Smith	12/1/1996	1	1996	BUF	@	IND				1.0		0	0	0			0
5		Bruce Smith B. Smith	11/24/1996	1	1996	BUF	vs	NYJ				1.0		0	0	0			0
6		Bruce Smith B. Smith	11/17/1996	1	1996	BUF	vs	CIN				1.5		0	0	0			0
7		Bruce Smith B. Smith	11/10/1996	1	1996	BUF	@	PHI				2.0		0	0	0			0
8		Bruce Smith B. Smith	11/3/1996	1	1996	BUF	vs	WAS				0.0		0	0	0			0
9		Bruce Smith B. Smith	10/27/1996	1	1996	BUF	@	NE				0.0		0	0	0			0
10		Bruce Smith B. Smith	10/20/1996	1	1996	BUF	@	NYJ				0.0		0	0	0			0
11		Bruce Smith B. Smith	10/13/1996	1	1996	BUF	vs	MIA				1.0		0	0	0			0
12		Bruce Smith B. Smith	10/6/1996	1	1996	BUF	vs	IND				1.0		0	0	0			0
13		Bruce Smith B. Smith	9/22/1996	1	1996	BUF	vs	DAL				0.0		0	0	0			0
14		Bruce Smith B. Smith	9/16/1996	1	1996	BUF	@	PIT				0.0		0	0	0			0
15		Bruce Smith B. Smith	9/8/1996	1	1996	BUF	vs	NE				3.0		0	0	0			0
16		Bruce Smith B. Smith	9/1/1996	1	1996	BUF	@	NYG				2.0		0	0	0			0
		Average		0.1								0.8		0.0	0.0	0.0			0.0
		Total		1								13.5		0	0	0		1	0

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