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The award ran through 1996. It was considered one of the major awards and as included in the NFL Record and Fact Book and its winners still appear in the NFL's Official Encyclopedia, Total Football II. Winners are awarded George S. Halas Trophy 1966— Larry Wilson, S, St. Louis Cardinals 1967— Deacon Jones, DE, Los Angeles Rams
2018 Official NFL Record and Fact Book (PDF). National Football League. pp. 524– 525. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2021 "AP Defensive Player of the Year Winners". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018 "NFL Defensive Player of the Year".
Most consecutive games, no interceptions (by defense), 10 San Francisco 49ers : November 14, 1976–October 16, 1977 : Oakland Raiders : September 10, 2017–November 19, 2017 Most yards returning interceptions, season , 929
The Giants defense brought more of the same in the playoffs, defeating the Bears easily in the divisional round 31–3 and holding the 49ers, who averaged 22.1 points per game in the regular season to only 13 points in the NFC Championship Game winning 15–13. Considered by many as one of the greatest games in NFL history it was an extremely ...
Chiefs coordinator Steve Spagnuolo comfortably has his best defense during his tenure with the team. For the first time since Spagnuolo took over in 2019, the Chiefs have a truly stifling defense ...
The 2013 defense led the league in fewest points allowed (231), fewest yards allowed (4,378), and most takeaways (39), the first team to lead all three categories since the 1985 Chicago Bears. [7] The 2013 unit is widely regarded as one of the best single-season defenses of all time.
Hurts tossed two touchdown passes in his first game since a late-season concussion, Goedert threw those three stiff-arms on a rugged TD catch and the Eagles rode their NFL-best defense to a 22-10 ...
The Titans' defense couldn't take the ball away against a rookie quarterback in his NFL debut, couldn't take the ball away from a 40-year-old with limited mobility coming off an Achilles injury ...