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1965 Pro Bowl

National Football League all-star game

Field	Value
type	pb
name	1965
visitor	Eastern Conference
home	Western Conference
visitor_qtr1	0
home_qtr1	3
visitor_qtr2	7
home_qtr2	14
visitor_qtr3	0
home_qtr3	10
visitor_qtr4	7
home_qtr4	7
date	January 10, 1965
stadium	Memorial Coliseum
city	Los Angeles, California
visitor_coach	Blanton Collier
visitor_coach_team	[Cleveland Browns](1964-cleveland-browns-season)
home_coach	Don Shula
home_coach_team	[Baltimore Colts](1964-baltimore-colts-season)
MVP	Fran Tarkenton
MVPteam	[Minnesota Vikings](1964-minnesota-vikings-season)
MVP2	Terry Barr
MVP2team	[Detroit Lions](1964-detroit-lions-season)
attendance	60,698
network	NBC
announcers	Ken Coleman, Gordie Soltau

The 1965 Pro Bowl was the NFL's fifteenth annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1964 season. The game was played on January 10, 1965, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California in front of 60,698. The coaches for the game were Don Shula of Baltimore Colts for the West and Blanton Collier of Cleveland Browns for the East. The West team won by a final score was 34–14.

The West dominated the East, 411 to 187 in total yards. West quarterback Fran Tarkenton of the Minnesota Vikings was named "Back of the Game" after he completed 8 of 13 passes for 172 yards. At one point during the game, the West backfield was all-Vikings: Tarkenton (No. 10), Tommy Mason (No. 20), and Bill Brown (No. 30).

"Lineman of the Game" honors went to the West’s Terry Barr of the Detroit Lions; Barr had 106 yards receiving on three receptions.

Frank Ryan, the quarterback of the Cleveland Browns' who had defeated the Baltimore Colts in the 1964 NFL Championship Game, was knocked out of the Pro Bowl when he was sacked in the third quarter by a group of defenders including the Colts' Gino Marchetti. Some thought that Marchetti, who was playing in his tenth Pro Bowl,

This was also the final Pro Bowl game to be televised by NBC before the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.

Eastern Conference Roster

Offense

Position:	Starters:	Reserves:
Quarterback	13 Frank Ryan, [Cleveland](1964-cleveland-browns-season)
Running back
Fullback	32 Jim Brown, [Cleveland](1964-cleveland-browns-season)

Defense

Position:	Starters:	Reserves:

Special teams

Position:	Player:

References

(January 11, 1965). "NFL Western stars roll over East, 34–14". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].
"The 1965 Pro Bowl". Bolding Sports Research.

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