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1967 Pro Bowl

National Football League all-star game


National Football League all-star game

FieldValue
typepb
name1967
imageLA Coliseum gate.jpg
image_size230px
captionThe front of the L.A. Memorial Coliseum
visitorEastern Conference
homeWestern Conference
visitor_qtr16
home_qtr10
visitor_qtr214
home_qtr20
visitor_qtr30
home_qtr33
visitor_qtr40
home_qtr47
dateJanuary 22, 1967
stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
cityLos Angeles, California
visitor_coachTom Landry
visitor_coach_teamDallas Cowboys
home_coachGeorge Allen
home_coach_teamLos Angeles Rams
MVPGale Sayers
MVPteamChicago Bears, RB
MVP2Floyd Peters
MVP2teamPhiladelphia Eagles, DT
oddsWest (slight favorite)
attendance15,062
networkCBS
announcersLindsey Nelson, Pat Summerall

The 1967 Pro Bowl was the seventeenth annual National Football League (NFL) all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the season. The game was played on January 22, 1967, in a heavy rainstorm at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, before a sparse crowd of 15,062. This was the second-lowest attendance in the history of the Pro Bowl, next to the inaugural game in January 1939, also in Los Angeles.

The head coaches were Tom Landry of the Dallas Cowboys for the East and George Allen of the Los Angeles Rams for the West. The game was played a week after the first Super Bowl, on the same field.

For the second year in a row, the East dominated the West on the strength of turnovers, and won 20–10. They recovered two fumbles and intercepted four passes.

The game proved that the NFL had a successor to the great Jim Brown, the Hall of Fame fullback who retired prior to training camp, with the presence of the Chicago Bears' Gale Sayers, concluding his second NFL season. Sayers rushed for 110 yards on eleven carries and was named back of the game while veteran defensive tackle Floyd Peters of the Philadelphia Eagles was selected as lineman of the game.

Each team consisted of 34 players; the winners received $1,500 each and the losers $900.

References

References

  1. (January 22, 1967). "West stars favored in Pro Bowl". Reading Eagle.
  2. (January 23, 1967). "East closes 'gap' with Pro Bowl win". Eugene Register-Guard.
  3. "The 1967 Pro Bowl". Bolding Sports Research.
  4. (January 23, 1967). "Only 15,062 see East defeat West, 20–10". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].
  5. (July 14, 1966). "Jim Brown announces retirement; Collier plans to readjust offense". Youngstown Vindicator.
  6. (July 14, 1966). "Jim Brown retires from pro football". Free Lance-Star.
  7. (July 14, 1966). "Jim Brown gives up football". Pittsburgh Press.
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