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1979 Pro Bowl

National Football League all-star game

Field	Value
type	pb
name	1979
visitor	AFC
home	NFC
visitor_qtr1	0
home_qtr1	0
visitor_qtr2	7
home_qtr2	6
visitor_qtr3	0
home_qtr3	7
visitor_qtr4	0
home_qtr4	0
date	January 29, 1979
stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
city	Los Angeles, California
visitor_coach	Chuck Fairbanks
visitor_coach_team	[New England Patriots](1978-new-england-patriots-season)
home_coach	Bud Grant
home_coach_team	[Minnesota Vikings](1978-minnesota-vikings-season)
MVP	Ahmad Rashad
MVPteam	[Minnesota Vikings](1978-minnesota-vikings-season)
referee	Jerry Markbreit
attendance	38,333
network	ABC
announcers	Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell and Don Meredith

The 1979 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 29th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1978 season. The game was played on Monday, January 29, 1979, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California before a crowd of 38,333. The final score was NFC 13, AFC 7.

Chuck Fairbanks of the New England Patriots lead the AFC team against an NFC team coached by Minnesota Vikings head coach Bud Grant. The referee was Jerry Markbreit in his second year as a referee.

Ahmad Rashad of the Minnesota Vikings was named the game's Most Valuable Player.

As of 2019, this was the last Pro Bowl to be played on a Monday, and the last one to be played in Los Angeles. It was the last one to be played outside Hawaii until the 2010 Pro Bowl which was in Miami Gardens, Florida.

This was also the first Pro Bowl to have players sport their respective team helmets, a custom that still stands today.

Rosters

AFC

1979 AFC Pro Bowl roster
Quarterbacks

Rookies in Italics

NFC

1979 NFC Pro Bowl roster
Quarterbacks

Rookies in Italics

References

(January 30, 1979). "Staubach rallies NFC in Pro Bowl". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].
"1979 Pro Bowl game book". [[National Football League]].
"NFL Pro Bowl history". [[CBSSports.com]].
"NFL Pro Bowl, Roster, & Players".

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