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The Pro Bowl is the National Football League's All-Star game. The game is the last game of the season. It's officially called the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl. The game has been played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii since February 1980.
A postseason All-Star game between the new league champion and a team of professional all-stars was added to the NFL schedule in January 1939, at the end of the 1938 season. In the first game at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, California the New York Giants beat a team made up of players from NFL teams and two independent clubs the Los Angeles Bulldogs and the Hollywood Stars. An all-NFL All-Star team provided the opposition over the next four seasons, but the event was cancelled after the game at the close of the 1942 season.
The NFL revived the game in January 1951, after the 1950 pro football season. It was a contest between conference all-star teams: American vs National (1951-53), Eastern vs Western (1954-1970), and AFC vs NFC (since 1971).
Games are listed below by the season they represented, although beginning with 1950, the games were played in January or February of the following calendar year. The listed year reflects the football season involved: for example, the teams in the game listed under 2002 were comprised of players who were all-stars during the 2002 pro football season, while the game was played following the season, in February 2003. After the AFL-NFL Merger of 1970, the name of the NFL's all-star game was changed to the "AFC-NFC Pro Bowl". Since the merger, the head coaches of the teams that lost in the AFC and NFC championship games have been selected as the coaches for the respective Pro Bowl squads — a compromise that arose from the decision to discontinue the Playoff Bowl, which had it been retained, would have matched up the two teams that lost the conference title games.
NFL All-Star games
NFL Pro Bowls
Year: (January or February of following year)
1950s
- 1951 American, 28-27
- 1952 National, 30-13
- 1953 National, 27-7
- 1954 East, 20-9
- 1955 West, 26-19
- 1956 East, 31-30
- 1957 West, 19-10
- 1958 West, 26-7
- 1959 East, 28-21
- 1960 West, 38-21
- 1961 West, 35-31
- 1962 West, 31-30
- 1963 East, 30-20
- 1964 West, 31-17
- 1965 West, 34-14
- 1966 East, 36-7
- 1967 East, 20-10
- 1968 West, 38-20
- 1969 West, 10-7
- 1970 West, 16-13
AFC-NFC Pro Bowls
Year: (January or February of following year)
- 1971 NFC, 27-6
- 1972 AFC, 26-13
- 1973 AFC, 33-28
- 1974 AFC, 15-13
- 1975 NFC, 17-10
- 1976 NFC, 23-20
- 1977 AFC, 24-14
- 1978 NFC, 14-13
- 1979 NFC, 13-7
- 1980 NFC, 37-27
- 1981 NFC, 21-7
- 1982 AFC, 16-13
- 1983 NFC, 20-19
- 1984 NFC, 45-3
- 1985 AFC, 22-14
- 1986 NFC, 28-24
- 1987 AFC, 10-6
- 1988 AFC, 15-6
- 1989 NFC, 34-3
- 1990 NFC, 27-21
- 1991 AFC, 23-21
- 1992 NFC, 21-15
- 1993 AFC, 23-20 (OT)
- 1994 NFC, 17-3
- 1995 AFC, 41-13
- 1996 NFC, 20-13
- 1997 AFC, 26-23 (OT)
- 1998 AFC, 29-24
- 1999 AFC, 23-10
- 2000 NFC, 51-31
- 2001 AFC, 38-17
- 2002 AFC, 38-30
- 2003 AFC, 45-20
- 2004 NFC, 55-52
Most Valuable Players
- 1951 Otto Graham, Cleveland, QB
- 1952 Dan Towler, LA Rams, HB
- 1953 Don Doll, Detroit, DB
- 1954 Chuck Bednarik, Philadelphia, LB
- 1955 Billy Wilson, San Francisco, E
- 1956 Ollie Matson, Chicago Cards, HB
- 1957 B: Bert Rechichar, Baltimore
L: Ernie Stautner, Pittsburgh
- 1958 B: Hugh McElhenny, San Francisco
L: Gene Brito, Washington
L: Doug Atkins, Chicago
L: Big Daddy Lipscomb, Pittsburgh
L: Sam Huff, NY Giants
L: Henry Jordan, Green Bay
L: Big Daddy Lipscomb, Pittsburgh
L: Gino Marchetti, Baltimore
L: Terry Barr, Detroit
L: Dale Meinhart, St. Louis
L: Floyd Peters, Philadelphia
L: Dave Robinson, Green Bay
- 1969 B: Roman Gabriel, LA Rams
L: Merlin Olsen, LA Rams
L: George Andrie, Dallas
L: Fred Carr, Green Bay
D: Willie Lanier, Kansas City
- 1973 O. J. Simpson, Buffalo, RB
- 1974 Garo Yepremian, Miami, PK
- 1975 James Harris, LA Rams, QB
- 1976 Billy Johnson, Houston, KR
- 1977 Mel Blount, Pittsburgh, CB
- 1978 Walter Payton, Chicago, RB
- 1979 Ahmad Rashad, Minnesota, WR
- 1980 Chuck Muncie, New Orleans, RB
- 1981 Eddie Murray, Detroit, PK
- 1982 Kellen Winslow, San Diego, TE/Lee Roy Selmon, Tampa Bay, DE
- 1983 Dan Fouts, San Diego, QB/John Jefferson, Green Bay, WR
- 1984 Joe Theismann, Washington, QB
- 1985 Mark Gastineau, NY Jets, DE
- 1986 Phil Simms, NY Giants, QB
- 1987 Reggie White, Philadelphia, DE
- 1988 Bruce Smith, Buffalo, DE
- 1989 Randall Cunningham, Philadelphia, QB
- 1990 Jerry Gray, LA Rams, CB
- 1991 Jim Kelly, Buffalo, QB
- 1992 Michael Irvin, Dallas, WR
- 1993 Steve Tasker, Buffalo, ST
- 1994 Andre Rison, Atlanta, WR
- 1995 Marshall Faulk, Indianapolis, RB
- 1996 Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR
- 1997 Mark Brunell, Jacksonville, QB
- 1998 Warren Moon, Seattle, QB
- 1999 Ty Law, New England, CB/Keyshawn Johnson, NY Jets, WR
- 2000 Randy Moss, Minnesota, WR
- 2001 Rich Gannon, Oakland, QB
- 2002 Rich Gannon, Oakland, QB
- 2003 Ricky Williams, Miami, RB
- 2004 Marc Bulger, St. Louis, QB
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