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Date | January 23, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||
Co-MVPs | Jan Stenerud ( Kansas City Chiefs, K), Willie Lanier (Kansas City Chiefs, LB) | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Ben Dreith | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 53,647 | ||||||||||||||||||
TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1972 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 22nd annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1971 season. The game was played on January 23, 1972, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] The final score was AFC 26, NFC 13. [3] [4]
The Kansas City Chiefs swept the Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, with placekicker Jan Stenerud named the game's offensive MVP and Willie Lanier selected as the defensive MVP. [5]
This was the last NFL game overall played with the hashmarks (also called the inbound lines) set at 40 feet apart (20 yards from the sidelines); the next season, they were brought in to 18½ feet, the width of the goalposts, where they still stand to this day. [6]
Attendance at the game was 53,647. [7] Don McCafferty of the Baltimore Colts coached the AFC while the NFC was led by the San Francisco 49ers' Dick Nolan. [8] The referee was Ben Dreith. [9]
Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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Quarterback | 12 Bob Griese, Miami | 16 Len Dawson, Kansas City |
Running back | 44 Floyd Little, Denver | 36
Norm Bulaich,
Baltimore 44 Leroy Kelly, Cleveland |
Fullback | 39 Larry Csonka, Miami | 44 Marv Hubbard, Oakland |
Wide receivers | 89
Otis Taylor,
Kansas City 42 Paul Warfield, Miami |
25
Fred Biletnikoff,
Oakland 27 Gary Garrison, San Diego |
Tight end | 87 Raymond Chester, Oakland | 89 Milt Morin, Cleveland |
Offensive tackle | 77
Jim Tyrer,
Kansas City 75 Winston Hill, N.Y. Jets |
76
Bob Brown,
Oakland 72 Bob Vogel, Baltimore |
Offensive guard | 66
Larry Little,
Miami 78 Walt Sweeney, San Diego |
71 Ed Budde, Kansas City |
Center | 50 Bill Curry, Baltimore | 00 Jim Otto, Oakland |
Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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Defensive end | 65
Elvin Bethea,
Houston 78 Bubba Smith, Baltimore |
84 Bill Stanfill, Miami |
Defensive tackle | 86
Buck Buchanan,
Kansas City 75 Joe Greene, Pittsburgh |
61 Curley Culp, Kansas City |
Outside linebacker | 78
Bobby Bell,
Kansas City 83 Ted Hendricks, Baltimore |
34 Andy Russell, Pittsburgh |
Inside linebacker | 63 Willie Lanier, Kansas City | 32 Mike Curtis, Baltimore |
Cornerback | 24
Willie Brown,
Oakland 18 Emmitt Thomas, Kansas City |
20 Lemar Parrish, Cincinnati |
Free safety | 21 Rick Volk, Baltimore | 13 Jake Scott, Miami |
Strong safety | 29 Ken Houston, Houston | 20 Jerry Logan, Baltimore |
Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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Punter | 44 Jerrel Wilson, Kansas City | |
Placekicker | 3 Jan Stenerud, Kansas City | |
Kick returner | 22 Mercury Morris, Miami |
Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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Quarterback | 12 Roger Staubach, Dallas | 11 Greg Landry, Detroit |
Running back | 43 Larry Brown, Washington | 33
Willie Ellison,
Los Angeles 22 Vic Washington, San Francisco |
Fullback | 42 John Brockington, Green Bay | 36 Steve Owens, Detroit |
Wide receivers | 45
Dick Gordon,
Chicago 18 Gene Washington, San Francisco |
27
Bob Grim,
Minnesota 80 Roy Jefferson, Washington |
Tight end | 88 Charlie Sanders, Detroit | 82 Ted Kwalick, San Francisco |
Offensive tackle | 75
George Kunz,
Atlanta 73 Ron Yary, Minnesota |
70 Rayfield Wright, Dallas |
Offensive guard | 68
Gale Gillingham,
Green Bay 76 John Niland, Dallas |
65 Tom Mack, Los Angeles |
Center | 75 Forrest Blue, San Francisco | 54 Ed Flanagan, Detroit |
Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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Defensive end | 86
Cedrick Hardman,
Dallas 87 Claude Humphrey, Atlanta |
81 Carl Eller, Minnesota |
Defensive tackle | 74
Bob Lilly,
San Francisco 88 Alan Page, Minnesota |
74 Merlin Olsen, Los Angeles |
Outside linebacker | 54
Chuck Howley,
Dallas 64 Dave Wilcox, San Francisco |
58 Isiah Robertson, Los Angeles |
Inside linebacker | 51 Dick Butkus, Chicago | 53 Mike Lucci, Detroit |
Cornerback | 37
Jimmy Johnson,
San Francisco 44 Bruce Taylor, San Francisco |
20
Mel Renfro,
Dallas 22 Roger Wehrli, St. Louis |
Free safety | 28 Bill Bradley, Philadelphia | 22 Paul Krause, Minnesota |
Strong safety | 34 Cornell Green, Dallas | 20 Jerry Logan, Baltimore |
Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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Punter | 10 Ron Widby, Dallas | |
Placekicker | 5 Curt Knight, Washington | |
Kick returner | 45 Speedy Duncan, Washington |