1974 Pro Bowl
National Football League all-star game
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The 1974 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 24th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1973 season. The game was played on Sunday, January 20, 1974, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The final score was AFC 15, NFC 13. The attendance for the game was 51,484 though nearly 70,000 tickets were sold.[1][2]
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| Date | January 20, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Garo Yepremian (Miami Dolphins) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Reader | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 51,484 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis | ||||||||||||||||||
John Madden of the Oakland Raiders coached the AFC while the NFC was led by the Dallas Cowboys' Tom Landry.[3][4]
Placekicker Garo Yepremian of the Miami Dolphins was the game's MVP. Yepremian set a Pro Bowl record which still stands as of 2018, kicking five field goals in the game. This was the last American football game to have the goal posts on the goal line, before being moved back to the endline the next year to make field goals harder for teams to make. The referee for the game was Jack Reader, who retired from on-field work after the Pro Bowl to accept a position as the NFL's Assistant Supervisor of Officials.[5]
Players on the winning AFC team each received $2,000 while the NFC participants took home $1,500.[6]
Due to an ice storm and brutally cold temperatures the week leading up to the game, the game's participants worked out at the facilities of the San Diego Chargers.[4] On game day, the temperature soared to 41 °F (5 °C), melting most of the ice and snow that accumulated during the week.[2]
AFC roster
Offense
| Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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| Quarterback | 12 Ken Stabler, Oakland | 12 Bob Griese, Miami |
| Running back | 32 O. J. Simpson, Buffalo | 44 Floyd Little, Denver 22 Mercury Morris, Miami |
| Fullback | 39 Larry Csonka, Miami | 32 Franco Harris, Pittsburgh 44 Marv Hubbard, Oakland |
| Wide receivers | 25 Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland 27 Paul Warfield, Miami |
83 Jerome Barkum, N.Y. Jets 85 Isaac Curtis, Cincinnati 25 Haven Moses, Denver 25 Ron Shanklin, Pittsburgh |
| Tight end | 88 Riley Odoms, Denver | 84 Bob Trumpy, Cincinnati |
| Offensive tackle | 75 Winston Hill, N.Y. Jets 78 Art Shell, Oakland |
78 Dave Foley, Buffalo 79 Wayne Moore, Miami |
| Offensive guard | 66 Larry Little, Miami 63 Gene Upshaw, Oakland |
66 Bruce Van Dyke, Pittsburgh |
| Center | 62 Jim Langer, Miami | 58 Jack Rudnay, Kansas City |
Defense
| Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive end | 65 Elvin Bethea, Houston 68 L. C. Greenwood, Pittsburgh |
84 Bill Stanfill, Miami 78 Dwight White, Pittsburgh |
| Defensive tackle | 75 Joe Greene, Pittsburgh 70 Paul Smith, Denver |
74 Mike Reid, Cincinnati 72 Jerry Sherk, Cleveland |
| Outside linebacker | 34 Andy Russell, Pittsburgh 83 Ted Hendricks, Baltimore |
59 Jack Ham, Pittsburgh 41 Phil Villapiano, Oakland |
| Inside linebacker | 63 Willie Lanier, Kansas City | 85 Nick Buoniconti, Miami |
| Cornerback | 24 Willie Brown, Oakland 20 Robert James, Buffalo |
22 Clarence Scott, Cleveland |
| Free safety | 13 Jake Scott, Miami | 31 Jack Tatum, Oakland |
| Strong safety | 40 Dick Anderson, Miami | |
Special teams
| Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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| Punter | 8 Ray Guy, Oakland | |
| Placekicker | 1 Garo Yepremian, Miami | |
| Kick returner | 34 Greg Pruitt, Cleveland | |
NFC roster
Offense
| Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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| Quarterback | 21 John Hadl, Los Angeles | 5 Roman Gabriel, Philadelphia |
| Running back | 44 Chuck Foreman, Minnesota | 35 Calvin Hill, Dallas 30 Lawrence McCutcheon, Los Angeles |
| Fullback | 42 John Brockington, Green Bay | 45 Jim Bertelsen, Los Angeles |
| Wide receivers | 29 Harold Jackson, Los Angeles 42 Charley Taylor, Washington |
17 Harold Carmichael, Philadelphia 42 John Gilliam, Minnesota |
| Tight end | 86 Charle Young, Philadelphia | 82 Ted Kwalick, San Francisco |
| Offensive tackle | 70 Rayfield Wright, Dallas 73 Ron Yary, Minnesota |
82 George Kunz, Atlanta |
| Offensive guard | 65 Tom Mack, Los Angeles 76 John Niland, Dallas |
68 Gale Gillingham, Green Bay 69 Woody Peoples, San Francisco |
| Center | 75 Forrest Blue, San Francisco | 64 Ed Flanagan, Detroit |
Defense
| Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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| Defensive end | 81 Carl Eller, Minnesota 87 Claude Humphrey, Atlanta |
85 Jack Youngblood, Los Angeles 71 John Zook, Atlanta |
| Defensive tackle | 74 Merlin Olsen, Los Angeles 88 Alan Page, Minnesota |
60 Wally Chambers, Chicago 74 Bob Lilly, Dallas |
| Outside linebacker | 55 Chris Hanburger, Washington 64 Dave Wilcox, San Francisco |
58 Isiah Robertson, Los Angeles |
| Inside linebacker | 50 Jeff Siemon, Minnesota | 50 Jim Carter, Green Bay 55 Lee Roy Jordan, Dallas |
| Cornerback | 20 Lem Barney, Detroit 20 Mel Renfro, Dallas |
48 Ken Ellis, Green Bay |
| Free safety | 22 Paul Krause, Minnesota | 28 Bill Bradley, Philadelphia |
| Strong safety | 27 Ken Houston, Washington | |
Special teams
| Position | Starter(s) | Reserve(s) |
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| Punter | 13 Tom Wittum, San Francisco | |
| Placekicker | 12 Nick Mike-Mayer, Atlanta | |
| Kick returner | 28 Herb Mul-Key, Washington | |