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| Date | January 17, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Kingdome Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Mel Blount (Pittsburgh Steelers) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Chuck Heberling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 63,214 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Frank Gifford,Howard Cosell &Alex Karras | ||||||||||||||||||
The1977Pro Bowl was theNFL's 27th annualall-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the1976 season. The game was played on Monday, January 17, 1977, at theKingdome inSeattle, Washington in front of a crowd of 63,214. The final score wasAFC 24,NFC 14.[1]
Chuck Noll of thePittsburgh Steelers led theAFC team against anNFC team coached byLos Angeles Rams head coachChuck Knox.[1] The referee wasChuck Heberling.[1]
Mel Blount of thePittsburgh Steelers was named the game'sMost Valuable Player.[2] Players on the winning AFC team received $2,000 apiece while the NFC participants each took home $1,500.[3]
| Position | AFC | NFC |
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| Defensive end | John Dutton – Baltimore L. C. Greenwood – Pittsburgh Coy Bacon – Cincinnati | Jack Youngblood – Los Angeles Harvey Martin –Dallas Tommy Hart – San Francisco |
| Defensive tackle | Jerry Sherk –Cleveland Joe Greene – Pittsburgh Curley Culp – Houston | Alan Page – Minnesota Larry Brooks – Los Angeles Cleveland Elam Sr. –San Francisco |
| Middle linebacker | Jack Lambert – Pittsburgh Jim LeClair – Cincinnati | Jeff Siemon – Minnesota Bill Bergey – Philadelphia |
| Outside linebacker | Robert Brazile – Houston Jack Ham – Pittsburgh Phil Villapiano – Oakland | Chris Hanburger – Washington Isiah Robertson – Los Angeles Brad Van Pelt –New York Dave Washington –San Francisco |
| Cornerback | Mel Blount – Pittsburgh Lemar Parrish – Cincinnati Emmitt Thomas – Kansas City Mike Haynes – New England | Roger Wehrli – St. Louis Lem Barney – Detroit Monte Jackson – Los Angeles |
| Safety | Mike Wagner – Pittsburgh Tommy Casanova – Cincinnati Glen Edwards – Pittsburgh | Cliff Harris – Dallas Ken Houston – Washington Charlie Waters – Dallas |
| Position | AFC | NFC |
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| Kicker | Toni Linhart – Baltimore | Jim Bakken – St. Louis |
| Punter | Ray Guy – Oakland | John James – Atlanta |
| Return specialist | Rick Upchurch – Denver | Eddie Brown – Washington |