2013 NFL Pro Bowl

AFC NFC 35 62 Head coach: John Fox (Denver Broncos) Head coach: Mike McCarthy (Green Bay Packers)
1 2 3 4 Total AFC 7 7 7 14 35 NFC 7 24 21 10 62
Date	January 27, 2013
Stadium	Aloha Stadium,Honolulu, Hawaii
MVP	Kyle Rudolph (Minnesota Vikings)
Referee	Ed Hochuli
Attendance	47,134
Ceremonies
National anthem	Brian McKnight
Coin toss	Marcus Allen andEric Dickerson
TV in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Al Michaels,Cris Collinsworth,Michele Tafoya andDoug Flutie
Nielsen ratings	7.1 (nationally)
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The2013 Pro Bowl was theNational Football League (NFL)'s sixty-third^[1] annualall-star game which featured players from the2012 season. It took place at 2:30 pmHawaii–Aleutian Time (UTC−10:00; 7:30 pmEastern Time) on Sunday, January 27, 2013, at theAloha Stadium inHonolulu,Hawaii. The game was televised nationally byNBC in place ofCBS. The game was delayed for 30 minutes due to flash flood warnings.^[2]

John Fox of theAFC WestDenver Broncos led theAFC "home team" against a "visiting"NFC team that was coached by theGreen Bay Packers head coachMike McCarthy of theNFC North. These coaches were selected for coaching the highest seeded team to lose in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, which has been the convention since the2009 Pro Bowl.Ed Hochuli was the game referee.^[3]

Players on the winning team (NFC) each earned $50,000, while players on the losing team (AFC) earned $25,000.^[4]

TheHouston Texans andSan Francisco 49ers had the most Pro Bowl selections with nine. TheKansas City Chiefs, despite only winning two games, had six selections. Six teams, theCarolina Panthers,Philadelphia Eagles,St. Louis Rams,Tennessee Titans,Jacksonville Jaguars, andSan Diego Chargers, had no selections. Three rookie quarterbacks (Andrew Luck,Robert Griffin III, andRussell Wilson) were selected, which is the most in Pro Bowl history.^[5]

As of 2024, this remains the most recent game that the NFC defeated the AFC in the Pro Bowl (excluding thePro Bowl Games.)

The scores broken down by quarter:^[6][7]

The following players were selected to represent the AFC:^[8]

The following players were selected to represent the NFC:^[10]

Indicating he would retire after the Pro Bowl, NFC centerJeff Saturday treated the game as atestimonial match and crossed over to the AFC side for one play in order to reunite with quarterbackPeyton Manning; the two had played together as members of theIndianapolis Colts for thirteen seasons.^{[citation needed]}

Notes:

bold player who participated in game

^a Replacement selection due to injury or vacancy

^b Injured player; selected but will not play

^c Replacement starter; selected as reserve

^e Selected but did not play because his team advanced toSuper Bowl XLVII(seePro Bowl "Player Selection" section)

^fRyan Clark was the first alternate, but declined due to injury^[23]

^gJimmy Graham was the first alternate, but declined due to injury^[24]

The game was televised nationally byNBC afterSuper Bowl XLVII broadcasterCBS declined to exercise their right to air the game, even though that network was using the game as part of the plot of an episode ofHawaii Five-0 to be aired three weeks later. This was the second of three consecutive years that NBC carried the game, since CBS also decided not to broadcast the 2013 Pro Bowl andFox would later decline to carry the2014 game.^[25]

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