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| Date | January 10, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Co-MVPs | Fran Tarkenton (Minnesota Vikings),Terry Barr (Detroit Lions) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 60,698 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ken Coleman,Gordie Soltau | ||||||||||||||||||
The1965Pro Bowl was theNFL's fifteenth annualall-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the1964 season. The game was played on January 10, 1965, at theLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum inLos Angeles, California in front of 60,698. The coaches for the game wereDon Shula ofBaltimore Colts for the West andBlanton Collier ofCleveland Browns for the East. The West team won by a final score was 34–14.[1]
The West dominated the East, 411 to 187 in total yards. West quarterbackFran Tarkenton of theMinnesota Vikings was named "Back of the Game" after he completed 8 of 13 passes for 172 yards. At one point during the game, the West backfield was all-Vikings: Tarkenton (No. 10), Tommy Mason (No. 20), and Bill Brown (No. 30).
"Lineman of the Game" honors went to the West’sTerry Barr of theDetroit Lions; Barr had 106 yards receiving on three receptions.[1]
Frank Ryan, the quarterback of theCleveland Browns' who had defeated the Baltimore Colts in the1964 NFL Championship Game, was knocked out of the Pro Bowl when he was sacked in the third quarter by a group of defenders including the Colts'Gino Marchetti. Some thought that Marchetti, who was playing in his tenth Pro Bowl,[1] was trying to teach Ryan a lesson for considering running up the score against the Colts in the championship game. Marchetti denied this, and he and Ryan remained on good terms.[2]
This was also the final Pro Bowl game to be televised byNBC before theAFL-NFL merger in1970.
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| Quarterback | 13Frank Ryan,Cleveland | |
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| Fullback | 32Jim Brown,Cleveland |
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