1967 Pro Bowl

National Football League all-star game August 2023 March 2026 pb 1967 LA Coliseum gate.jpg 230px The front of the L.A. Memorial Coliseum Eastern Conference Western Conference 6 0 14 0 0 3 0 7 January 22, 1967 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California Tom Landry Dallas Cowboys George Allen Los Angeles Rams Gale Sayers Chicago Bears, RB Floyd Peters Philadelphia Eagles, DT West (slight favorite)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gwMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vZcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3224%2C2866542 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press West stars favored in Pro Bowl January 22, 1967 47 15,062 CBS Lindsey Nelson, Pat Summerall The 1967 Pro Bowl was the seventeenth annual National Football League (NFL) all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1966 season. The game was played on January 22, 1967, in a heavy rainstorm at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, before a sparse crowd of 15,062.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GqpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3793%2C5016060 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press East closes 'gap' with Pro Bowl win January 23, 1967 3B This was the second-lowest attendance in the history of the Pro Bowl, next to the inaugural game in January 1939, also in Los Angeles. The head coaches were Tom Landry of the Dallas Cowboys for the East and George Allen of the Los Angeles Rams for the West.The 1967 Pro Bowl http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1967_Pro_Bowl.htm Bolding Sports Research January 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111206104859/http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1967_Pro_Bowl.htm December 6, 2011 dead The game was played a week after the first Super Bowl, on the same field. For the second year in a row, the East dominated the West on the strength of turnovers, and won 20–10. They recovered two fumbles and intercepted four passes.Only 15,062 see East defeat West, 20–10 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0MZaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5690%2C3565081 January 19, 2012 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 23, 1967 AP 26, 28 The game proved that the NFL had a successor to the great Jim Brown, the Hall of Fame fullback who retired prior to training camp,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LQJJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-oIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=493%2C4145279 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Jim Brown announces retirement; Collier plans to readjust offense July 14, 1966 31https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EflNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bIsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=927%2C8234115 Free Lance-Star Fredericksburg, Virginia Associated Press Jim Brown retires from pro football July 14, 1966 16https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4TQgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I1AEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7179%2C4410770 Pittsburgh Press UPI Jim Brown gives up football July 14, 1966 34 with the presence of the Chicago Bears' Gale Sayers, concluding his second NFL season. Sayers rushed for 110 yards on eleven carries and was named back of the game while veteran defensive tackle Floyd Peters of the Philadelphia Eagles was selected as lineman of the game. Each team consisted of 34 players; the winners received $1,500 each and the losers $900. References 35em External links 1967 Pro Bowl players https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1966/probowl.htm Pro-Football-Reference.com January 31, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120120215525/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1966/probowl.htm January 20, 2012 live Category:Pro Bowl Pro Bowl Pro Bowl Pro Bowl Category:1967 in Los Angeles Category:NFL in Los Angeles Category:January 1967 sports events in the United States