1971 Pro Bowl

1971 NFL Pro Bowl

AFC NFC 6 27 Head coach: John Madden (Oakland Raiders) Head coach: Dick Nolan (San Francisco 49ers)
1 2 3 4 Total AFC 0 3 3 0 6 NFC 0 3 10 14 27
Date	January 24, 1971
Stadium	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Co-MVPs	Fred Carr (Green Bay Packers), Mel Renfro (Dallas Cowboys)
Referee	Fred Silva
Attendance	48,222
TV in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Jack Whitaker, Frank Gifford, Bruce Roberts

The 1971 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 21st annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1970 season. The game was played on January 24, 1971, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The final score was NFC 27, AFC 6. Fred Carr of the Green Bay Packers was named the game's offensive Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Mel Renfro of the Dallas Cowboys was selected as the defensive MVP.^[1]

Attendance at the game was 48,222.^[2] John Madden of the Oakland Raiders, coached the AFC while the NFC was led by the San Francisco 49ers' Dick Nolan.^[3] The referee for the contest was Fred Silva.^[4] This was the first Pro Bowl to feature the AFC vs. the NFC format, which was used until 2014.

References

1. "Renfro's runs pace Nationals' 27–6 win". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. AP. January 25, 1971. p. 20. Retrieved January 18, 2012.
2. "NFL Pro Bowl history". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2012.
3. "The 1971 Pro Bowl". Bolding Sports Research. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2012.
4. "1971 Pro Bowl game book" (PDF). NFL Game Statistics & Information. National Football League. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

External links

• "1971 Pro Bowl players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.