1974 Pro Bowl

National Football League all-star game

1974 NFL Pro Bowl | NFC | AFC

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13 | 15
Head coach:
Tom Landry
(Dallas Cowboys) | Head coach:
John Madden
(Oakland Raiders)
|  | 1| 2| 3| 4 | Total

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NFC | 0| 10| 0| 3 | 13
AFC | 3| 3| 3| 6 | 15
Date| January 20, 1974
Stadium| Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
MVP| Garo Yepremian (Miami Dolphins)
Referee| Jack Reader
Attendance| 51,484
TV in the United States
Network| NBC
Announcers| Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis

* ← 1973
* Pro Bowl
* 1975 →

The 1974 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 24th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1973 season. The game was played on Sunday, January 20, 1974, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The final score was AFC 15, NFC 13\. The attendance for the game was 51,484 though nearly 70,000 tickets were sold.[1]

John Madden of the Oakland Raiders coached the AFC while the NFC was led by the Dallas Cowboys' Tom Landry.[2]

Kicker Garo Yepremian of the Miami Dolphins was the game's MVP. Yepremian set a Pro Bowl record which still stands as of 2018, kicking five field goals in the game. This was the last American football game to have the goal posts on the goal line, before being moved back to the endline the next year to make field goals harder for teams to make. The referee for the game was Jack Reader, who retired from on-field work after the Pro Bowl to accept a position as the NFL's Assistant Supervisor of Officials.[3]

Players on the winning AFC team each received $2,000 while the NFC participants took home $1,500.[4]

## AFC roster

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### Offense

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Position  | Starter(s)  | Reserve(s)

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Quarterback | 12 Ken Stabler, Oakland | 12 Bob Griese, Miami
Running back | 32 O. J. Simpson, Buffalo | 44 Floyd Little, Denver
22 Mercury Morris, Miami
Fullback | 39 Larry Csonka, Miami | 32 Franco Harris, Pittsburgh
44 Marv Hubbard, Oakland
Wide receivers | 25 Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland
27 Paul Warfield, Miami | 83 Jerome Barkum, N.Y. Jets
85 Isaac Curtis, Cincinnati
25 Haven Moses, Denver
25 Ron Shanklin, Pittsburgh
Tight end | 88 Riley Odoms, Denver | 84 Bob Trumpy, Cincinnati
Offensive tackle | 75 Winston Hill, N.Y. Jets
78 Art Shell, Oakland | 78 Dave Foley, Buffalo
79 Wayne Moore, Miami
Offensive guard | 66 Larry Little, Miami
63 Gene Upshaw, Oakland | 66 Bruce Van Dyke, Pittsburgh
Center | 62 Jim Langer, Miami | 58 Jack Rudnay, Kansas City

### Defense

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Position  | Starter(s)  | Reserve(s)

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Defensive end | 65 Elvin Bethea, Houston
68 L. C. Greenwood, Pittsburgh | 84 Bill Stanfill, Miami
78 Dwight White, Pittsburgh
Defensive tackle | 75 Joe Greene, Pittsburgh
70 Paul Smith, Denver | 74 Mike Reid, Cincinnati
72 Jerry Sherk, Cleveland
Outside linebacker | 34 Andy Russell, Pittsburgh
83 Ted Hendricks, Baltimore | 59 Jack Ham, Pittsburgh
41 Phil Villapiano, Oakland
Inside linebacker | 63 Willie Lanier, Kansas City | 85 Nick Buoniconti, Miami
Cornerback | 24 Willie Brown, Oakland
20 Robert James, Buffalo | 22 Clarence Scott, Cleveland
Free safety | 13 Jake Scott, Miami | 31 Jack Tatum, Oakland
Strong safety | 40 Dick Anderson, Miami |

### Special teams

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Position  | Starter(s)  | Reserve(s)

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Punter |   8 Ray Guy, Oakland |
Placekicker |   1 Garo Yepremian, Miami |
Kick returner | 34 Greg Pruitt, Cleveland |

## NFC roster

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### Offense

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Position  | Starter(s)  | Reserve(s)

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Quarterback | 21 John Hadl, Los Angeles | 5 Roman Gabriel, Philadelphia
Running back | 44 Chuck Foreman, Minnesota | 35 Calvin Hill, Dallas
30 Lawrence McCutcheon, Los Angeles
Fullback | 42 John Brockington, Green Bay | 45 Jim Bertelsen, Los Angeles
Wide receivers | 29 Harold Jackson, Los Angeles
42 Charley Taylor, Washington | 17 Harold Carmichael, Philadelphia
42 John Gilliam, Minnesota
Tight end | 86 Charle Young, Philadelphia | 82 Ted Kwalick, San Francisco
Offensive tackle | 70 Rayfield Wright, Dallas
73 Ron Yary, Minnesota | 82 George Kunz, Atlanta
Offensive guard | 65 Tom Mack, Los Angeles
76 John Niland, Dallas | 68 Gale Gillingham, Green Bay
69 Woody Peoples, San Francisco
Center | 75 Forrest Blue, San Francisco | 64 Ed Flanagan, Detroit

### Defense

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Position  | Starter(s)  | Reserve(s)

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Defensive end | 81 Carl Eller, Minnesota
87 Claude Humphrey, Atlanta | 85 Jack Youngblood, Los Angeles
71 John Zook, Atlanta
Defensive tackle | 74 Merlin Olsen, Los Angeles
88 Alan Page, Minnesota | 60 Wally Chambers, Chicago
74 Bob Lilly, Dallas
Outside linebacker | 55 Chris Hanburger, Washington
64 Dave Wilcox, San Francisco | 58 Isiah Robertson, Los Angeles
Inside linebacker | 50 Jeff Siemon, Minnesota | 50 Jim Carter, Green Bay
55 Lee Roy Jordan, Dallas
Cornerback | 20 Lem Barney, Detroit
20 Mel Renfro, Dallas | 48 Ken Ellis, Green Bay
Free safety | 22 Paul Krause, Minnesota | 28 Bill Bradley, Philadelphia
Strong safety | 27 Ken Houston, Washington |

### Special teams

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Position  | Starter(s)  | Reserve(s)

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Punter |   13 Tom Wittum, San Francisco |
Placekicker |   12 Nick Mike-Mayer, Atlanta |
Kick returner | 28 Herb Mul-Key, Washington |

## References

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1. ^ "Football Exits With Dud". The Beaver County Times. UPI. January 21, 1974. p. B-1. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
2. ^ "The 1974 Pro Bowl". Bolding Sports Research. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
3. ^ "1974 Pro Bowl game book" (PDF). NFL Game Statistics & Information. National Football League. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
4. ^ "NFL Pro Bowl history". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

## External links

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* "1974 Pro Bowl players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

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