1978 Pro Bowl

1978 NFL Pro Bowl

AFC NFC 13 14 Head coach: Ted Marchibroda (Baltimore Colts) Head coach: Chuck Knox (Los Angeles Rams)
1 2 3 4 Total AFC 3 10 0 0 13 NFC 0 0 7 7 14
Date	January 23, 1978
Stadium	Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
MVP	Walter Payton (Chicago Bears)
Referee	Fred Wyant
Attendance	50,716
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Announcers	Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell & Don Meredith

The 1978 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 28th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1977 season. The game was played on Monday, January 23, 1978, at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida before a crowd of 50,716. The final score was NFC 14, AFC 13.

Ted Marchibroda of the Baltimore Colts lead the AFC team against an NFC team coached by Los Angeles Rams head coach Chuck Knox. The referee was Fred Wyant.

Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Players on the winning NFC team received $5,000 apiece while the AFC participants each took home $2,500.

Instead of the losing coaches in each conference championship game coaching the Pro Bowl squads, coaches were selected from the divisional round losers with the best record in their respective conferences (wild card teams excepted). The coaches for the next four Pro Bowls were selected in the same manner.

Rosters

AFC

1978 AFC Pro Bowl roster
Quarterbacks 11 Ken Stabler (OAK) 12 Bob Griese (MIA) Running backs 32 Franco Harris (PIT) FB 34 Earl Campbell (HOU) FB 39 Sam Cunningham (NE) FB 23 Delvin Williams (MIA) HB / PR Wide receivers 80 Rick Upchurch (DEN) KR / PR 81 Steve Largent (SEA) KR 85 Wesley Walker (NYJ) KR / PR 88 Lynn Swann (PIT) PR 83 John Jefferson (SD) Tight ends 81 Russ Francis (NE) 87 Dave Casper (OAK) 88 Riley Odoms (DEN)		Offensive linemen 78 Art Shell (OAK) T 71 Leon Gray (NE) G / T 73 John Hannah (NE) G 67 Bob Kuechenberg (MIA) G 52 Mike Webster (PIT) C 62 Jim Langer (MIA) C 70 Russ Washington (SD) T 64 Joe Delamielleure (BUF) G Defensive linemen 68 L. C. Greenwood (PIT) DE 75 Joe Greene (PIT) DE 77 Lyle Alzado (DEN) DE 65 Elvin Bethea (HOU) DT 74 Louie Kelcher (SD) DT 76 Curley Culp (HOU) DE		Linebackers 53 Randy Gradishar (DEN) ILB / MLB 58 Jack Lambert (PIT) MLB 57 Tom Jackson (DEN) OLB 52 Robert Brazile (HOU) OLB Defensive backs 20 Louis Wright (DEN) CB 27 Thom Darden (CLE) CB 22 Mike Haynes (NE) CB 47 Mel Blount (PIT) CB 36 Bill Thompson (DEN) SS 31 Donnie Shell (PIT) FS Special teams  8 Ray Guy (OAK) P 1 Garo Yepremian (MIA) K

Rookies in Italics

NFC

1978 NFC Pro Bowl roster
Quarterbacks  12 Roger Staubach (DAL)  11 Pat Haden (RAM)  17 Jim Hart (STL) Running backs 31 Wilbert Montgomery (PHI) HB / PR 33 Tony Dorsett (DAL) 23 Tony Green (WAS) RB / KR 34 Walter Payton (CHI) HB 35 Terdell Middleton (GB) RB / PR Wide receivers 17 Harold Carmichael (PHI) WR / FL / TE 80 James Lofton (GB) 28 Ahmad Rashad (MIN) 82 Tony Hill (DAL) Tight ends 89 Billy Joe Dupree (DAL) 81 David Hill (DET)		Offensive linemen 77 Doug France (RAM) T 72 Dan Dierdorf (STL) T 73 Ron Yary (MIN) T 75 Stan Walters (PHI) T 60 Dennis Harrah (RAM) T/G 61 Rich Saul (RAM) C 64 Bob Young (STL) G / DL Defensive linemen 85 Jack Youngblood (RAM) DE 79 Harvey Martin (DAL) DE 78 Doug English (DET) DT 77 Claude Humphrey (ATL) DE 54 Randy White (DAL) DT 90 Larry Brooks (RAM) DT 75 Cody Jones (RAM) DE / DT 76 Dave Pear (TB) DT		Linebackers 10 Brad Van Pelt (NYG) ILB 56 Thomas Henderson (DAL) OLB 59 Matt Blair (MIN) ILB 53 Harry Carson (NYG) 66 Bill Bergey (PHI) ILB / MLB Defensive backs 26 Willie Buchanon (GB) CB 27 Pat Thomas (RAM) CB 29 Ken Houston (WAS) CB / S 43 Cliff Harris (DAL) FS 41 Charlie Waters (DAL) CB 49 Rod Perry (RAM) SS Special teams  13 Dave Jennings (NYG) P 1 Frank Corral (RAM) K

Rookies in Italics

External links

• "1978 Pro Bowl players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.