1977 Pro Bowl

1977 NFL Pro Bowl

NFC AFC 14 24 Head coach: Chuck Knox (Los Angeles Rams) Head coach: Chuck Noll (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1 2 3 4 Total NFC 0 14 0 0 14 AFC 10 7 0 7 24
Date	January 17, 1977
Stadium	Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
MVP	Mel Blount (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Referee	Chuck Heberling
Attendance	63,214
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Announcers	Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell & Alex Karras

The 1977 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 27th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1976 season. The game was played on Monday, January 17, 1977, at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington in front of a crowd of 63,214. The final score was AFC 24, NFC 14.

Chuck Noll of the Pittsburgh Steelers led the AFC team against an NFC team coached by Los Angeles Rams head coach Chuck Knox. The referee was Chuck Heberling.

Mel Blount of the Pittsburgh Steelers was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Players on the winning AFC team received $2,000 apiece while the NFC participants each took home $1,500.

Rosters

Offense

Position	AFC	NFC
Quarterback	Bert Jones – Baltimore Ken Anderson – Cincinnati Ken Stabler – Oakland	Fran Tarkenton – Minnesota Jim Hart – St. Louis Roger Staubach – Dallas
Running back	O. J. Simpson – Buffalo Franco Harris – Pittsburgh Lydell Mitchell – Baltimore Greg Pruitt – Cleveland Browns Otis Armstrong – Denver Broncos	Chuck Foreman – Minnesota Delvin Williams – San Francisco Lawrence McCutcheon – Los Angeles Mike Thomas – Washington Walter Payton – Chicago
Wide receiver	Roger Carr – Baltimore Isaac Curtis – Cincinnati Cliff Branch – Oakland Charlie Joiner – San Diego	Mel Gray – St. Louis Drew Pearson –Dallas Ron Jessie – Los Angeles Sammy White – Minnesota
Tight end	Dave Casper – Oakland Russ Francis – New England Patriots	Billy Joe Dupree – Dallas Charlie Sanders – Detroit
Tackle	Art Shell – Oakland George Kunz – Baltimore Leon Gray – New England	Ron Yary – Minnesota Dan Dierdorf – St. Louis Rayfield Wright – Dallas
Guard	John Hannah – New England Gene Upshaw – Oakland Joe DeLamielleure – Buffalo	Ed White – Minnesota Conrad Dobler – St. Louis Blaine Nye – Dallas
Center	Jim Langer – Miami Jack Rudnay – Kansas City	Tom Banks – St. Louis Rich Saul – Los Angeles

Defense

Position	AFC	NFC
Defensive end	John Dutton – Baltimore L. C. Greenwood – Pittsburgh Coy Bacon – Cincinnati	Jack Youngblood – Los Angeles Harvey Martin – Dallas Tommy Hart – San Francisco
Defensive tackle	Jerry Sherk – Cleveland Joe Greene – Pittsburgh Curley Culp – Houston	Alan Page – Minnesota Larry Brooks – Los Angeles Wally Chambers – Chicago
Middle linebacker	Jack Lambert – Pittsburgh Jim LeClair – Cincinnati	Jeff Siemon – Minnesota Bill Bergey – Philadelphia
Outside linebacker	Robert Brazile – Houston Jack Ham – Pittsburgh Phil Villapiano – Oakland	Chris Hanburger – Washington Isiah Robertson – Los Angeles Brad Van Pelt – New York Dave Washington – San Francisco
Cornerback	Mel Blount – Pittsburgh Lemar Parrish – Cincinnati Emmitt Thomas – Kansas City Mike Haynes – New England	Roger Wehrli – St. Louis Lem Barney – Detroit Monte Jackson – Los Angeles
Safety	Mike Wagner – Pittsburgh Tommy Casanova – Cincinnati Glen Edwards – Pittsburgh	Cliff Harris – Dallas Ken Houston – Washington Charlie Waters – Dallas

Special teams

Position	AFC	NFC
Kicker	Toni Linhart – Baltimore	Jim Bakken – St. Louis
Punter	Ray Guy – Oakland	John James – Atlanta
Return specialist	Rick Upchurch – Denver	Eddie Brown – Washington

External links

• "1977 Pro Bowl players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.