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 The
1963 Pro Bowl was played
before 61,374 at the
Memorial Coliseum in Los
Angeles. The Eastern
Conference was coached by
Allie Sherman of the New
York Giants and the West by
Vince Lombardi of Green Bay.
Jim Brown got the East
started early with two
touchdown runs in the first
quarter. The first was on a
one yard run and the second
came on a fifty yard scamper
on third down. It was 13-0
at the end of one period.
The only scoring of the
second quarter came on a
West field goal by Tommy
Davis of San Francisco and
it was 13-3 at the half.
The third period belonged to
the West, who scored 17
straight points. The Rams’
Dick Bass scored on a one
yard run, Tommy Davis kicked
his second field goal, this
time from 32 yards out and
Chicago’s Mike Ditka caught
a 6 yard touchdown pass
thrown by Johnny Unitas of
Baltimore. On that final
drive, Unitas hit Gail Cogdill of the Lions for 87
yards to put the ball deep
into East territory. At the
end of three, the West led
20-13. The East finally
responded a minute and a
half into the final quarter
when Brown went around end
for 33 yards to set up a
touchdown pass of 19 yards
from New York’s Y.A. Tittle
to Preston Carpenter of the
Pittsburgh Steelers. The
score was tied at 20-20.
After a 27 yard field goal
by the Steelers’ Lou
Michaels had given the East
a 23-20 lead, Abe Woodson of
San Francisco fumbled the
ensuing kickoff and it was
recovered by Don Bishop of
the Cowboys, who returned it
20 yards untouched for the
final score of the game. The
final score was 30-20.
For the afternoon, the great
Jim Brown set a Pro Bowl
record, carrying for 141
yards. He broke his own
record of 120 set the year
before. He was elected the
game’s offensive MVP. Gene
“Big Daddy” Lipscomb of the
Pittsburgh Steelers, in
winning the lineman of the
game award, had perhaps the
finest day of any defender
in the history of the Pro
Bowl. He blocked two field
goals and was responsible
for hits that led to six
West fumbles.
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