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The
1965 Pro Bowl was witnessed
by 60,598 in the Coliseum in
Los Angeles. The coaches
were Don Shula of Baltimore
for the West and Blanton
Collier of Cleveland for the
East. The Browns had
defeated the Colts for the
NFL championship that
season.
Wayne Walker of Detroit
accounted for all the first
quarter scoring on a 15 yard
field goal. Minnesota
fullback Bill Brown scored a
second quarter touchdown on
a two yard run to extend the
West lead to 10-0. The East
responded later in the
quarter when Mel Renfro of
the Cowboys picked off a
pass by
Fran Tarkenton of
Minnesota and returned it 47
yards for a score. But, Bill
Brown scored again on a 2
yard pass from Tarkenton and
the score was 17-7 with the
West leading at the half.
At the half, the game was
really not in doubt as the
West had already outgained
the East in total yardage,
300 to 47. Two minutes into
the third quarter it got
worse as Ray Nitschke of the
Packers picked off a pass by
Sonny Jurgensen and returned
it 42 yards for a touchdown
making the score 24-7.
Jurgensen had a sore arm and
was not expected to play
much in this game. But an
injury to Frank Ryan of
Cleveland brought him off
the bench. In the final
quarter, Johnny Unitas of
Baltimore led the West on a
70 yard drive with Colt
teammate Lenny Moore scoring
on a two yard run. With less
than three minute remaining,
Jim Brown of the Browns
caught a 27 yard pass from
Jurgensen for a touchdown
for the East. The final
score was 34-14. For the
game, the West outgained the
East, 411 yards to 187.
The offensive MVP was Fran
Tarkenton. Tarkenton
completed 8 of 13 passes for
172 yards for the West. The
lineman of the game honors
went to the West’s Terry
Barr of the Lions. Barr had
106 yards receiving on three receptions. Frank Ryan, the
Browns quarterback who
defeated the Colts in the
NFL championship game, was knocked out of the game when
sacked in the third quarter
by a group of defenders
including the Colts Gino Marchetti. Marchetti
had vowed to teach Ryan a
lesson for running the score
up against the Colts in the
NFL championship game.
Marchetti, who
had put his retirement off
for one season, officially
called it quits after the
game.
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