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 The
1982 Pro Bowl was a back and
forth affair that was not
decided until the last play
of the game. The total
attendance for the game was
50,402. The coaches were
John McKay of Tampa Bay for
the NFC and Don Shula of
Miami for the AFC.
The only scoring of the
first half came when San
Francisco’s Joe Montana,
making his first Pro Bowl
appearance, hit Tampa’s
Jimmie Giles with a 4 yard
touchdown pass in the second
quarter. This followed an
interception of San Diego’s
Dan Fouts by Dallas’ Everson
Walls. The extra point was
blocked.
In the third quarter, Chuck
Muncie of San Diego scored
on a two yard run and and
Earl Campbell of Houston
scored on a one yard run.
Both players had scored
touchdowns in the 1980 game.
Muncie then played for the
Saints and for the NFC. The score at the
end of three periods was AFC
13, NFC 6. Campbell’s
touchdown was set up when
Joe Klecko of the Jets
stripped Montana of the ball
and New York teammate, Mark
Gastineau, scooped it up an
returned it to the NFC 1
yard line.
In the 4th quarter, the NFC
drove 74 yards following
another interception by
Everson Walls of Dallas.
Tony Dorsett of Dallas
scored on a 4 yard run to
tie the game at 13-13. The
game came down to a final
drive by the AFC. In an
interview with the Honolulu
Advertiser years later,
Fouts described the drive
like this. "(Don) Shula was
our coach, and Shula and (NFC
coach) John Mc-Kay weren't
exactly drinking buddies,"
Fouts recalled. "There was
an agreement where you were
not supposed to play
two-deep (zone). But the NFC
employed the defense anyway.
" Fouts' response to Shula:
"Give me (tight ends Kellen)
Winslow and Ozzie Newsome
(of Cleveland) at the same
time, and we'll take care of
that coverage." Using the
tight ends to exploit the
soft underneath coverage
over the middle, Fouts drove
the AFC 69 yards to set up
Nick Lowery's game-winning
23 yard field goal with
three seconds left for a
16-13 victory. Kellen
Winslow, Fouts’ San Diego
teammate, caught a 23 yard
pass from Fouts during the
drive.
On the afternoon, Winslow
caught 6 passes for 86 yards
and was named co-player of
the game along with
defensive end Lee Roy Selmon.
The fans in Hawaii feared
that this might be their
last Pro Bowl as the city of
Tokyo, Japan was making a
strong bid to host the game.
Although, many NFL
executives wanted to make
Honolulu the permanent
location.
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