# 1977 Pro Bowl

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 |