NFL Pro Bowl

The NFL Pro Bowl has undergone several incarnations.

From 1938-1942, the League Champion would face off against a squad of NFL all stars. The league champions won the series 4-1. The results:

1938 New York Giants 13 NFL All Stars 10

1939 Green Bay Packers 16 NFL All Stars 7

1940 Chicago Bears 29 NFL All Stars 14

1941 Chicago Bears 35 NFL All Stars 24

1942 Washington Redskins 14 NFL All Stars 17

The game was put on hiatus from 1943-1949.

From 1950-1952, the NFL's American Conference (the East) and the National Conference (the West) all stars faced off. The National Conference won the three game series 2-1. The results:

1950 National Conference 27 American Conference 28

1951 National Conference 30 American Conference 13

1952 National Conference 27 American Conference 7

For the 1953-1969 seasons, the game was the same, but the nomenclature had changed to East vs West. The West won the series 11-6. The results:

1953 East 20 West 9

1954 East 19 West 26

1955 East 31 West 30

1956 East 10 West 19

1957 East 7 West 26

1958 East 28 West 21

1959 East 21 West 38

1960 East 31 West 35

1961 East 30 West 31

1962 East 30 West 20

1963 East 17 West 31

1964 East 14 West 34

1965 East 36 West 7

1966 East 20 West 10

1967 East 20 West 38

1968 East 7 West 10

1969 East 13 West 16

For the 1970 season, the NFL merged with the AFL. The two leagues, now one, were split into two conferences, the AFC and the NFC. The Pro Bowl retained the same format thru the 2012 season, changed the format from 2013-2015, and went back to the NFC/AFC format for the 2016 Pro Bowl. The series is tied 22-22. The game results:

1970 NFC 27 AFC 6

1971 NFC 13 AFC 26

1972 NFC 28 AFC 33

1973 NFC 13 AFC 15

1974 NFC 17 AFC 10

1975 NFC 23 AFC 20

1976 NFC 14 AFC 24

1977 NFC 14 AFC 13

1978 NFC 13 AFC 7

1979 NFC 37 AFC 27

1980 NFC 21 AFC 7

1981 NFC 13 AFC 16

1982 NFC 20 AFC 19

1983 NFC 45 AFC 3

1984 NFC 14 AFC 22

1985 NFC 28 AFC 24

1986 NFC 6 AFC 10

1987 NFC 6 AFC 15

1988 NFC 34 AFC 3

1989 NFC 27 AFC 21

1990 NFC 21 AFC 23

1991 NFC 21 AFC 15

1992 NFC 20 AFC 23 (ot)

1993 NFC 17 AFC 3

1994 NFC 13 AFC 41

1995 NFC 20 AFC 13

1996 NFC 23 AFC 26 (ot)

1997 NFC 24 AFC 29

1998 NFC 10 AFC 23

1999 NFC 51 AFC 31

2000 NFC 17 AFC 38

2001 NFC 30 AFC 38

2002 NFC 20 AFC 45

2003 NFC 55 AFC 52

2004 NFC 27 AFC 38

2005 NFC 23 AFC 17

2006 NFC 28 AFC 31

2007 NFC 42 AFC 30

2008 NFC 30 AFC 21

2009 NFC 34 AFC 41

2010 NFC 55 AFC 41

2011 NFC 41 AFC 59

2012 NFC 62 AFC 35

2013-2015 Fantasy Football Format, see below for results

2016 NFC 13 AFC 20

After the 2012 season, the NFL decided to tweak the format of the Pro Bowl game. The League went to a "Fantasy Football" style format, with two honorary team Captains picking Pro Bowl elected players in a Fantasy Football style draft. The Captains in 2013 were Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders; in 2014 the Captains were Michael Irvin and Chris Carter; in 2015 the Captains were Michael Irvin and Jerry Rice. This experiment ended after the 2015 season.

2013 Team Rice 22 Team Sanders 21

2014 Team Irvin 32 Team Carter 28

2015 Team Irvin 49 Team Rice 27

One point of view:

I think it was, for 1 reason... there is no way the #1 ranked offense lost to the #1 ranked defense 48 to 8! Plus a ref heard Peyton Manning talking too the Seahawks head coach saying, "When are you gonna pay up?" This concludes that Superbowl XLVIII was rigged.

Another point of view:

There is no way that in this day and age a team that had reached the Superbowl finals ever would "sell" it to an opponent, if only because every move on the field is closely followed and analyzed by experts, which of course includes most of the general public.

There has been an enormous amount of comment on the reasons for the Bronco's big-figure defeat, but the game being rigged was not mentioned in even one of those comments. For the countless other possible reasons, search the Internet.