1969 Pro Bowl

{{Short description|National Football League all-star game}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox Pro Bowl

|type=pb

|name=1969

|image=LA Coliseum gate.jpg

|image_size = 230px

|caption = The front of the L.A. Memorial Coliseum

|visitor=Eastern Conference

|home=Western Conference

|visitor_qtr1=0

|home_qtr1=0

|visitor_qtr2=0

|home_qtr2=3

|visitor_qtr3=7

|home_qtr3=0

|visitor_qtr4=0

|home_qtr4=7

|date=January 19, 1969

|stadium=Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

|city=Los Angeles, California

|visitor_coach=Tom Landry

|visitor_coach_team=Dallas Cowboys

|home_coach=George Allen

|home_coach_team=Los Angeles Rams

|MVP=Roman Gabriel

|MVPteam=Los Angeles Rams, QB

|MVP2=Merlin Olsen

|MVP2team=Los Angeles Rams, DT

|anthem=

|coin_toss=

|halftime=

|referee=

|attendance=32,050

|network=CBS

|announcers=Jack Whitaker, Pat Summerall

}}

The 1969 Pro Bowl was the NFL's nineteenth annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1968 season. The game was played on Sunday, January 19, 1969, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CNlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4668%2C3914740 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Pro leagues set all-star tilts today |date=January 19, 1969 |page=3B}} The final score was West 10, East 7.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CdlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3680%2C4374819|work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Former second-stringers give West 10-7 victory |date=January 20, 1969 |page=3B}} Defensive tackle Merlin Olsen of the Los Angeles Rams was selected as lineman of the game, and quarterback Roman Gabriel of the Rams received the back of the game award.{{cite news|title=Gabriel passes West stars to 10–7 Pro Bowl victory |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iuAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VzIHAAAAIBAJ&dq=probowl&pg=5482%2C1570533 |access-date=January 19, 2012|newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel |date=January 20, 1969 |agency=UPI |page=10}}

Attendance at the game was 32,050 on a cool, rainy afternoon.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CLdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aOkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4316%2C1728774 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Both Western clubs rally to win All-Star games |date=January 20, 1969 |page=10}}< The game was noteworthy because of the contributions of Rams players and their coach. George Allen, the coach of the Rams, had been fired after the season. But, after a great outcry from the fans, he was rehired by Rams management after the Pro Bowl. The coach of the East was Tom Landry of the Dallas Cowboys. The game ball was presented to Allen due to his trials in the previous weeks.{{cite web |title=The 1969 Pro Bowl |url=http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1969_Pro_Bowl.htm |publisher=Bolding Sports Research |access-date=January 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501170821/http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1969_Pro_Bowl.htm |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Both teams had 35 players; the winners earned $1,500 each and losers received $1,000. The game was played a week after the historic Super Bowl III, held in Miami.