1970 Pro Bowl

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

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

{{Infobox Pro Bowl

|type=pb

|name=1970

|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=10

|visitor_qtr2=7

|home_qtr2=3

|visitor_qtr3=0

|home_qtr3=0

|visitor_qtr4=6

|home_qtr4=3

|date=January 18, 1970

|stadium=Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

|city=Los Angeles, California

|home_coach=Norm Van Brocklin

|home_coach_team=Atlanta Falcons

|visitor_coach=Tom Fears

|visitor_coach_team=New Orleans Saints

|MVP=Gale Sayers

|MVPteam=Chicago Bears, RB

|MVP2=George Andrie

|MVP2team=Dallas Cowboys, DE

|anthem=

|coin_toss=

|halftime=

|referee=

|attendance=57,786

|network=CBS

|announcers=Don Criqui, Frank Gifford, Frank Glieber

}}

The 1970 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's twentieth annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1969 season. The game was played on Sunday, January 18, 1970, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The final score was West 16, East 13.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LqhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2502%2C4064798 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Late score gives West Pro Bowl victory |date=January 19, 1970 |page=3B}} Running back Gale Sayers of the Chicago Bears was named the game's offensive Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the third time after rushing for 75 yards on nine carries. Defensive end George Andrie of the Dallas Cowboys was selected as the defensive MVP.{{cite news|title=West tops East, 16–13 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kptRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2mwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4692%2C2797296 |access-date=January 18, 2012 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=January 19, 1970 |agency=AP |pages=21, 25}}

Attendance at the game was 57,786. Norm Van Brocklin of the Atlanta Falcons coached the West squad while the East was led by the New Orleans Saints' Tom Fears.{{cite web |title=The 1970 Pro Bowl |url=http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1970_Pro_Bowl.htm |publisher=Bolding Sports Research |access-date=January 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501092459/http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1970_Pro_Bowl.htm |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }} This was the last Pro Bowl to feature the Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference format. After the AFL–NFL merger was completed, future Pro Bowls would pit the AFC against the NFC.