1973 Pro Bowl

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

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

{{Infobox Pro Bowl

|type=pb

|name=1973

|image=

|visitor=AFC

|home=NFC

|visitor_qtr1=0

|home_qtr1=14

|visitor_qtr2=10

|home_qtr2=0

|visitor_qtr3=10

|home_qtr3=0

|visitor_qtr4=13

|home_qtr4=14

|date=January 21, 1973

|stadium=Texas Stadium

|city=Irving, Texas

|visitor_coach=Chuck Noll

|visitor_coach_team=Pittsburgh Steelers

|home_coach=Tom Landry

|home_coach_team=Dallas Cowboys

|MVP=O. J. Simpson

|MVPteam=Buffalo Bills, RB

|anthem=

|coin_toss=

|halftime=

|referee=Dick Jorgensen

|attendance=47,879

|network=CBS

|announcers=Frank Glieber, Alex Hawkins, Bruce Roberts

}}

The 1973 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 23rd annual all-star game, which featured the outstanding performers from the {{nfly|1972}} season. The game was played on Sunday, January 21, 1973, at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas. It was the first Pro Bowl not to be played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The final score was AFC 33, NFC 28. Running back O. J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills was named the game's Most Valuable Player.{{cite news|title=AFC holds off NFC by 33–28 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZ1RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3581%2C2958065 |access-date=January 18, 2012 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=January 22, 1973 |agency=AP |page=16}}

Attendance at the game was 47,879.{{cite web|title=1973 Pro Bowl game book |url=http://www.nflgsis.com/1972/Post/04/55148/Gamebook.pdf |work=NFL Game Statistics & Information |publisher=National Football League |format=PDF |access-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222175835/http://www.nflgsis.com/1972/Post/04/55148/Gamebook.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |url-status=live }} Chuck Noll of the Pittsburgh Steelers coached the AFC while the NFC was led by the Dallas Cowboys' Tom Landry.{{cite web |title=The 1973 Pro Bowl |url=http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1973_Pro_Bowl.htm |publisher=Bolding Sports Research |access-date=January 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430061738/http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1973_Pro_Bowl.htm |archive-date=April 30, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The game's referee was Dick Jorgensen.

Players on the winning AFC team received $2,000 each, while the NFC participants took home $1,500.{{cite web|title=NFL Pro Bowl history |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/10540742 |publisher=CBSSports.com |access-date=January 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810235233/http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/10540742 |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=live }}