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1968 Pro Bowl

National Football League all-star game

Field	Value
type	pb
name	1968
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	13
home_qtr2	7
visitor_qtr3	7
home_qtr3	0
visitor_qtr4	0
home_qtr4	21
date	January 21, 1968
stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
city	Los Angeles, California
visitor_coach	Otto Graham
visitor_coach_team	Washington Redskins
home_coach	Don Shula
home_coach_team	Baltimore Colts
MVP	Gale Sayers
MVPteam	Chicago Bears, RB
MVP2	Dave Robinson
MVP2team	Green Bay Packers, LB
odds	West
attendance	53,289
network	CBS
announcers	Jack Buck, Tom Brookshier

The 1968 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's eighteenth annual all-star game, which featured the outstanding performers from the season. The game was played on January 21, 1968, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Victory for the Western Conference

Scoring three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the favored Western Conference rallied for a 38–20 victory, breaking the Eastern Conference's two-game winning streak. Running back Gale Sayers of the Chicago Bears was named the back of the game for the second year in a row and linebacker Dave Robinson of the league champion Green Bay Packers received the lineman of the game honors.

Controversy over Tarkenton's benching

Attendance at the game was 53,289. The game had controversy because East coach Otto Graham of the Washington Redskins benched quarterback Fran Tarkenton of the New York Giants in the fourth quarter. Some players questioned the benching of a player of Tarkenton's stature in a charity game. The coach of the West squad was Don Shula of the Baltimore Colts, who won his second Pro Bowl in four years. The game was played a week after the second Super Bowl, which was held in Miami.

References

(January 21, 1968). "NFL stars vie at Los Angeles". Reading Eagle.
(January 22, 1968). "Defense cited in West victory". Reading Eagle.
Myers, Bob. (January 22, 1968). "NFL West 38, East 20". Eugene Register-Guard.
(January 22, 1968). "Defensive plays turn tide for West in Pro Bowl win". [[The Pittsburgh Press]].
"The 1968 Pro Bowl". Bolding Sports Research.

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