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| Date | January 26, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||||||||||||||
| Offensive MVP | Nick Foles (Philadelphia Eagles) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Defensive MVP | Derrick Johnson (Kansas City Chiefs) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Scott Green | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 47,270 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| National anthem | Grace Potter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coin toss | Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., USN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Fall Out Boy | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya, and Doug Flutie | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 5.4 (national) US viewership: 9.27 million est. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Market share | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2014 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2013 season. It took place at 2:30 pm local time on January 26 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game was televised nationally by NBC and was the final Pro Bowl on network television before ABC's airing in 2018 as part of a simulcast with sister network ESPN, whose parent company Disney currently holds domestic television rights to the game.
Significant changes to the Pro Bowl format were adopted in an attempt to make the game more "fan-friendly". These changes were proposed by National Football League Players Association president Dominique Foxworth and developed in partnership between the league and the players' union.[1]
The most significant change was a switch to a "fantasy draft" format rather than pitting AFC all-stars against NFC all-stars. Hall of Fame players Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders were chosen as honorary team captains, and joined by two active players each to assist in their selections. Chuck Pagano of the AFC South winning Indianapolis Colts coached Team Sanders, while Ron Rivera of the NFC South winning Carolina Panthers coached Team Rice. These coaches were selected for coaching the highest seeded teams to lose in the Divisional round of the playoffs, which has been the convention since the 2010 Pro Bowl.
Team Rice won the game 22–21.[2]
- ^ "2014 Pro Bowl features new format for NFL all-star game". NFL.com. July 31, 2013. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
- ^ "Mike Tolbert's 2-point conversion clinches Pro Bowl win for Team Rice". ESPN. January 26, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.