2013 Pro Bowl


The 2013 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's sixty-third annual all-star game which featured players from the 2012 season. It took place at 2:30 pm Hawaii–Aleutian Time on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at the Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game was televised nationally by NBC in place of CBS. The game was delayed for 30 minutes due to flash flood warnings.
John Fox of the AFC West Denver Broncos led the AFC "home team" against a "visiting" NFC team that was coached by the Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy of the NFC North. These coaches were selected for coaching the highest seeded team to lose in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, which has been the convention since the 2009 Pro Bowl. Ed Hochuli was the game referee.
Players on the winning team each earned $50,000, while players on the losing team earned $25,000.
The Houston Texans and San Francisco 49ers had the most Pro Bowl selections with nine. The Kansas City Chiefs, despite only winning two games, had six selections. Six teams, the Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams, Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and San Diego Chargers, had no selections. Three rookie quarterbacks were selected, which is the most in Pro Bowl history.

Summary

Scoring summary

The scores broken down by quarter:

AFC rosters

The following players were selected to represent the AFC:

Offense

PositionStarterReserveAlternate
Quarterback18 Peyton Manning, Denver12 Tom Brady, New England
8 Matt Schaub, Houston		12 Andrew Luck, Indianapolis
Running back23 Arian Foster, Houston25 Jamaal Charles, Kansas City
27 Ray Rice, Baltimore		28 C. J. Spiller, Buffalo
Fullback44 Vonta Leach, Baltimore45 Marcel Reece, Oakland
Wide receiver18 A. J. Green, Cincinnati
80 Andre Johnson, Houston		87 Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis
83 Wes Welker, New England		88 Demaryius Thomas, Denver
Tight end Rob Gronkowski, New England 83 Heath Miller, Pittsburgh 84 Jermaine Gresham, Cincinnati
81 Owen Daniels, Houston
Offensive tackle73 Joe Thomas, Cleveland
76 Duane Brown, Houston		78 Ryan Clady, Denver 77 Andrew Whitworth, Cincinnati
Offensive guard70 Logan Mankins, New England
73 Marshal Yanda, Baltimore		74 Wade Smith, Houston68 Richie Incognito, Miami
68 Zane Beadles, Denver
Center53 Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh55 Chris Myers, Houston

Defense

PositionStarterReserveAlternate
Defensive end99 J. J. Watt, Houston
91 Cameron Wake, Miami		92 Elvis Dumervil, Denver
Defensive tackle97 Geno Atkins, Cincinnati
75 Vince Wilfork, New England 		92 Haloti Ngata, Baltimore 95 Kyle Williams, Buffalo
94 Randy Starks, Miami
Outside linebacker58 Von Miller, Denver
91 Tamba Hali, Kansas City		98 Robert Mathis, Indianapolis50 Justin Houston, Kansas City
Inside linebacker51 Jerod Mayo, New England56 Derrick Johnson, Kansas City
Cornerback24 Champ Bailey, Denver
24 Johnathan Joseph, Houston		31 Antonio Cromartie, N.Y. Jets
Free safety20 Ed Reed, Baltimore31 Jairus Byrd, Buffalo
Strong safety29 Eric Berry, Kansas City30 LaRon Landry, N.Y. Jets

Special teams

PositionStarterReserveAlternate
Punter 2 Dustin Colquitt, Kansas City
Placekicker 4 Phil Dawson, Cleveland
Return Specialist12 Jacoby Jones, Baltimore16 Josh Cribbs, Cleveland
Special teamer18 Matthew Slater, New England
Long snapper92 John Denney, Miami

NFC rosters

The following players were selected to represent the NFC:

Offense

PositionStarterReserveAlternate
Quarterback12 Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay 2 Matt Ryan, Atlanta
10 Robert Griffin III, Washington		 9 Drew Brees, New Orleans
10 Eli Manning, N. Y. Giants
3 Russell Wilson, Seattle
Running back28 Adrian Peterson, Minnesota24 Marshawn Lynch, Seattle
21 Frank Gore, San Francisco		22 Doug Martin, Tampa Bay
Fullback42 Jerome Felton, Minnesota
Wide receiver81 Calvin Johnson, Detroit
15 Brandon Marshall, Chicago		11 Julio Jones, Atlanta
80 Victor Cruz, N.Y. Giants		83 Vincent Jackson, Tampa Bay
11 Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona
Tight end88 Tony Gonzalez, Atlanta82 Jason Witten, Dallas82 Kyle Rudolph, Minnesota
Offensive tackle74 Joe Staley, San Francisco
76 Russell Okung, Seattle		71 Trent Williams, Washington74 Jermon Bushrod, New Orleans
75 Matt Kalil, Minnesota
Offensive guard77 Mike Iupati, San Francisco
73 Jahri Evans, New Orleans		76 Chris Snee, N.Y. Giants71 Josh Sitton, Green Bay
Center60 Max Unger, Seattle63 Jeff Saturday, Green Bay

Defense

PositionStarterReserveAlternate
Defensive end90 Jason Pierre-Paul, N.Y. Giants
90 Julius Peppers, Chicago		69 Jared Allen, Minnesota
Defensive tackle94 Justin Smith, San Francisco
69 Henry Melton, Chicago		93 Gerald McCoy, Tampa Bay90 Ndamukong Suh, Detroit
Outside linebacker99 Aldon Smith, San Francisco
94 DeMarcus Ware, Dallas 		52 Clay Matthews, Green Bay 52 Chad Greenway, Minnesota
93 Anthony Spencer, Dallas
91 Ryan Kerrigan, Washington
Inside linebacker52 Patrick Willis, San Francisco53 NaVorro Bowman, San Francisco58 Daryl Washington, Arizona
59 London Fletcher, Washington
Cornerback33 Charles Tillman, Chicago
26 Tim Jennings, Chicago		21 Patrick Peterson, Arizona
Free safety38 Dashon Goldson, San Francisco29 Earl Thomas, Seattle28 Thomas DeCoud, Atlanta
Strong safety31 Donte Whitner, San Francisco25 William Moore, Atlanta

Special teams

PositionStarterReserveAlternate
Punter 6 Thomas Morstead, New Orleans
Placekicker 3 Blair Walsh, Minnesota
Kick returner33 Leon Washington, Seattle
Special teamer97 Lorenzo Alexander, Washington
Long snapper48 Don Muhlbach, Detroit

Indicating he would retire after the Pro Bowl, NFC center Jeff Saturday treated the game as a testimonial match and crossed over to the AFC side for one play in order to reunite with quarterback Peyton Manning; the two had played together as members of the Indianapolis Colts for thirteen seasons.
Notes:

Number of selections per team

Broadcasting

The game was televised nationally by NBC after Super Bowl XLVII broadcaster CBS declined to exercise their right to air the game, even though that network was using the game as part of the plot of an episode of Hawaii Five-0 to be aired three weeks later. This was the second of three consecutive years that NBC carried the game, since CBS also decided not to broadcast the 2012 Pro Bowl and FOX would later decline to carry the 2014 game. NBC will also broadcast the 2014 game as Super Bowl broadcaster Fox had declined to carry the game.