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 The
1992 Pro Bowl was once again
a seesaw game that was not
decided until the last
moments. The opposing
coaches were Wayne Fontes of
Detroit and Dan Reeves of
Denver.
The first quarter ended in a
7-7 deadlock on a 4 yard
touchdown pass from
Buffalo’s Jim Kelly to
Mark Clayton of the Dolphins
and a 13 yard scoring toss
from Washington’s Mark Rypien to Michael Irvin of
the Cowboys, who was playing
in his first Pro Bowl. In
the second quarter, the AFC
got help from both offense
and defense. The Raiders’
Greg Townsend tackled
Cleveland’s Earnest Byner in
the end zone for a safety
and Raider teammate, Jeff
Jaeger, connected on a
48 yard field goal. The
score was 12-7 when
Washington’s Gary Clark
caught a 35 yard touchdown
pass from Redskins’ teammate Rypien to make the score NFC
14, AFC 12 at the half.
There was no scoring in the
third quarter. In the fourth
quarter, the AFC tallied with another Jaeger field
goal from 27 yards to take a
15-14 lead. Late in the
fourth quarter, Chris Miller
of Atlanta drove the NFC 85
yards. On third and ten, a
personal foul on Derrick
Thomas of the Chiefs moved
the ball to the AFC twelve.
With 4:04 remaining in the
game, San Francisco’s Jerry
Rice caught an 11 yard
scoring pass from Miller.
The final score was 21-15.
Irvin, who caught eight
passes for 125 yards,
including the touchdown, was
named the player of the
game. Miller was 7 of 10 on
passes for 85 yards.
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