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Before
the 1998 Pro Bowl, Seattle's Warren Moon was
called to Hawaii to replace
Denver's John Elway for the
AFC, making him the oldest
player in the game by 4
years. A crowd of 49,995 saw
the game at Aloha Stadium.
The coaches were Bill Cowher
of Pittsburgh and Steve
Mariucci of San Francisco.
In the first quarter, San
Francisco’s Steve Young
completed a 21 yard pass to
Panther’s tight end Wesley
Walls on third down and
ended an 11 play drive with
a 22 yard touchdown toss to
wide receiver Herman Moore
of the Detroit Lions. The
AFC came back to tie it on
Kansas City’s Andre Rison's
22 yard touchdown grab on a
pass from Jacksonville’s
Mark Brunell. But, Young
took his team 71 yards on
only seven plays in the
second quarter. The drive
culminated with a 36 yard
touchdown toss to Arizona
wide receiver Rob Moore.
Young faked a reverse to
Minnesota receiver Cris
Carter, then dropped back in
the pocket and threw a
perfect pass to Moore, who
was wide open. The NFC built
on the 14-7 lead later in
the second quarter when
Green Bay running back
Dorsey Levens scored from 12
yards out just before the
half. The touchdown run gave
the NFC a comfortable 21-7
lead at the half.
The AFC scored the only
points of the third quarter
on a Jimmy Smith 14 yard pass
from New England’s Drew
Bledsoe. The score at the
end of the period was 21-14.
In the 4th quarter,
Detroit’s Jason Hanson
kicked a 35 yard field goal
to give the NFC a 24-14
lead. Jacksonville's Mike
Hollis countered with a
48 yard field goal with 8:51
remaining. With the NFC
leading, 24-17, Moon
completed a 57 yard pass to
Oakland's Tim Brown and
Tennessee's Eddie George
scored on a 4 yard run with
2:31 left. The AFC decided
to go for two, but the
conversion failed. The NFC
still led, 24-23. But, on
their final possession, Atlanta’s Chris Chandler
fumbled an exchange to give
Moon one last chance. Moon
capped the comeback on a
1 yard quarterback sneak
with 1:49 remaining. The
final score was 29-24.
Moon, who was 4 of 8 for 89
yards and rushed for one
touchdown, was voted player
of the game in his ninth Pro
Bowl appearance. For the
first time in memory, if not
Pro Bowl history, two
players were ejected for
fighting: San Francisco
guard Kevin Gogan and
Denver’s defensive end Neil
Smith (fight in which one
player was ejected; see: Pro
Bowl, December 27, 1942).
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