2016 Pro Bowl

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2016 NFL Pro Bowl
2016 Pro Bowl logo.png
1234Total
Team Irvin141414749
Team Rice777627
DateJanuary 31, 2016
Stadium Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Offensive MVP Russell Wilson  (Seattle Seahawks)
Defensive MVP Michael Bennett  (Seattle Seahawks)
Referee Pete Morelli [2]
Attendance50,000
Ceremonies
National anthem Captain Skye Martin, USMC
Coin toss ADM Scott H. Swift, USN
LtGen John A. Toolan, USMC
TV in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Mike Tirico (play-by-play)
Jon Gruden (analyst)
Lisa Salters (sideline reporter)
Nielsen ratings 2.8 (7.987 million)

The 2016 Pro Bowl (branded as the 2016 Pro Bowl presented by USAA for sponsorship reasons) was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2015 season, which was played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 31, 2016. As of 2023, this was the last time the Pro Bowl was held in Hawaii.

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Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs and Mike McCarthy of the Green Bay Packers were selected to coach the teams due to their teams being the highest seeded teams from each conference to lose in the Divisional Round of 2015–16 NFL playoffs, which has been the convention since the 2010 Pro Bowl. [3] On January 27, Mike McCarthy announced that he would not be coaching the Pro Bowl due to an illness and also announced that assistant head coach Winston Moss would take over head coaching duties. [1] This was also the sixth consecutive year that the Pro Bowl took place prior to the Super Bowl. At the Pro Bowl Draft, the Chiefs' coaching staff was assigned to Team Rice, and the Packers' coaching staff was assigned to Team Irvin. [4]

The game continued the fantasy draft format that debuted with the 2014 Pro Bowl. The two teams were to be drafted and captained by two Hall of Famers, Jerry Rice (winning 2014 Pro Bowl captain) and Michael Irvin (winning 2015 Pro Bowl captain). [5] Darren Woodson and Eric Davis served as defensive co-captains for Irvin and Rice respectively, in both cases reuniting two former teammates (Irvin and Woodson were teammates on the Dallas Cowboys from 1992 to 1999, while Rice and Davis played together with the San Francisco 49ers from 1990 to 1995). [3] The Fantasy draft was held January 27 at 7:30 P.M. EST on ESPN2 at Wheeler Army Airfield in Wahiawa, Hawaii as part of an extension to the NFL's military appreciation campaign.

Game format

The game format was nearly the same for 2016 as it had been in 2015. The previous year's experimental rule of kicking the point after touchdown from the 15-yard line became a permanent rule. The goal posts remained at their normal 18-foot width in 2016, as compared to the narrower 14-foot width from the 2015 Pro Bowl.

Summary

Starting lineups

Box Score

2016 Pro Bowl: Team Irvin vs. Team Rice
Period1234Total
Team Irvin141414749
Team Rice777627

at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii

Game information

Rosters

Team Rice

Team Rice

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive tackles

 

Offensive guards

Centers

Defensive ends

Defensive tackles

Outside linebackers

Inside linebackers

 

Cornerbacks

Safeties

Punter

Placekicker

Return specialist

Long snapper

Special Teamer


Team Irvin

Team Irvin

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive tackles

 

Offensive guards

Centers

Defensive Ends

Defensive tackles

Outside Linebackers

Inside Linebackers

 

Cornerbacks

Safeties

Punter

Placekicker

Return Specialist

Long snapper

Special Teamer


Selected but did not participate

Selected but did not participate

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Fullbacks

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

 

Offensive tackles

Offensive guards

Centers

Defensive Ends

Defensive tackles

Linebackers

 

Cornerbacks

Safeties

Placekickers

Special Teamers


Notes: Players must have accepted their invitations as alternates to be listed; those who declined, such as Philip Rivers, are not considered Pro Bowlers.

(C) signifies the player was selected as a captain
a Replacement selection due to injury or vacancy
b Injured/suspended player; selected but did not participate
c Selected but did not play because his team advanced to Super Bowl 50 (see Pro Bowl "Player Selection" section)

Number of selections per team

Broadcasting

The game was televised nationally by ESPN, which has the exclusive broadcast rights to the Pro Bowl through to 2022.

Westwood One radio broadcast the game nationally, with Kevin Kugler on play-by-play, Tony Boselli on color commentary, and Laura Okmin on the sidelines.

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