2015 Pro Bowl
The 2015 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2014 season. It began at 6 pm local time on January 25 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and it was the first Pro Bowl to be held outside Hawaii since 2010. The game was televised nationally by ESPN.
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| Date | January 25, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| Offensive MVP | Matthew Stafford (Detroit Lions) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Defensive MVP | J. J. Watt (Houston Texans) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John Parry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 63,225 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| National anthem | Jordin Sparks | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Nico & Vinz | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, & Lisa Salters | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 5.6 (national) | ||||||||||||||||||
The game continued the "unconferenced" format that was debuted in the 2014 Pro Bowl. The game was the third Pro Bowl that took place in the same site as that year's Super Bowl. It was also the sixth consecutive year where the Pro Bowl took place prior to the Super Bowl.
Hall of Fame wide receivers Cris Carter and Michael Irvin were selected as the alumni captains of the game. Jason Garrett of the Dallas Cowboys and John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens were the game's coaches. The coaches were to come from the teams with the best record in each conference to lose in the Divisional Round of the 2014–15 NFL playoffs, which has been the convention since the 2010 Pro Bowl. However, the Denver Broncos (the Divisional Round loser with the best record in the AFC) and head coach John Fox mutually agreed to part ways following their playoff loss, so Harbaugh (who coached the Ravens, the other Divisional Round loser from the AFC) was selected instead.