The Miami Dolphins wide receiver caught six passes for 176 yards and a Pro Bowlrecord four touchdowns, and the AFC used a second-half surge to beat the NFC 59-41 Sunday.
Marshall, who had a game filled with highlight-reel grabs, was selected the game’s MVP, and his name now will join the likes of Walter Payton and Jerry Rice on the banners at Aloha Stadium.
The 59 points by the AFC set a Pro Bowl mark, and the 100 points scored by the teams combined was the second highest, a touchdown shy of the 107 scored in 2004.
Marshall hauled in a deflected, go-ahead 47-yard TD pass from Andy Dalton, while on his back, to give the AFC a 38-35 lead late in the third quarter. He then nabbed a 3-yard TD pass from Dalton that gave the AFC a 52-35 lead with 8:25 left.
For the NFC, Aaron Rodgers was 13 of 17 for 141 yards and two TDs. The NFC had three players with 100- yard yard receiving: Tony Gonzalez ( seven for 114), Larry Fitzgerald (6 for 111) and Steve Smith (5 for 118).
Rodgers and Fitzgerald connected for a pair of scores on back-to-back plays to put the NFC up 14-0 early in the game. The reception was Fitzgerald’s sixth career TD catch in the Pro Bowl, tying Gonzalez’s record. He broke the record with the game’s last touchdown, on a 36-yard pass from Cam Newton.
The AFC came right back and tied it up on two deep TD passes on the right side by Ben Roethlisberger. He threw a 34- yarder to rookie A.J. Green, and then connected with Marshall on a 74-yarder.
Each AFC player earned a record $50,000 for the win, while the NFC players received $25,000.
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