AFC Stars Finally Have NFC on the Run, 41-13 : Pro Bowl: Faulk rushes for 180 yards, breaking Simpson’s record.

In still another NFC-AFC blowout, Marshall Faulk turned the tables on the NFC.

The Indianapolis Colts’ star, the only rookie in the game, staged the most spectacular running show in Pro Bowl history Sunday, rushing for 180 yards to shatter O.J. Simpson’s 22-year-old record in the AFC’s 41-13 rout of the NFC.

The AFC, whose champions have lost 11 consecutive games against the NFC in the Super Bowl, mostly by lopsided scores, won the Pro Bowl for the third time in five years.

In the concluding game of the NFL season, Faulk carried 13 times and scored on a 49-yard run off a fake punt to top Simpson’s record of 112 yards rushing in the 1973 Pro Bowl.

“I’ve watched this game many times and for it (the record) to happen to me is incredible,” Faulk said. “To have a big game here means a lot. I ran behind an All-Pro line and it showed. We just blew them off the ball.”

The AFC, coached by Bill Cowher and his Pittsburgh Steeler staff, dominated on both sides of the line of scrimmage.

Chris Warren of the Seattle Seahawks also surpassed the previous rushing mark with 127 yards in 14 carries for the AFC, which rolled up a Pro Bowl-record 400 yards on the ground.

The AFC defense, with linebacker Junior Seau of the San Diego Chargers logging seven tackles, gave up only 209 yards of offense, 41 on the ground.

Warren had the rushing record late in the game, but the fake punt in the closing minutes at Aloha Stadium gave the mark to Faulk.

“We were informed when I was in the process of breaking the record,” Warren said. “They wanted to get me the ball so I could break it. Then they took me out and put Marshall in and he broke it.

“We were going back and forth (with the record). I felt like whoever got the ball last would have the record.”

“I wasn’t really surprised at the outcome,” said Barry Switzer, whose Dallas Cowboy staff coached the NFC and who spent part of the game on the bench eating a hot dog. “These all-star games, guys make big plays here and there.”

Tight end Eric Green of the Steelers had two touchdown receptions.