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However, the Jets have never returned to the Super Bowl, making them one of two NFL teams to win their lone Super Bowl appearance along with the New Orleans Saints, and one of five teams never to win a conference championship since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, along with the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, and two expansion franchises, the ...
Super Bowl III is regarded as one of the greatest upsets in both American football history and in the history of professional sports. [4] The 19-point underdog American Football League (AFL) champion New York Jets defeated the National Football League (NFL) champion Baltimore Colts by a score of 16–7. [5]
The New York Jets have won one National Football League championship in Super Bowl III. In their 60-season history, they have an overall regular season record of 408 wins, 500 losses, and 8 ties. They have made 14 postseason appearances, and have an overall postseason record of 12 wins and 13 losses.
2.1 Teams with Super Bowl appearances but no victories. ... New York Jets, 56 years – Won Super Bowl III, 1968 season [86] [n 8] Minnesota Vikings, 48 years ...
MVP Phil Simms had one of the greatest Super Sundays, completing 22 of 25 passes for 268 yards and three TDs, as the Giants rode 30 second-half points to their first Super Bowl triumph. 34. V (5 ...
The first two Super Bowls had been dominated by the NFL champion Green Bay Packers; [56] most journalists expected the Colts to easily defeat the Jets. [64] The Jets playing the Colts in Super Bowl III. From his arrival in Miami, Namath was outspoken about the Jets' chances in the Super Bowl.
In the New York Jets' 16-7 win against the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, running back Matt Snell scored the Jets' first touchdown of the day on a 4-yard score in the second quarter.
The Jets have yet to return to the Super Bowl, making them and the New Orleans Saints the only teams to have won their only championship game, also holding the longest appearance drought in NFL history, having not appeared in the 53 complete seasons since this game; they did not appear in a semi-final playoff round again until 1983.