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Namath cemented his legacy in 1969 when he guaranteed his heavy underdog Jets would win Super Bowl III before defeating the NFL's Baltimore Colts in one of the greatest sports upsets of all time. The Super Bowl victory was the first for an AFL franchise, helping dismiss notions that its teams were inferior to the NFL's and demonstrating they ...
Super Bowl III was an American football championship game played on January 12, ... Statistics provided by NFL.com ... ISBN 1-55972-012-3. Namath, Joe (2006).
3 0 Won AFL Championship 27–23 Won Super Bowl III (1) 16–7 Joe Namath (MVP, SB MVP) 1969: 1969: AFL — East: 1st: 10 4 0 Lost Divisional playoffs 6–13 Joe Namath 1970: 1970: NFL: AFC: East: 3rd 4 10 0 — — 1971: 1971: NFL AFC East 4th 6 8 0 — — 1972: 1972: NFL AFC East 2nd 7 7 0 — — 1973: 1973: NFL AFC East 5th 4 10 0 ...
Joe Namath won MVP for the Jets in Super Bowl 3 against the Colts without scoring or throwing for a TD. Stabler had one TD pass in his win for Oakland against Minnesota. COMEBACK KIDS
Career NFL statistics; ... Maynard was a four-time AFL All-Star and played for the Super Bowl III ... Maynard was teamed with rookie quarterback Joe Namath. Maynard ...
In this Jan. 12, 1969, file photo, New York Jets quarterback (12) Joe Namath gets off a pass under pressure from the Baltimore Colts defenders during Super Bowl III in Miami, Fla.
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 1969, file photo, New York Jets quarterback (12) Joe Namath gets off a pass under pressure from the Baltimore Colts defenders during Super Bowl III in Miami, Fla. Namath ...
In Super Bowl III, the Colts took on the heavy underdog New York Jets led by quarterback Joe Namath, with the Colts favored by 19 + 1 ⁄ 2 points. [12] [13] [14] Before the game, former NFL star and coach Norm Van Brocklin ridiculed the AFL, saying "This will be Namath's first professional football game." Three days before the game, Namath was ...