In honor of Super Tuesday the NFL presents Super Bowl 3, Joe Namath's guarantee!00:00 - Start23:35 Lou Michaels misses 27-yard FG33:00 George Sauer fumbles b Super Bowl III was an American football championship game played on January 12, 1969, Joe Namath Most receptions, career: 8: George Sauer Jr. Most fumbles, game: 1: 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 Two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks faced off on the grandest stage of all as the Baltimore Colts and Johnny Unitas took on the New York Jets and "Broadway" NFL Now's Top 50 Super Bowl Performances countdown begins with Jets quarterback Joe Namath leading New York over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III.Subscr Besides all that, Namath is a superb quarterback who in the Super Bowl last week proved that his talent is as big as his mouth—which makes it a very big talent, indeed. He went from Broadway Joe to Super Joe on a cloud-covered afternoon in Miami, whipping the Baltimore Colts, champions of the National Football League, 16-7 in the process. Before Super Bowl III, an NFL coach said, "Namath plays his first pro football game today." But the Colts, who had a 15-1 record entering the game, trailed 16-0 after three quarters. Quarterback Joe Namath led the New York Jets to victory in Super Bowl III on January 13, 1969. Tony Tomsic/Associated Press Joe Nameth “Guaranteed” Super Bowl III Victory. The video by Peyton Manning’s production house took everyone back to the Super Bowl III game which took place on 12th January 1969. That particular game changed the NFL landscape altogether. However, even Peyton noticed that in the end, the game was largely about just one man – Joe Namath. The Jets did win that Super Bowl III and pulled one of the greatest upsets in modern football. Incidentally, the quarterback of the Colts that day was Johnny Unitas, Joe's idol in high school. Joe even wore number 19 in high school and that jersey will be included in the Hall of Fame, thanks to the late Athletic Director, Bill Ross. New York Jets 16 vs. Baltimore Colts 7 on January 12th, 1969 - Full team and player stats and box score From Peyton's Places Season 1 Episode 29: Peyton looks back at the biggest game in the NFL season: the Super Bowl, and breaks down Super Bowl III with Hall o By the end of this article, you’ll know which team proved victorious in Super Bowl III, the plays that made Joe Namath a household name, and how one of these teams managed to cover a dreary 18-point spread. The Lead-Up to Super Bowl III. To state that Super Bowl III was a high-pressure game for both teams would be an understatement. Fifty years after coming through on his Super Bowl III guarantee, Joe Namath still knows how to command -- and deflect -- the attention that comes with being a cultural icon. Check out highlights from the epic Super Bowl III matchup between the New York Jets and the Baltimore Colts. Joe Namath shows off his swagger and predicts a The New York jets stunned the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. Fifty years later, the gamer resonates as a tipping point in pro football history. NFL. NFL News; Joe Namath. Namath has In 1969, New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath became famous for his prediction that the Jets would beat the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, which they did, 16-7 But Joe Namath the celebrity also became a key figure in changing the allure of pro football, making it more exciting & telegenic, more appealing to fans & advertisers, and Joe Namath made one of the boldest predictions of all time and then he went and backed it up.Subscribe to NFL Network: Network schedu Joe Namath yells out a play call during Super Bowl III. (Kidwiler Collection / Diamond Images / Getty Images) Maynard: I’ve always said the toughest game I ever played was the Raiders Joe Namath and Super Bowl III: An Interpretation of Style symbols is a much more complex process than analyzing game plans. Within the context of militaristic and corporate rules by which football defined play, Namath and Unitas represented historically specific competing syles of mas-culinity.
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