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Super Bowl III was an American football championship game played on January 12, 1969, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. It was the third AFL–NFL Championship Game in professional American football, and the first to officially bear the trademark name " Super Bowl ". [ 3 ] The Jets' most recent championship appearance was their victory over the Colts in Super Bowl III. Four current teams have never reached the Super Bowl (shown in bold below). Two of them (Jacksonville and Houston) joined the NFL relatively recently, and there are an additional eight teams whose Super Bowl appearance droughts began prior to 2002 New York Jets 16 vs. Baltimore Colts 7 on January 12th, 1969 - Full team and player stats and box score More Super Bowl Pages. Super Bowl Leaders; Super Bowl Standings; Super Bowl History + indicates Hall of Fame; III (3) New York Jets: 16: Baltimore Colts: 7: Joe View a comprehensive list of every single NFL Super Bowl champion from 1967 to present on ESPN. Super Bowl Winners and Results Orange Bowl (Miami) Green Bay 33, Oakland 14: III: Jan. 12 This list covers every Super Bowl champion. The New York Jets defeating the then-Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III remains the biggest upset in Super Bowl history. The Colts were 18-point In Indianapolis Colts champion New York Jets in Super Bowl III. The Jets were led by young quarterback Joe Namath, who said, before the game, that he guaranteed a Super Bowl victory and then guided his 18-point underdog team to the biggest upset in Super Bowl history. Today is January 12th, 1969: The New York Jets Win Super Bowl III. Act One. It’s December 28th, 1958 at Yankee Stadium in New York, eight years before the Green Bay Packers will win Super Bowl I. Tension is rising as the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts battle it out to be named champions of the National Football League, or NFL. Super Bowl III was an American football game played on January 12, 1969, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.It was the third AFL–NFL Championship Game in professional American football, and the first to officially bear the trademark name "Super Bowl". [2] Super Bowl III: New York Jets 16, Baltimore Colts 7. MVP: Joe Namath | Location: Orange Bowl, Miami | Date: Jan. 12, 1969 Pre-Super Bowl era league champions. 1965: Green Bay Packers (NFL The NFL champion Baltimore Colts were completely and utterly dominant entering Super Bowl III. They lost just one game in the regular season, a ten-point loss to Cleveland. Without that loss, we’re talking about the league’s first-ever 14-0 team. As it was, the Colts entered the postseason at 13-1. Conclusion. Super Bowl III marked the first time that the AFL would win the championship in the season’s biggest football game. With a big-league merger on the horizon after the upcoming season, Super Bowl IV would be the last chance for both the NFL and AFL to prove themselves the dominant league. Super Bowl III was the third AFL-NFL Championship Game in professional American football, but the first to officially bear the name "Super Bowl". (Although the two previous AFL-NFL Championship Games came to be known, retroactively, as "Super Bowls".) This game is regarded as one of the greatest upsets in sports history. The heavy underdog American Football League (AFL) champion New York Jets On January 12, 1969, in Miami's Orange Bowl, the New York Jets met the heavily-favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, the championship game of professional football for the 1968 season. NFL Films Presents dives into former New York Jets Head Coach, and Super Bowl III champion, Weeb Ewbank's legacy.Subscribe to NFL Films: The Baltimore Colts, champions of the NFL in 1968, were heavily favored against the AFL champion New York Jets in Super Bowl III. Super Bowls I and II had been blowouts in favor of the NFL’s The Jets had managed a solid defense throughout the season, but going into Super Bowl III, the Jets passing defense was not considered particularly strong. With the Jets installed as an 18-point underdog, Beverly's small stature made him a main target of Colts' quarterback Earl Morrall . Super Bowl III is really when things changed. The 66 and 67 Packers cared more about repeating as NFL champions. Winning the "AFL-NFL Championship Game" was anticlimactic for them. But the Colts were so traumatized by losing Super Bowl III they never got over it, even when they won Super Bowl V two years later. Super Bowl III Rosters & Coaching Staffs. 1968 AFL Champions; New York Jets #62 Al Atkinson (LB) #46 Bill Baird (DB) #51 Ralph Baker (LB) #42 Randy Beverly (DB) Super Bowl III has been rehashed, talked about, re-shown, and re-released in 1997 (as a video broadcast) for a generation to see for themselves a landmark game that changed the course of the NFL. It validated the AFL , its history , along with legitimizing the merger between the two leagues.
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