I love how the TV coverage started and 10 minutes later the game starts with no hype, no fanfare. We didn't need 6 hours of coverage by experts telling us how important the game was.
As I recall, the game started eastern time at about 3:30, after a brief 30 minute pre game show. Not like the ridiculous all day pregame shows now, on super bowl sunday
@S SN QN--no one watches that nonsense, and if they do, they're not taking it seriously. If someone is at a super bowl party, they're not worried about anything but getting drunk. That's why the scumbag NFL basically has the super bowl as a night game now, second half is in prime time (more ad revenue for the horrible commercials, shocking, I know), and it gives "fans" all day to get loaded so that they believe what they are watching it important. NFL is a garbage product that fools people into thinking that it's quality, THAT'S what we get about that.
@@user-hh5rn4jz6o brother, let me tell u. I can remember watching this game with my father--who had always been more of a baseball fan than football--and he says "damn, Gowdy does football too ?!" Watching the game, I had a Pepsi in a glass bottle, and my old man had his beer in a glass bottle, and watching The AFL triumph over the NFL, as Joe Willie is running off the field I can see the sun starting to settle outside our living room window that Sunday evening with my dad thinking...man, can't get much better than this.
When I was just a kid, I loved the Jets, and Joe Namath was a big hero for me. I collected Joe Namath football cards, especially his Rookie card. Many years later, after a stint in the military and two marriages, my mother died, and I found the cards in her attic. Like a gold mine.
I'll say a gold mine. His rookie card from 1965 is worth plenty today. I started collecting cards in 1968 when I was 10. So the oldest Namath I have is a '68. But a lot of legends were playing then - Unitas, Tarkenton, Butkus, Sayers, Starr, Lamonica, Maynard, Nitschke, and of course Namath. I had them all and still do as I kept my cards. I didn't let my mom throw them out and she knew enough not too.
@@rjwalker4153 i graduated high school in 1966. Namath rookie card still wasnt worth much then. 4 year stint in the army and Vietnam sort of wiped out the memory of those cards. Funny thing was i remembered the Spiderman comic books, and searching for those led me to the baseball cards in my mothers attic 30 years later.
@@kensanity178 You and I were the lucky ones. I can't tell you how many of my childhood buddies told me their mom threw out their entire collection of Football and Baseball. Another told me his mom sold his entire collection for $2 at a garage sale.
@@rjwalker4153 In Saskatchewan, Canada a box of unopened hockey cards from the late 1970s just sold at auction for ~$3.4 million as it contains a card of Wayne Gretzky's rookie year.
As a Jets fan, I watched this entire Super Bowl tonight. I think that as a personal tradition, I am going to watch Super Bowl III every single Christmas here on out. Jets fan for life!
Watching the full game is so different from just the highlights. The initial domination of the Colts, then the contributions of the Jets defense, the clutch-ness of Sauer and Snell, the incredible play of the young Namath ... a lot of this is lost in the hype of the highlights. What a game!
Agreed, better to see it as it happened and form one's own conclusions for instance that moment when Namath was banged up and Unitas came in really felt like a turning point
yeah watching the game is MUCH different than highlights-- which is what i try to tell people who have no idea what they're talking about when they disrespect athletes they never actually saw play
I finished reading Joe Namath's new book this week. It is awesome. He gives a very detailed description of the entire game, all four quarters. He dribbles in some stories from his days at Alabama. All in all a really fun listen. I love Joe. The true New York hero
When Matt Snell scored at 44:00, I got goose bumps. It was the 1st time the AFL had ever led a Super Bowl. “He May go! He’s in there! Snell scores!” Every AFL fan in America was bursting with pride when that happened.
I was 15 at the time. I had been to the AFL championship game at Shea. I thought the colts would blow the jets out When Snell got the TD all of a sudden a win was possible
Remember Snell's TD like it was yesterday. At that point you KNEW something was happening. You could feel Baltimore's frustration - but afterward the Jets never let up, never gave an inch. Superb defense coached by Buddy Ryan.
I watched this broadcast live at the time. At just 10 years old don't remember exact details but I was a Johnny Unitas fan and wanted the Colts to win.Was disappointed then that Baltimore lost but in retrospect appreciate the Jets win and what it meant for the AFL/AFC. It's great to be able to see it like it was then.
This game was fixed. If the Jets didn't win this game, the NFL wouldn't be what it is today. Jets, Raiders, etc. wouldn't be in the NFL. The Colts owner bet 3M on the Jets. That bet made the line drop lol.
@@tjaydagreat No proof whatsoever Colts owner bet on the game at all. Bubba Smith quoted an unnamed taxi driver as the source to this lie. Proof it. Like most games, turnovers told the story of this one.
You know your really love your Team when they won their Super Bowl 25 Years before you where even born. Good or bad times... I LOVE MY JETS and will do forever and we will win it again.
This is fantastic being able to watch this game again w/ no commercials and the best three guys calling it. Gowdy was THE best play by play man I ever heard and Al D and Kyle Rote were absolutely the best color men as well. I still cannot believe to this day how the Colts squandered so many chances in this game.
As a Jets fan, just watching this makes me get emotional cuz I've never seen this happen with my Jets since because I was born in the 90s. Of course in Madden I've gotten the job done winning the super bowl multiple times in franchise mode but to be honest, seeing it done on my Xbox is nothing compared to actually watching it happen right here in this historical footage of us actually winning the super bowl
As a colts fan Pain, our first ring was the infamous blunder bowl yes But the ending was 🔥 Can’t complain though cuz we have Peyton manning. But Johnny U held it down before we had Him.
Die hard Raiders fan, I remember watching this when I was 8 and even though that AFL Championship game loss stung, I was all AFL and rooting for the Jets! Always Fun League!!! Thanks Joe!
I'm a Jet fan and attended the 1968 AFL Championship game. After the Jets won, I knew they would win the Super Bowl because they beat the Raiders who were best team in Football. If the Raiders won, they have won they would have easily defeated the Colts.
@@seveglider8406 amazing. I was a huge jet fan and I also attended the AFL championship game in the cold and swirling wins at Shea stadium. But I was genuinely fearful that the jets would lose badly and Namath might even be hurt. The unfolding of the game felt like a miracle to me. Still has a magical mythical feel to me. I love the commentary as the jet upset progressively took place before their and a waiting world's eyes.
@@user-hh5rn4jz6o I attended almost every Jet game after Namath was drafted. The Raiders always tried to beat the hell out of him. However, Namath always played well against them. There was no way the Raiders were going to easily beat the Jets that day. Soon after, he guaranteed a Super Bowl victory and delivered.
State of the art in the 1960's was Quadruplex video tape which was analog, and picture quality was very good. It was 2-inch tape, about $2,000 per roll in 1960's dollars so the tapes were usually erased and re-used. In order to be viewed on a modern device or posted on the internet it has to be converted from analog to digital format, which is where picture quality is either preserved or lost, assuming the original tape is still in good condition. The graphics were part of the original broadcast.
Super Bowl 2 was taped over, but apparently a reel to reel copy has been found and has been put up for auction. I was a HUGE Raiders fan back then, so I hope I can get a DVD copy of it made.
I would love to get a copy of Super Bowl 2. I have a VHS copy of the Super Bowl Memories highlight film of SBII, but my VCR died awhile back. I don't get why that highlight film has been censored off RUclips for copyright violation, but all the other ones are still up. What is it about the NFL Films highlight of Super Bowl 2 that makes it different from all the others? You can watch all the others here, but that one got zapped.
It's very easy to get an interception when the QB is throwing the ball to the defense and not the wide open primary receiver on a flea flicker. That game as absolutely fixed lol
Dave Herman was moved over to tackle for that game from his usual right guard position. Weeb did not trust rookie Sam Walton to go up against Bubba Smith. Bob Talimini, a perennial all-pro that the Jets obtained from the Oilers, took over Dave Herman's old spot.
That move was actually made during the AFL Championship Game. In the last few games of the regular season, rookie Sam Walton was struggling. He had allowed his man to knock Joe down several times. Weeb made the change for the post season.
I was in Navy boot camp when this game was played...we were allowed to take it easy for a half-day, to listen to the game. We were happily stunned when the Jets pulled out the win! So interesting, to see how these players were a good 40lbs smaller than players today! They look more human!
Experts who say Joe Namath should not be in the Hall of Fame have never watched this game. No NFL QBs in that era could handle the Baltimore Colts defense. Namath shredded them.
Youre right, Joe picked the Colts apart but to be fair, the Colts could have had three interceptions as well but missed or dropped them. Bubba Smith was on a bad ankle, Lenny Lyles was recovering from tonsilitis, which the Jets exploited and Volk was hurt on the second play of the game ... Shula would make no excuses but this wasnt the same Colt defense that smothered the Browns ...
@@shrapnel77206 yards passing in the sixties is like 400 yards today tho. Gotta out it in perspective. No one in pro football was throwing the ball like that. It was frowned upon until Namath made it popular. He had the ability to read defenses quickly and arm talent to go with it like no other at the time. His fundamentals were so smooth.
Pat Summerall of CBS SIDELINE REPORTER, AND COLOR ANALYST/NFL FILMS HOSTING fame, handled the NFL FILMS produced BALTY interviews for the pregame show, not shown here.
I didn't hear any crap about the President or Hollywood or what neat scandals might be going on. Nor irrelevant crap about the Dallas Cowboys just because someone used to play for them way back when they were good. I noticed a mention about what other countries are watching the super bowl, a couple highlights of how well other players did this year. But mainly just focused on the players out there playing the game.
The first football game I remember watching. We were living in the Chicago suburbs, but we were from New York. Dad was not happy; he was a Giants fan and he hated the Jets.
I'm so glad to have finally seen this... since I missed the original air date -- I was only 6 years old and we may not have had a television at the time... It's much different from the NFL docs and highlights I've seen over the years ...Great to see Joe Willie do his thing in his prime - what a passer... He was the advent of the modern QB in my opinion - so swift and beautiful drop back..The dawning of a new age... Matt Snell and Tom Matte also had great games, they're totally history's unsung heroes... The Jets defense also did great... historic game - much thanks for posting it!
Joe Namath said "We're gonna win this game; I guarantee it". But he was responding to a heckler. Thing is that Namath made some very astute observations about the Colts. 1. Namath infamously got into an argument with Lou Michaels because Namath had said there were five AFL QBs better than Earl Morrall. But Namath was also correct. Len Dawson, Daryl Lamonica, John Hadl, Bob Griese, and Namath were all better QBs than Morrall. 2. Namath told some writers that the Colts defense was predictable. "As soon as I walk up to the line, I know exactly what they're going to do." He was right about that too. Don Shula's defenses were predictable. 16 years later, Bill Walsh noticed that Shula's defenses were predictable. Walsh told Joe Montana that the Dolphins defenders don't look back at the QB while in pass coverage so take off running if you see that. Montana took off and seemed to be chasing the oblivious defenders.
As to #1, none of those AFL QBs had a better season in '68 than MVP Morrall. Re #2, the Colts were known for disguising their many and varied defenses.
haven't caught this post YET. it may jingle some of my brain elements. i watched it as a five year old, and was reminded that i was watching the jets, which i vaguely remember! i had learned how to skate on ice that day! what an afternoon! how times have changed.
He was a stud. But Namath called more than half the plays at the line of scrimmage. He completely psyched out the Colts by seeing their formations, understanding the little sliver of weakness in it - and exploiting it. he got everyone involved. they were doubling Maynard - so Sauer was the wideout star. but he passed to Mathis, Boozer, Snell, Lammons, etc. In the 3rd quarter, when the game was decided, Namath controlled the clock with a mix of passes and runs and got 3 fg's, making it a 3 score game. Namath was also the unquestioned leader of the Jets. He had the guts (or stupidity) to say to the media what many of the Jets thought - that they would win. And the players loved him for that and wanted to pick up the check for Joe. They knew Joe had the big publicity, the big money and the blonds - but he was the "straw the stirred the drink" (Reggie Jackson phrase). Snell was great - but no Namath, no Super Bowl Championship. and not even close
John Brubaker I don’t think anyone is seriously arguing for Namath to not be the MVP. It’s more people just acknowledging Snell’s great performance, although the O-line always has to get a lot of credit when a HB/FB runs well.
Awesome watching these old games, the fundamentals of the game haven't changed, but the physicality, rules, and just right out toughness of the game has. Love not having any commercials until change of possession, which is another reason why the game was so tough, these guys didn't have as much time to catch their breath, lot of subbing by the coaches!
When the NFL started up in 1920 the goalposts were put at the end line, the same as in college. In 1933 George Halas came up with the idea of putting the posts on the goal line.
This is all I have...last time the Jets did anything memorable in the winning aspect..This team is an embarrassment now, but I am loyal...glad they made a statement in this game and helped the merger..defense was amazing and Namath was solid...
Actually the jets were doing well in the 2009 and 2010 seasons and made it to the playoffs but lost unfortunately Edit: I thought I should mention the last time they were doing good was in the 2015 season with a 10-6 record but just couldn’t get in the playoffs because the Steelers clinched the last playoff berth and lost to Buffalo so the jets were out
@@thegamerman1097 Yes, they made it to the AFC Championship for the 2009-10 season but lost to my _Indianapolis_ Colts. Was this payback? Did Peyton Manning win that one for Johnny Unitas?
What's even more pathetic; if you dig into this game a little, you'll realize it was fixed lmao. The defensive end got into it with the QB at the after party because he was happy and dancing after they just lost the game. He knew that night that the game was fixed. Cam driver even told him that the word came down to put your money on the Jets. Of the jets lost this game they wouldnt have an NFL team right now. It was fixed man. It was the best thing for the league. 1 play that made it very obvious and even to the announcer, was when the colts did a flea flicker and the QB threw the ball to the guy that was covered and not the open guy way down field that was the primary on the play. He intentionally threw the ball to the DB lol
My family went to this Super Bowl game. Had Dolphins season tickets that included the option for Super Bowl tickets. Best result of this game was that Don Shula was fired by the Colts for losing. He then was immediately hired by Joe Robbie to be the Dolphins Head Coach. The rest is history.
Don Shula was not fired after this game he coached one more season in 1969 Carroll Rosenbloom was on vacation in 1970 his son Steve gave the Dolphins permission to talk to him and was hired on February 18, 1970 when Carroll got back from vacation and accused the Dolphins of tampering so Pete Rozelle ordered the Dolphins to send their #1 draft pick to the Colts which they used for Don Mc Cauley from North Carolina, RB
Buddy Ryan was the defensive line coach for the Jets. He would humiliate many more quarterbacks with his defensive schemes, easily one of the greatest defensive minds in the history of the game.
Ryan was good defensive coach. However, when he became Head Coach for the Eagles, he couldn't put together an offense and a defense. His Eagles lost every playoff game.
@seveglider8406 Absolutely agree that he couldn't put together an OFFENSE. But he definitely could put together a defense. Eagles defense when he was head coach was awesome.
Thanks for posting this historic game! I was 12 years old when I watched this. Every Jets defensive stop early gave the Jets more and more confidence and helped de-moral-ize the Colts! Namath called a great game! The fumble right after halftime had to crush the Colts moral! The Colts could not believe what they were witnessing! The Colts were mentally beaten in this game!
2:01:14 Future Steelers' coach Chuck Noll, talking with Shula on the sideline. He later said he felt the Colts were too tight going into the game. So when Pittsburgh went to their first Super Bowl in 1974, Noll told them to go out and enjoy New Orleans for a few days, which helped them enter the game more relaxed.
I haven't seen this game since the day it was played. As a Jets fan, this was the most relaxing game I ever watched. I never had a doubt that they would win. I don't know that this is true, however, I have always called this game, .... THE MOST LOPSIDED 16 TO 7 GAME, EVER. Thanks for posting.
This was the first game I ever watched. It’s fun to look back at the exciting experience it was. Not even going to the big game in person has been as fulfilling.
Back in the day when the players went back to the huddle after the play was over, not all the theatrics that we see after every single play these days. (even at the college level now)
I was 8 years old and just getting into football at the time of this game. The week after the jets won my best friend got a jets helmet with pants and jersey. It was so freaking cool. This jets team and Joe Namath, in my opinion, was the catalyst for the entrance of millions of fans into the NFL.
Yes, because Joe Namath was not the first great player in Pro Football, but he gained Celebrity Status that no other player ever had. The two biggest names in sports in those days were Muhammed Ali, and Joe Namath.
curt gowdy is the ULTIMATE STANDARD of excellence indeed when it comes to broadcasting mlb game of the week, the AFL, and also the boston red sox earlier in his career !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@smitskee Actually, the substitutions were just as prevalent as they are today. And it's often how these teams got their instructions for the play. You didn't have radio in helmets, you sent a guy out there with the play information. Some quarterbacks called their own plays, but you often had the coaches calling plays by substitution and hand signals
@@hellowang74 In the case of this game, because how the Colts lined up, Namath knew right away what they were going to do, so in the huddle he would just call the formation and the snap count, then once they lined up and he saw what the Colts were doing, he would call the play from there.
Heard of this game all my life, first time I ever watched. Can understand why people thought the Colts should have won, they were obviously a damn good football team, moved the ball early, just kept flubbing up finishing drives, one of the craziest games I ever saw. Snell looked like a beast for the Jets though. And they simply made fewer mistakes.
Miami's idea of fair play was to deliberately leave the field uncovered to torrential downpours. So Happy they weren't the first Super Bowl winning team. So happy that the 82 team didn't win when it counted most for them.
Thank you so much. I saw this game over my friend's house when I was 10. Few believed that the Jets would win because the AFL was considered inferior to the NFL and this game shattered that notion.
The following sports broadcast is bought to you in living color on NBC, then the NBC peacock. This was the first time I have ever seen a football game because at the time, I didn't like football, I love baseball. After this game, I was hooked on football and it made my dad happy that I watched the games with him.
23:35 Lou Michaels misses 27-yard FG 33:00 George Sauer fumbles ball after 3-yard reception. 35:30 Earl Morall is intercepted in the end zone 43:50 Matt Snell rushes for 4-yard TD 49:42 Lou Michaels misses 46-yard field goal 55:36 Jim Turner misses 41-yard field goal 58:32 Jets intercept Earl Morrall at their 2-yard line 1:06:40 - Earl Morrall throws third interception to end the first half 1:10:18 - Tom Matte fumbles ball, recovered by Jets 1:16:35 - Jim Turner makes 32-yard FG 1:28:11 - Jim Turner hits 30-yard FG 1:29:12 - Johnny Unitas enters game for the first time 1:38:30 - Jim Turner makes FG 1:43:24 - Johnny Unitas is intercepted by Randy Beverly 1:49:30 - Jim Turner misses 42-yard FG 1:52:48 - Jerry Hill rushes for 1-yard TD 1:54:40 - Colts recover onside kick 1:58:40 - Jets stop Colts on fourth down to seal victory
The Jets would have still won----but I'm wondering why the Colts went for it on 4th down instead of kicking the field goal and trying to make the score 16-10 and get the ball back? Michaels didn't have a good game, but he wasn't a bad FG kicker and would have made it from that distance.
The Colts made just too many mistakes & couldn't get themselves out of a hole & simply ran out of time, the worst being when Earl Morrall didn't see Jimmy Orr standing there which would have almost been a sure TD.
I like the game when every single play isn't scrutinized over & over again & no instant replay to reverse plays, Not to mention virtually no penalties.
The historical significance of this game cannot be understated. This game put the NFL on notice that the AFL wasn’t an inferior league as Vince Lombardi mistakenly stated after SBII. KC the following year cemented the fact that the Jets win was no fluke.
I was a seven year old watching my first Super Bowl thinking the Colts would dominate; not because of the NFL-AFL thing, I was oblivious to all that. But I remember how the Colts crushed the Browns in the NFL Championship game. When Curt announced the Colt’s jersey color being blue, I remember sarcastically telling my dad that they would be black since we didn’t have color tv at the time.
I really enjoy watching these games from early in the league's history, just to gain an understanding and appreciation of how differently the game used to be played compared to our time.
I keep watching this hoping, just once, for a different outcome. I was 9 years old watching this...I was in disbelief. The next day at school was horrendous.
Great coaches recognize "gamers" and smart football players, winners!!. He could also return punts and kicks, and catch and rush efficiently out of the offensive backfield.
It must have been the summer of 77....I was having breakfast at the counter of our town Diner in Oregon. Three people came in and took a booth. After a bit, I glanced over and saw an average dude and some real hard looking chick giving holy hell to the other guy....Joe Namath. We looked at each other and I could see he was in no mood for any fan bullshit...him heading to the Rams and all. So I just kept eating and listening to the chick give him hell for spending the last of their money on some golf clubs. When I went to leave I looked over and he grinned at me and I grinned back...
Baltimore was totally snake-bit; they had so many turnovers that you needed to have an abacus to keep track! Joe Namath was steady and called high percentage plays; he had a very fast release and a quick mind and body. This game is a lot different from modern football. I enjoyed the game.
I watched this when it happened, with my brother and father. My brother is a Giants fan. I am a Jets fan. My brother was teasing me on how the Jets didn’t have a chance.
Its kinda funny how the Announcers say that the sun finally came out before that Trick Play right before the half. I think the sun was a factor in The Colts QB not seeing the wide open man. 1:06:30
Actually, the thought by some is that the Baltimore marching band in the endzone with their blue shirts/blouses made Jimmy Orr blend into the background and Earl Morrell couldn't pick him up that clearly.
@@marksloan7438 The thing is, Jimmy is wearing a white helmet, and flapping his arms like a drowning man. Not only that, Earl is throwing in front of the Colt bench, and his team is yelling and pointing to Orr. That story IMO, was weak.
Without question, it divided time and space into a historical before/after. Never again would the AFL be taken so lightly or deemed inferior by the old power NFL founding franchises. As if to underscore the point, KC made sure the following year with a resounding (and surprising) pasting of the Vikings.
Everybody thinks their being edgy by giving credit to Matt Snell over Namath but how about giving credit to the offensive line opening up holes for Snell?
@McCannon Vaughn It's true. Weeb left the AFL Joe Namath 45-50 pass attempts play book at home, and played ball control NFL football in SB3. Compare that approach, to the game they played two weeks earlier.
Through 52 Super Bowls, on only three occasions did both teams have a 100-yard rusher (XXV and XLI were the others). Kudos to Tom Matte and Matt Snell!
I hated the Baltimore Colts. So funny that they thought they could just walk on the field and win. The Jets did the league a favor by beating those clowns. They spanked them.
@Dann Myers, SF 49ers Y.A. TITTLE was a good game's-end qb, too. Alley Oop TD PASS to R.C.OWENS who could also defensively, leap and knock kicks away at crossbar level.
Johnny U was such a great leader. Unfortunately because of the really bad elbow injury in preseason this year , he was never really the same qb again. He had a rifle arm before the injury....after that he won with smarts until his retirement.
I would too. Good luck finding it though, sadly. No broadcast copy of the game is believed to exist. The best you could find would be NFL films or coaches films of the game merged with radio audio. And that's not the same immersive experience.
Videotape was very expensive back then - television stations and networks would use them over and over until the video tape was worn out to the point where you could see a previous telecast in the background. At least NBC was smart enough to preserve this game because I'm sure they felt it could be potentially historic.......and it turned out to be historic, in fact.
I love watching this not just for the football, but to see the difference in sports broadcasting. So much history in both.
Kristen Johnson Plus it is an exciting game in my opinion. It gets a bad rep for being a boring game because of the low score, but I love it
Wish they could have found a way to add a scoreboard onscreen...I mean obviously technological disadvantages stopped them from that before but still
This is when football was real football -- not the circus ring we see now...
@@1958marky: AGREE with your description of a "circus ring", and not ask entertaining circus either, but one that is over-hyped and of low quality.
I'm watching to compare the offenses to the chiefs rams game
I love how the TV coverage started and 10 minutes later the game starts with no hype, no fanfare. We didn't need 6 hours of coverage by experts telling us how important the game was.
As I recall, the game started eastern time at about 3:30, after a brief 30 minute pre game show. Not like the ridiculous all day pregame shows now, on super bowl sunday
@Cary Groneveldt And to Mark & David R & Cary:Amen to that!
Blah, blah, blah, things were so much better then, blah, blah, blah.
@S SN QN--no one watches that nonsense, and if they do, they're not taking it seriously. If someone is at a super bowl party, they're not worried about anything but getting drunk. That's why the scumbag NFL basically has the super bowl as a night game now, second half is in prime time (more ad revenue for the horrible commercials, shocking, I know), and it gives "fans" all day to get loaded so that they believe what they are watching it important. NFL is a garbage product that fools people into thinking that it's quality, THAT'S what we get about that.
MARK - - THANK YOU - - EXACTLY - - VERY WELL SAID - - PLAY BALL ALREADY !
Dang, man..curt gowdy !!!...this 70 year old man just walked into a time warp and is 16 all over again...great upload...great memories !!!
Gowdy was the jack buck of his era
@@user-hh5rn4jz6o brother, let me tell u. I can remember watching this game with my father--who had always been more of a baseball fan than football--and he says "damn, Gowdy does football too ?!" Watching the game, I had a Pepsi in a glass bottle, and my old man had his beer in a glass bottle, and watching The AFL triumph over the NFL, as Joe Willie is running off the field I can see the sun starting to settle outside our living room window that Sunday evening with my dad thinking...man, can't get much better than this.
When I was just a kid, I loved the Jets, and Joe Namath was a big hero for me. I collected Joe Namath football cards, especially his Rookie card. Many years later, after a stint in the military and two marriages, my mother died, and I found the cards in her attic. Like a gold mine.
i had the joe namath 'g.i. joe-like' action figure with the uniform helmet and all
I'll say a gold mine. His rookie card from 1965 is worth plenty today. I started collecting cards in 1968 when I was 10. So the oldest Namath I have is a '68. But a lot of legends were playing then - Unitas, Tarkenton, Butkus, Sayers, Starr, Lamonica, Maynard, Nitschke, and of course Namath. I had them all and still do as I kept my cards. I didn't let my mom throw them out and she knew enough not too.
@@rjwalker4153 i graduated high school in 1966. Namath rookie card still wasnt worth much then. 4 year stint in the army and Vietnam sort of wiped out the memory of those cards. Funny thing was i remembered the Spiderman comic books, and searching for those led me to the baseball cards in my mothers attic 30 years later.
@@kensanity178 You and I were the lucky ones. I can't tell you how many of my childhood buddies told me their mom threw out their entire collection of Football and Baseball. Another told me his mom sold his entire collection for $2 at a garage sale.
@@rjwalker4153 In Saskatchewan, Canada a box of unopened hockey cards from the late 1970s just sold at auction for ~$3.4 million as it contains a card of Wayne Gretzky's rookie year.
As a Jets fan, I watched this entire Super Bowl tonight. I think that as a personal tradition, I am going to watch Super Bowl III every single Christmas here on out. Jets fan for life!
Don’t forget to watch again #JetUp
Did you remember to watch it in 2018? Lol, I'm watching it in 2019 now. XD
@todd long
Guess we'll be watching it forever
yeah if the Jets were to win a Super Bowl someday, would that get you to break your tradition and watch the recent Super Bowl win instead?
@@billny33
Don't worry. They won't. I guarantee it.
Watching the full game is so different from just the highlights. The initial domination of the Colts, then the contributions of the Jets defense, the clutch-ness of Sauer and Snell, the incredible play of the young Namath ... a lot of this is lost in the hype of the highlights. What a game!
Agreed, better to see it as it happened and form one's own conclusions for instance that moment when Namath was banged up and Unitas came in really felt like a turning point
yeah watching the game is MUCH different than highlights-- which is what i try to tell people who have no idea what they're talking about when they disrespect athletes they never actually saw play
I finished reading Joe Namath's new book this week. It is awesome. He gives a very detailed description of the entire game, all four quarters. He dribbles in some stories from his days at Alabama. All in all a really fun listen. I love Joe. The true New York hero
Joe Namath is from Pennsylvania
When Matt Snell scored at 44:00, I got goose bumps. It was the 1st time the AFL had ever led a Super Bowl. “He May go! He’s in there! Snell scores!” Every AFL fan in America was bursting with pride when that happened.
Matt Snell the real MVP of that game.
I was 15 at the time. I had been to the AFL championship game at Shea. I thought the colts would blow the jets out
When Snell got the TD all of a sudden a win was possible
@@MerensWorld SNELL HAD THE BEST PERFORMANCE BUT NAMATH HAD THE NAME....
Remember Snell's TD like it was yesterday. At that point you KNEW something was happening. You could feel Baltimore's frustration - but afterward the Jets never let up, never gave an inch. Superb defense coached by Buddy Ryan.
It never gets written but the headline should have been: “Matt Snell wins Jets, AFL - first Super Bowl. It was Snell that broke the Colts
I watched this broadcast live at the time. At just 10 years old don't remember exact details but I was a Johnny Unitas fan and wanted the Colts to win.Was disappointed then that Baltimore lost but in retrospect appreciate the Jets win and what it meant for the AFL/AFC. It's great to be able to see it like it was then.
I was 6 and remember this as possibly the very first NFL game I ever watched. Watched it with my dad. Also a Unitas fan.
Two years later the Colts beat Dallas. I remember that game; I was eight.
The 1968 Colts were one of the best teams ever. Scored 414 points and gave up only 144 in 1968. A lot of credit to the Jets' defense.
Lots of early breaks for the Jets and they dominated second half. Following year Chiefs dominated entire game
This game was fixed. If the Jets didn't win this game, the NFL wouldn't be what it is today. Jets, Raiders, etc. wouldn't be in the NFL. The Colts owner bet 3M on the Jets. That bet made the line drop lol.
@@tjaydagreat Sure it was, just like the Ali-Foreman fight. LOL🤣
@@tjaydagreat No proof whatsoever Colts owner bet on the game at all. Bubba Smith quoted an unnamed taxi driver as the source to this lie. Proof it. Like most games, turnovers told the story of this one.
@@andrewr62 You can believe what you want. It's obvious if you watch the plays
You know your really love your Team when they won their Super Bowl 25 Years before you where even born. Good or bad times...
I LOVE MY JETS
and will do forever and we will win it again.
SethMofukkinRollins go jets
SethMofukkinRollins
Won't be in 2017 as jets are in full suck mode\tank to get #1pick Sam Darnold of usc
+TheRedBaron Lives!well they already proved you wrong
Medicare?Maybe the 1968 team!
And how has Darnold worked out for you?
This is fantastic being able to watch this game again w/ no commercials and the best three guys calling it. Gowdy was THE best play by play man I ever heard and Al D and Kyle Rote were absolutely the best color men as well. I still cannot believe to this day how the Colts squandered so many chances in this game.
This game was an upset, the following year was not
Yep!
As a Jets fan, just watching this makes me get emotional cuz I've never seen this happen with my Jets since because I was born in the 90s. Of course in Madden I've gotten the job done winning the super bowl multiple times in franchise mode but to be honest, seeing it done on my Xbox is nothing compared to actually watching it happen right here in this historical footage of us actually winning the super bowl
Congratulations Jets winning Madden on your PlayStation
As a colts fan Pain, our first ring was the infamous blunder bowl yes But the ending was 🔥
Can’t complain though cuz we have Peyton manning. But Johnny U held it down before we had Him.
Now you know how I feel as a Cubs fan. We're still waiting for our first Championship in 115 years. The Billy Goat Curse just won't go away. Help lol.
The game was fixed
@@musicman76enatorgood news, They won in 2016
Die hard Raiders fan, I remember watching this when I was 8 and even though that AFL Championship game loss stung, I was all AFL and rooting for the Jets! Always Fun League!!! Thanks Joe!
the raiders had problems with the steelers too.....gooooooooooooo STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a Jet fan and attended the 1968 AFL Championship game. After the Jets won, I knew they would win the Super Bowl because they beat the Raiders who were best team in Football. If the Raiders won, they have won they would have easily defeated the Colts.
@@seveglider8406 amazing. I was a huge jet fan and I also attended the AFL championship game in the cold and swirling wins at Shea stadium. But I was genuinely fearful that the jets would lose badly and Namath might even be hurt. The unfolding of the game felt like a miracle to me. Still has a magical mythical feel to me. I love the commentary as the jet upset progressively took place before their and a waiting world's eyes.
@@user-hh5rn4jz6o I attended almost every Jet game after Namath was drafted. The Raiders always tried to beat the hell out of him. However, Namath always played well against them. There was no way the Raiders were going to easily beat the Jets that day. Soon after, he guaranteed a Super Bowl victory and delivered.
@@seveglider8406 I felt the Browns were pretty good, that year, as well
The graphics are pretty good for the 50's and 60's
Eddy Dase yup
looks like modern day technology enhancement
State of the art in the 1960's was Quadruplex video tape which was analog, and picture quality was very good. It was 2-inch tape, about $2,000 per roll in 1960's dollars so the tapes were usually erased and re-used. In order to be viewed on a modern device or posted on the internet it has to be converted from analog to digital format, which is where picture quality is either preserved or lost, assuming the original tape is still in good condition. The graphics were part of the original broadcast.
Super Bowl 2 was taped over, but apparently a reel to reel copy has been found and has been put up for auction. I was a HUGE Raiders fan back then, so I hope I can get a DVD copy of it made.
I would love to get a copy of Super Bowl 2. I have a VHS copy of the Super Bowl Memories highlight film of SBII, but my VCR died awhile back. I don't get why that highlight film has been censored off RUclips for copyright violation, but all the other ones are still up. What is it about the NFL Films highlight of Super Bowl 2 that makes it different from all the others? You can watch all the others here, but that one got zapped.
Jets defense that year was impressive; people seem to forget the job Buddy Ryan did back then
it was actually Walt Michaels that was the Defensive Coordinate. Buddy Ryan was the Defensive Line's coach.
It's very easy to get an interception when the QB is throwing the ball to the defense and not the wide open primary receiver on a flea flicker. That game as absolutely fixed lol
@@tjaydagreatHow sad are you to be saying that on every comment? Your team lost over 50 years ago, get over it
@thegodlygoatgamer Dude I'm a Rams fan😆
@@tjaydagreatthen talk about how the rams got spanked by the browns in 1950
Winston Hill and Dave Herman's Performance in this game was spectacular and one of the most underrated aspects of this game.
Dave Herman was moved over to tackle for that game from his usual right guard position. Weeb did not trust rookie Sam Walton to go up against Bubba Smith. Bob Talimini, a perennial all-pro that the Jets obtained from the Oilers, took over Dave Herman's old spot.
That move was actually made during the AFL Championship Game. In the last few games of the regular season, rookie Sam Walton was struggling. He had allowed his man to knock Joe down several times. Weeb made the change for the post season.
Sadly Winston Hill died before he was rightfully inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Hill was holding all game.
I was in Navy boot camp when this game was played...we were allowed to take it easy for a half-day, to listen to the game. We were happily stunned when the Jets pulled out the win! So interesting, to see how these players were a good 40lbs smaller than players today! They look more human!
Played during a time when team was more important than self. Bravo!
In a team sport, the team is the thing. In a collision team sport, they both are virtually equal, with only the team side slightly a bigger priority.
robertsprouse9282
Wrong.
Experts who say Joe Namath should not be in the Hall of Fame have never watched this game. No NFL QBs in that era could handle the Baltimore Colts defense. Namath shredded them.
Youre right, Joe picked the Colts apart but to be fair, the Colts could have had three interceptions as well but missed or dropped them. Bubba Smith was on a bad ankle, Lenny Lyles was recovering from tonsilitis, which the Jets exploited and Volk was hurt on the second play of the game ... Shula would make no excuses but this wasnt the same Colt defense that smothered the Browns ...
Shredded? 17 for 28, 206 yrds, 0 td's. Solid game, but hardly shredded. Moral's 3 int's and Jet's rushing were more instrumental to the game.
@@brianwolf6166 bs. maynard was hurting too.
@@brianwolf6166 Namath was 17 of 28 for 208 yards passing. Hardly spectacular.
@@shrapnel77206 yards passing in the sixties is like 400 yards today tho. Gotta out it in perspective. No one in pro football was throwing the ball like that. It was frowned upon until Namath made it popular. He had the ability to read defenses quickly and arm talent to go with it like no other at the time. His fundamentals were so smooth.
Gowdy, DeRogatis, Rote, & Jim Simpson meshed perfectly on the telecast, simply calling it & providing info.
Pat Summerall of CBS SIDELINE REPORTER, AND COLOR ANALYST/NFL FILMS HOSTING fame, handled the NFL FILMS produced BALTY interviews for the pregame show, not shown here.
I didn't hear any crap about the President or Hollywood or what neat scandals might be going on. Nor irrelevant crap about the Dallas Cowboys just because someone used to play for them way back when they were good. I noticed a mention about what other countries are watching the super bowl, a couple highlights of how well other players did this year. But mainly just focused on the players out there playing the game.
This game was played before O.J. was drafted
@@joelwillems4081 And no stupid meaningless celebrations every time someone did their job.
@@kenross1634 Sixteen days to be exact. NFL Draft that year was January 28-29
I was 8 years old watching with my father, can't believe the time that's past. Great game.
I watched it with my father too but I was nine
The first football game I remember watching. We were living in the Chicago suburbs, but we were from New York. Dad was not happy; he was a Giants fan and he hated the Jets.
I'm so glad to have finally seen this... since I missed the original air date -- I was only 6 years old and we may not have had a television at the time... It's much different from the NFL docs and highlights I've seen over the years ...Great to see Joe Willie do his thing in his prime - what a passer... He was the advent of the modern QB in my opinion - so swift and beautiful drop back..The dawning of a new age... Matt Snell and Tom Matte also had great games, they're totally history's unsung heroes... The Jets defense also did great... historic game - much thanks for posting it!
No ridiculous halftime show straight from Hellywood either! Just good football
Absolutely. Biggest overhyped bunch of nonsense on TV. And that's say a lot, given all the competition.
Now almost every "stop clock on the field" it turns to a commercial brake...it sucks
@@mruiz3206 Yup. Plus, an amazing amount of penalties. I watch a little, however, the game is mostly unwatchable.
@@mruiz3206 oh god get over it we have some of the most talent we’ve had in the NFL ever and you’re complaining abt some commercials
You realize no one forces you to watch the halftime show right?
George Sauer. Great receiver, with one of the all-time best football quotes. "Never was a man more aptly named." (Referring to Joe Don Looney).
Joe Namath said "We're gonna win this game; I guarantee it". But he was responding to a heckler.
Thing is that Namath made some very astute observations about the Colts.
1. Namath infamously got into an argument with Lou Michaels because Namath had said there were five AFL QBs better than Earl Morrall. But Namath was also correct. Len Dawson, Daryl Lamonica, John Hadl, Bob Griese, and Namath were all better QBs than Morrall.
2. Namath told some writers that the Colts defense was predictable. "As soon as I walk up to the line, I know exactly what they're going to do." He was right about that too. Don Shula's defenses were predictable. 16 years later, Bill Walsh noticed that Shula's defenses were predictable. Walsh told Joe Montana that the Dolphins defenders don't look back at the QB while in pass coverage so take off running if you see that. Montana took off and seemed to be chasing the oblivious defenders.
As to #1, none of those AFL QBs had a better season in '68 than MVP Morrall.
Re #2, the Colts were known for disguising their many and varied defenses.
I LOVE MY J-E-T-S JETS,JETS, JETS. I HOPE AND PRAY FOR THIS TEAM TO WIN ANOTHER SUPER BOWL ONE DAY.!!!!!
Not with Old Man Aaron Rodgers at quarterback
R.I.P.
#13 Don Maynard 🏈
"Mr. AFL"
God bless our pro football heroes from a by-gone era.
If Maynard wasn't playing with a badly injured leg. He would have scored a touchdown early in the game.
Maynard had great hands...and was very fast!
So cool that u have that after all these years it is so great that you are keeping nfl history alive
ahem….. you mean AFL history alive 🤙
haven't caught this post YET. it may jingle some of my brain elements. i watched it as a five year old, and was reminded that i was watching the jets, which i vaguely remember! i had learned how to skate on ice that day! what an afternoon! how times have changed.
Al Derogatis was one of THE BEST side men in the booth ever!
He was spot on, in predicting it; he said, if Matt Snell can rush for 100 yards, the Jets will win the game
Not one of the best, he was the BEST!
"red dog"; do you mean blitz? Al was a new york/new jersey boy. One of the most erudite broadcasters ever
@@kmslegal7808, despite his NY NJ roots= erudite.
He went to Duke.
Kickass, this is what the Superbowl should be like. A football game!
Matt Snell should have been the MVP of this game.
He was a stud. But Namath called more than half the plays at the line of scrimmage. He completely psyched out the Colts by seeing their formations, understanding the little sliver of weakness in it - and exploiting it. he got everyone involved. they were doubling Maynard - so Sauer was the wideout star. but he passed to Mathis, Boozer, Snell, Lammons, etc. In the 3rd quarter, when the game was decided, Namath controlled the clock with a mix of passes and runs and got 3 fg's, making it a 3 score game. Namath was also the unquestioned leader of the Jets. He had the guts (or stupidity) to say to the media what many of the Jets thought - that they would win. And the players loved him for that and wanted to pick up the check for Joe. They knew Joe had the big publicity, the big money and the blonds - but he was the "straw the stirred the drink" (Reggie Jackson phrase). Snell was great - but no Namath, no Super Bowl Championship. and not even close
John Brubaker I don’t think anyone is seriously arguing for Namath to not be the MVP. It’s more people just acknowledging Snell’s great performance, although the O-line always has to get a lot of credit when a HB/FB runs well.
right---Snell was a workhorse, but Namath engineered the win. Along with that great jets defense
Namath, Matt Snell and George Sauer could have all shared MVP
A case can be made, yes sir.
Much of the focus, quite rightly, was on Namath but the unsung hero was Jets' fullback Matt Snell who made some critical runs for important yardage.
Are you kidding me? Five turnovers and seven points. You can put all your thanks on that defense
Nah I think the heroes were the Jets defense especially the guy who picked off the Colts QB twice inside the red zone early on
Yes Snell doesn't get the recognition he deserves! He single handedly clinched the game for the Jets with his tough runs. He was amazing.
Sauer came up huge as well. Defense was brilliant
another vote to Winston Hill
January 1968. What a tumultuous year laid ahead for America.
This was January 1969
Awesome watching these old games, the fundamentals of the game haven't changed, but the physicality, rules, and just right out toughness of the game has. Love not having any commercials until change of possession, which is another reason why the game was so tough, these guys didn't have as much time to catch their breath, lot of subbing by the coaches!
The first Super Bowl I ever watched. Even at 14 I knew how big a deal the Jets winning was.
My older sister loved Joe Namath..lol
The first Super Bowl I watched was the first Super Bowl
my first was the colts vs cowboys couple yrs later ---watched it with my pops
Tough players and no obnoxious showboating? Actual grass? I never thought I'd enjoy seeing the Jets win. I miss football when football was football.
All that 'showboating.' I really dislike. Jumping all over the place, because you made a tackle. Ugh!
Video quality is beautiful.
Wish Super Bowl I, II & IV looked as good.
KChiefs12 it’s crazy how great it looks for it’s time!
It amazes me when I watch these old clips that they didn't think in the beginning to put the goal posts where they are now.
Not until the 1973 season.
@@Mr.56Goldtop 1974 actually.
It was a holdover from rugby. In both rugby and cfl football, the goal posts are still on the goal line
When the NFL started up in 1920 the goalposts were put at the end line, the same as in college. In 1933 George Halas came up with the idea of putting the posts on the goal line.
@@tjcassidy2694 And that ridiculous idea caused a lot of unnecessary injuries.
This is all I have...last time the Jets did anything memorable in the winning aspect..This team is an embarrassment now, but I am loyal...glad they made a statement in this game and helped the merger..defense was amazing and Namath was solid...
Actually the jets were doing well in the 2009 and 2010 seasons and made it to the playoffs but lost unfortunately
Edit: I thought I should mention the last time they were doing good was in the 2015 season with a 10-6 record but just couldn’t get in the playoffs because the Steelers clinched the last playoff berth and lost to Buffalo so the jets were out
@@thegamerman1097 Yes, they made it to the AFC Championship for the 2009-10 season but lost to my _Indianapolis_ Colts. Was this payback? Did Peyton Manning win that one for Johnny Unitas?
What's even more pathetic; if you dig into this game a little, you'll realize it was fixed lmao. The defensive end got into it with the QB at the after party because he was happy and dancing after they just lost the game. He knew that night that the game was fixed. Cam driver even told him that the word came down to put your money on the Jets. Of the jets lost this game they wouldnt have an NFL team right now. It was fixed man. It was the best thing for the league. 1 play that made it very obvious and even to the announcer, was when the colts did a flea flicker and the QB threw the ball to the guy that was covered and not the open guy way down field that was the primary on the play. He intentionally threw the ball to the DB lol
I love these old power running formations. I wish they were still around in the NFL.
My family went to this Super Bowl game.
Had Dolphins season tickets that included the option for Super Bowl tickets.
Best result of this game was that Don Shula was fired by the Colts for losing.
He then was immediately hired by Joe Robbie to be the Dolphins Head Coach.
The rest is history.
Don Shula was not fired after this game he coached one more season in 1969 Carroll Rosenbloom was on vacation in 1970 his son Steve gave the Dolphins permission to talk to him and was hired on February 18, 1970 when Carroll got back from vacation and accused the Dolphins of tampering so Pete Rozelle ordered the Dolphins to send their #1 draft pick to the Colts which they used for Don Mc Cauley from North Carolina, RB
I love watching these. Crazy to see the history of broadcasting.
Buddy Ryan was the defensive line coach for the Jets. He would humiliate many more quarterbacks with his defensive schemes, easily one of the greatest defensive minds in the history of the game.
Ryan was good defensive coach. However, when he became Head Coach for the Eagles, he couldn't put together an offense and a defense. His Eagles lost every playoff game.
@seveglider8406 Absolutely agree that he couldn't put together an OFFENSE. But he definitely could put together a defense. Eagles defense when he was head coach was awesome.
@@Red-mp3to The Hall of Fame should definitely induct great assistants.
Thanks for posting this historic game! I was 12 years old when I watched this. Every Jets defensive stop early gave the Jets more and more confidence and helped de-moral-ize the Colts! Namath called a great game! The fumble right after halftime had to crush the Colts moral! The Colts could not believe what they were witnessing! The Colts were mentally beaten in this game!
Colt fumble, after a nice run. Pretty much the blue print of how their day went.
The Colts were mentally and physically beaten in this game!
2:01:14 Future Steelers' coach Chuck Noll, talking with Shula on the sideline. He later said he felt the Colts were too tight going into the game. So when Pittsburgh went to their first Super Bowl in 1974, Noll told them to go out and enjoy New Orleans for a few days, which helped them enter the game more relaxed.
Interesting statement. Bud Grant should've had his team relax a little before their 4 SP Bowl appearances also.
@@USSLKA-116 With due respect, I don't think Bud Grant ever relaxed in his whole life.
Colts were definitely uptight as 16-18 point favorites. Jets were good, but not as good as the Colts. And overall the AFL was far inferior to NFL.
I haven't seen this game since the day it was played. As a Jets fan, this was the most relaxing game I ever watched. I never had a doubt that they would win. I don't know that this is true, however, I have always called this game, .... THE MOST LOPSIDED 16 TO 7 GAME, EVER. Thanks for posting.
This Jets fan was a nervous wreck
Notice how few penalties there were (5 for Colts, 3 for Jets). Its more than double today. Yet look how hard they hit back then.
Like him or not, Joe Namath changed the NFL forever. This game is the biggest reason why.
Die hard jets fans where ya at??
They are all still suffering from depression.
Gerry I'm here can't wait for next season this season not sound so hot
Doing so hot*
Jake K totally agree. Even more anxious for the draft
Gerry Go JETS we suck but oh well
I was 16 years old and watched this game in a billard hall. I will never forget it.
My first time seeing Matt Snell at Shea stadium 1970 against Miami Dolphins, thrill of my life
Great player
This was the first game I ever watched. It’s fun to look back at the exciting experience it was. Not even going to the big game in person has been as fulfilling.
Back in the day when the players went back to the huddle after the play was over, not all the theatrics that we see after every single play these days. (even at the college level now)
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT ! JUST PLAY BALL ALREADY !
Watched it on TV in 1969. Delighted to Rewatch it 50 years later.
I was 8 years old and just getting into football at the time of this game. The week after the jets won my best friend got a jets helmet with pants and jersey. It was so freaking cool.
This jets team and Joe Namath,
in my opinion, was the catalyst for the entrance of millions of fans into the NFL.
Yes, because Joe Namath was not the first great player in Pro Football, but he gained Celebrity Status that no other player ever had. The two biggest names in sports in those days were Muhammed Ali, and Joe Namath.
curt gowdy is the ULTIMATE STANDARD of excellence indeed when it comes to broadcasting mlb game of the week, the AFL, and also the boston red sox earlier in his career !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also notice there is not chaos between each play with multiple substitutions. You snapped the ball, made the tackle then huddled up again.
Only had 40 on an active roster...
Substitution. It was almost nothing in those days. Today, it's insane the combinations of player changes on each play.
@@smitskee Actually, the substitutions were just as prevalent as they are today. And it's often how these teams got their instructions for the play. You didn't have radio in helmets, you sent a guy out there with the play information. Some quarterbacks called their own plays, but you often had the coaches calling plays by substitution and hand signals
@@hellowang74 In the case of this game, because how the Colts lined up, Namath knew right away what they were going to do, so in the huddle he would just call the formation and the snap count, then once they lined up and he saw what the Colts were doing, he would call the play from there.
markmac 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Terrific edit, thank you. I was 6 years old when this game happened. Never seen it before. Wow, Namath was really that good.
Rest n peace John Mackie what a brute of a TE
Best TE of his era.
Heard of this game all my life, first time I ever watched. Can understand why people thought the Colts should have won, they were obviously a damn good football team, moved the ball early, just kept flubbing up finishing drives, one of the craziest games I ever saw. Snell looked like a beast for the Jets though. And they simply made fewer mistakes.
I remember the New York Jets teak of 1982 was pretty good.
They could not get past the Miami Dolphins though.
yup..The Colts beat themselves...
If you think this game was crazy with turnovers, you should go watch SB V. Colts did basically the same thing it that game, but actually won.
@@jonburrows8602 yes, but in that game the Cowboys made almost as many mistakes.
Miami's idea of fair play was to deliberately leave the field uncovered to torrential downpours. So Happy they weren't the first Super Bowl winning team. So happy that the 82 team didn't win when it counted most for them.
Thank you so much. I saw this game over my friend's house when I was 10. Few believed that the Jets would win because the AFL was considered inferior to the NFL and this game shattered that notion.
Half the AFL teams were garbage.
Today, January 12, 2018, marks the 49th anniversary of Super Bowl III, the game that changed pro football forever.
The following sports broadcast is bought to you in living color on NBC, then the NBC peacock. This was the first time I have ever seen a football game because at the time, I didn't like football, I love baseball. After this game, I was hooked on football and it made my dad happy that I watched the games with him.
The best day the Jets have ever had!
I'm amazed at how rough the kicking technique was back then. Impressive power, but if Lou Michaels knew then what is known today.....
23:35 Lou Michaels misses 27-yard FG
33:00 George Sauer fumbles ball after 3-yard reception.
35:30 Earl Morall is intercepted in the end zone
43:50 Matt Snell rushes for 4-yard TD
49:42 Lou Michaels misses 46-yard field goal
55:36 Jim Turner misses 41-yard field goal
58:32 Jets intercept Earl Morrall at their 2-yard line
1:06:40 - Earl Morrall throws third interception to end the first half
1:10:18 - Tom Matte fumbles ball, recovered by Jets
1:16:35 - Jim Turner makes 32-yard FG
1:28:11 - Jim Turner hits 30-yard FG
1:29:12 - Johnny Unitas enters game for the first time
1:38:30 - Jim Turner makes FG
1:43:24 - Johnny Unitas is intercepted by Randy Beverly
1:49:30 - Jim Turner misses 42-yard FG
1:52:48 - Jerry Hill rushes for 1-yard TD
1:54:40 - Colts recover onside kick
1:58:40 - Jets stop Colts on fourth down to seal victory
NFL do you think the Dallas Cowboys could go to the Playoffs?😀
CarsisCool heck no
NFL x
The Jets would have still won----but I'm wondering why the Colts went for it on 4th down instead of kicking the field goal and trying to make the score 16-10 and get the ball back? Michaels didn't have a good game, but he wasn't a bad FG kicker and would have made it from that distance.
The Colts made just too many mistakes & couldn't get themselves out of a hole & simply ran out of time, the worst being when Earl Morrall didn't see Jimmy Orr standing there which would have almost been a sure TD.
I like the game when every single play isn't scrutinized over & over again & no instant replay to reverse plays, Not to mention virtually no penalties.
Namath called and played a gr8 game, clearly the MVP.
Matt Snell was a force, at fullback!
@@curbozerboomer1773121 yards and one touchdown
Most significant sporting event I ever watched in my life. All those Jets were my heroes growing up, but especially Snell, Namath, Sauer, and Turner.
The historical significance of this game cannot be understated. This game put the NFL on notice that the AFL wasn’t an inferior league as Vince Lombardi mistakenly stated after SBII. KC the following year cemented the fact that the Jets win was no fluke.
When you lose the turnover battle 5-1, you deserve to lose.
I was a seven year old watching my first Super Bowl thinking the Colts would dominate; not because of the NFL-AFL thing, I was oblivious to all that. But I remember how the Colts crushed the Browns in the NFL Championship game. When Curt announced the Colt’s jersey color being blue, I remember sarcastically telling my dad that they would be black since we didn’t have color tv at the time.
I really enjoy watching these games from early in the league's history, just to gain an understanding and appreciation of how differently the game used to be played compared to our time.
I keep watching this hoping, just once, for a different outcome. I was 9 years old watching this...I was in disbelief. The next day at school was horrendous.
Great preservation of a football classic. Looks great. This was played way before I was born in 1973.
Preston Pearson played for Don Shula, Chuck Noll, and Tom Landry...wow🏈🏈🏈
Pearson was around forever. He played 15 seasons yet never played a down while he was in college
Great coaches recognize "gamers" and smart football players, winners!!.
He could also return punts and kicks, and catch and rush efficiently out of the offensive backfield.
Let's not forget about Buddy Ryan he was on the Jets staff.
What a wonderful copy of the game. Much appreciated.
Randy Beverly had a good case for MVP along with Matt Snell. The game of his life.
Many Jets played well ... Namath, Snell, Sauer, Hill, Herman, Beverly, Atkinson, Hudson, Sample ... a great team win ...
Winston Hill and Emerson Boozers blocking were outstanding ...
All you Namath haters are pathetic. Do you really think they win without Broadway Joe!?
This game was unbelievable, I was in shock watching it live!!
It must have been the summer of 77....I was having breakfast at the counter of our town Diner in Oregon. Three people came in and took a booth. After a bit, I glanced over and saw an average dude and some real hard looking chick giving holy hell to the other guy....Joe Namath. We looked at each other and I could see he was in no mood for any fan bullshit...him heading to the Rams and all. So I just kept eating and listening to the chick give him hell for spending the last of their money on some golf clubs. When I went to leave I looked over and he grinned at me and I grinned back...
Happy 50th anniversary to the game. As an former new yorker, all i got to say is, J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets!
26:10 the most important INCOMPLETION pass in AFL history. They had to double team Maynard the rest of the game, freeing up George Sauer, Jr.
Maynard had zero catches for the game. Fascinating. Namath had zero pass attempts in the 4th quarter.
@@Yodaismycopilot, Maynard was hurt in the AFL TITLE GAME VS. OAKLAND..and played with either a bad quad, or a bad hammy vs. COLTS..
He was a decoy.
@@robertsprouse9282 yet Maynard appeared to run quite fast on the bomb where he was slightly overthrown (referred to above by emi1chin) 26:15
Namath had a great arm, dropback and release ... that bomb got the crowd rocking
@@brianwolf6166 Even with the bad knee, he could physically move. In the pocket he had the SQA (speed, quickness, agility).
The last great day if you're a Jets fan. I saw it on tv when I was 9. 60 now and still waiting
R.I.P. Don Maynard ..💛♥️💛🏈🏈🏈🏆🙏
A legendary player
Great share thanks. I miss this kind of football.
Baltimore was totally snake-bit; they had so many turnovers that you needed to have an abacus to keep track! Joe Namath was steady and called high percentage plays; he had a very fast release and a quick mind and body. This game is a lot different from modern football. I enjoyed the game.
it was rigged. Mob fixes all the big games. Mo different today.
I watched this when it happened, with my brother and father. My brother is a Giants fan. I am a Jets fan. My brother was teasing me on how the Jets didn’t have a chance.
Its kinda funny how the Announcers say that the sun finally came out before that Trick Play right before the half. I think the sun was a factor in The Colts QB not seeing the wide open man. 1:06:30
Actually, the thought by some is that the Baltimore marching band in the endzone with their blue shirts/blouses made Jimmy Orr blend into the background and Earl Morrell couldn't pick him up that clearly.
@@marksloan7438 The thing is, Jimmy is wearing a white helmet, and flapping his arms like a drowning man. Not only that, Earl is throwing in front of the Colt bench, and his team is yelling and pointing to Orr. That story IMO, was weak.
The most important game in NFL history
Without question, it divided time and space into a historical before/after. Never again would the AFL be taken so lightly or deemed inferior by the old power NFL founding franchises. As if to underscore the point, KC made sure the following year with a resounding (and surprising) pasting of the Vikings.
Replace the word "important" with "rigged"
@@911jedi8 proof???
Won by one of the most irrelevant franchises in the NFL
Everybody thinks their being edgy by giving credit to Matt Snell over Namath but how about giving credit to the offensive line opening up holes for Snell?
Namath complimented his D and Buddy personally as in Buddy Ryan.
@McCannon Vaughn It's true. Weeb left the AFL Joe Namath 45-50 pass attempts play book at home, and played ball control NFL football in SB3. Compare that approach, to the game they played two weeks earlier.
Through 52 Super Bowls, on only three occasions did both teams have a 100-yard rusher (XXV and XLI were the others). Kudos to Tom Matte and Matt Snell!
I remember watching this game as a 12 yr old Jets fan, and being so worried when Johnny U came in.
I hated the Baltimore Colts. So funny that they thought they could just walk on the field and win. The Jets did the league a favor by beating those clowns. They spanked them.
What makes this special is that it has the Colts scoring drive. Most bootleg DVD's never had that nor Snell's TD run.
No it just picks up the drive on the Jet 15 as usual
RIP Johnny U, # 19 For you are sadly missed by all of your Fans Etc.
@Dann Myers, SF 49ers Y.A. TITTLE was a good game's-end qb, too. Alley Oop TD PASS to R.C.OWENS who could also defensively, leap and knock kicks away at crossbar level.
same is true of bart starr......#15
Johnny U was such a great leader. Unfortunately because of the really bad elbow injury in preseason this year , he was never really the same qb again. He had a rifle arm before the injury....after that he won with smarts until his retirement.
@@randyr.212 He won one more championship ( 1970) before he retired
@@michaelleroy9281 Yep, I watched it on TV. Was a huge colts fan until awful Irsay moved them to INDY.
I Would Like To See The Full Game Of The 1968 AFL Championship Game, Between The New York Jets And Oakland Raiders On You Tube.
I would too. Good luck finding it though, sadly. No broadcast copy of the game is believed to exist. The best you could find would be NFL films or coaches films of the game merged with radio audio. And that's not the same immersive experience.
Videotape was very expensive back then - television stations and networks would use them over and over until the video tape was worn out to the point where you could see a previous telecast in the background. At least NBC was smart enough to preserve this game because I'm sure they felt it could be potentially historic.......and it turned out to be historic, in fact.
@@effend446 That's why Super Bowl I doesn't exist in its entirety - all known copies were wiped.
That would be nice. That game was war.
It is out there I have seen it .
Charlie Jones calls the game.
It is on you tube.
I love, love, love Curt Gowdy.
Relax simp
Curt was number one.. :-]
Curt Gowdy is best Football play by play announcer ever!