Unitas managed to complete one of two passes from his 34-yard line, to Richardson for 15 yards, as the gun barked the end of the NFL's supremacy in this event after two one-sided victories by the Green Bay Packers.įor Coach Weeb Ewbank the flouting of the 17 1/2-point spread against his Jets was especially satisfying.
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Taking over with 2:21 remaining, Namath used Snell on all six running plays and took two penalties for delaying the game before having Curley Johnson punt the ball to the agonizing Colts with only 15 seconds remaining. On fourth down, Unitas threw high and far in the wrong direction as Orr was in the end zone. Unitas, the 35-year-old quarterback who sat out most of the season with a sore arm after taking the Colts to two NFL championships in his 12-season career, hit on three straight passes, two to flanker Willie Richardson and one to split end Jimmy Orr, to threaten at the Jets' 19-yard line.īut a former teammate, cornerback Johnny Sample, broke up a throw to Richardson with some rough treatment and left end Gerry Philbin and left tackle Paul Rochester dumped Unitas as he threw the ball away when his receivers were covered. That came with 3:19 left in the game and the Colts raised a roar among the stunned sellout crowd of 75,377 in the Orange Bowl when they recovered an ensuing onside kickoff at the New York 44-yard line. Unitas needed 14 plays and two personal-foul penalties against the Jets to take the Colts 80 yards for a touchdown on a one-yard plunge by fullback Jerry Hall. Jim Turner kicked 32- and 30-yard field goals in the third quarter before Unitas replaced Morrall and a nine-yarder in the fourth period that dictated catch-up football for the Colts the rest of the way. The Jets intercepted four passes, three against Morrall in the second period, and Namath capitalized on the emotional pickup of the first one by taking the Jets 80 yards for a touchdown with fullback Snell hammering over from four yards out. It was the Jets' defense, best in the American Football League, which dominated the contest and chased a baffled Morrall out with 3 minutes and 58 seconds remaining in the third quarter. He completed 17 of 28 throws for 206 yards although he did not toss a pass in the entire fourth quarter as he drove the humiliated Baltimore defenders to desperation with his clock consumption. Midnight struck for Cinderella quarterback Earl Morrall of the Colts and even Johnny Unitas could not deliver in the clutch.īut Matt Snell of the Jets made a mockery of a defense Baltimore Coach Don Shula called the "best I ever saw" and Broadway Joe Namath wheeled and dealed with near perfection.įor the eighth time this season Namath won a game without completing a touchdown pass. 12 The New York Jets exposed the myth of National Football League superiority over the "little league" as a colossal fraud today by inflicting a 16-7 disaster on the Baltimore Colts in the third Super Bowl game. : Super Bowl III: Jets Shock Colts in Super Bowl, 16-7
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