Imagine how much more dramatic these last few moments of the game would have been if they'd been accompanied by war dances and rally towels......lol......
Sorry Dietpepsivanilla and 64lenster. The N.F.L. may have been superior for the first several years, but the A.F.L. changed the balance of power by winning the college draft war. The 49ers lost Lance Alworth and Otis Taylor to the A.F.L. The older N.F.L. vets could not be replaced. By 1967, the Packers, Colts, Rams and Cowboys may have been better than Oakland, but the rest of the N.F.L. was not. By 1968, the A.F.L. won the preseason. Yes !, Oak. and K.C. would have beated the Colts !
No way would the Raiders have beaten the Colts in SB III.
Remember Lamonicas' thing was the long ball, he would have needed more time to set up so the Colts pass rush would have been on him. Plus, he would have had trouble with the their zone defense. I don't think the Raiders matched up well against the Colts.
Yes 64lenster, I totally agree with you !! I remember, as I was watching the Heidi game in the third quarter I suddenly realized that the American Football League was going to win the Super Bowl that year ! The Jets defense was much improved than it was in 1967, Oakland's defense was outstanding but Joe Namath and Daryle Lamonica were tearing the defenses apart ! I knew that none of the N.F. L.'s play-off teams could keep pace against either the Jets or the Raiders !!
Gowdy seemed to be sticking it to the NFL at the end. Bet he was tired of putting up with all of the crap he had been hearing about the AFL from no nothing sportswriters.
No disrespect intended either, i hate the graphics and lame announcers of today and the commercials. "Ace" is a compliment, no matter how watered down the word looks today.
I'm going to throw this question out for anyone to answer ( since I'm still learning about the history ). Would it have made any difference if the Colts had brought in Unitas sooner? It seems like they really roared to life once he came in.
Unitas had injured his arm earlier in the year, hence Earl Morrell replacing him in the starting lineup. Morrell had been on a hot streak, performing well in the trashing of the Browns a few weeks earlier in the NFL championship game. Unitas had a minor effect on this game. The Colts scored their only touchdown because of a defensive penalty on the Jets.
@64lenster Here's my five cents worth. No. He had a sore arm and his passes were floaters, not the sharp, crisp passes he threw before. I think the Jets would have opened it up more had he gone in during the third quarter. Joe didn't throw a single pass in the fourth quarter. Had he done so, the Jets would have scored at least one more touchdown.
@64lenster My answer is no. Unitas was playing with a shot arm and many Jets later remarked his passes had no zing to them. Had Johnny U led the Colts to another score, the Jets would have just opened up the game and still won. The AFL had the better league at the time. Kansas City and Oakland would have beat Baltimore. Maybe even San Diego.
I'm going to throw this question out for anyone to answer ( since I'm still learning about the history ). Would it have made any difference if the Colts had brought in Unitas sooner?
Ok seriously where did you find this? Why is it to small? Is it like a VHS with 100x100 resolution or something? This announcer is pretty ace. +1 on the guy who says the graphics are terrible these days, we have HD but the added screen benefit gets taken away, what the hell.......
@kingcarcas1349 No disrespect intended, but this isn't just some announcer who's "pretty ace"...Curt Gowdy is a LEGEND of sports broadcasting! This is also a time when the screen wasn't polluted with silly graphics and talking head blowhards. No matter how big or small this image is, it's a very important slice of sports history, and I'm hoping that most of the viewers here will appreciate this time capsule any way we can get it.
What, no Gatorade bath for Weeb Eubanks! :) But that wasn't part of the ritual until 15 or 20 years later. Also, I always thought Al DeRogatis was one of the best color commentators ever.
I've been watching pro football since 1962, and to this day the 1968 Baltimore Colts are the most powerful, dominating football team I've ever seen. They didn't just defeat opponents, they crushed and humiliated them. The Superbowl loss to the Jets was a fluke - if they'd have played again the next day IMO the Colts would have won. It was just a rare "off" day for the offense, as shown by Morrall missing a wide open Orr in the end zone. Their defense still held Namath to only 16 points.
The opening and closing theme song used by NBC-TV was fantastic ! I watched this game when I was in the sixth grade, and I still remember it ! This song should still be used today for all N.F.L. play-off game telecasts ! I HOPE THE NETWORKS READ THIS !
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I bet that it's going to be a different story tomorrow in Indianapolis.
The Jets of 2009 can not tie the Shoelaces of the Colts! Yet they meet agin for another Championship 41 years later. But this time it is for the AFC Championship considering that it was back in 1970 when the AFL and NFL Merged, It was The Browns, The Steelers and the Colts that went to the AFC.
Let's see if the Jets can pull off another "Major Upset", like they did in this game shown on video. I HIGHLY DOUBT IT!
Dear FrsBigeasy, if Johnny Unitas had been healthy, he could have changed the game's tempo, but not the outcome. The Colts would have scored more often, which would have likely forced the Jets away from their ball control running game. But Namath had great receivers and could have scored alot more points if he had to. But the biggest factor was that the Colts had to play catch up football, which took away their powerful inside running attack. The Rams beat Unitas 34-10, the previous year.
As sure as football telecasts have improved since 1969, I miss what they were like back then---primitive and rarely-used electronic graphics...end credits on slides...NBC Sports was under the News department...Curt Gowdy & Al DeRogatis...and "station identification".
It really goes to show that televised football wasn`t that different from what it is today. Today they got the super close ups and the computer graphics, but back then you could still see the action front and center.
This is one of the happiest moments of my life ! I was (still am) a Jets fan and an A.F.L. fan . The Jets offensive line was great against a dominant blitzing Colt defense. Both teams should have more players in the Hall Of Fame ! Does anyone know who performed this great opening and closing theme music ? This song is super fantastic, and NBC should have used it for all of it's Super Bowls !!!
The story goes that when HBO commissioned a documentary on this game, the enterprising intern who procured this from the NBC library made a copy, and that's how it got out. Still nothing from Super Bowls I or II, which were taped over by the networks, though rumor has it SOME of #2 exists from a local broadcast.
im not bragging but my great uncle was the one who made the hotel reservations for the jets and he paid the salaries he is currently 93 he is awesome and he didnt have a son so he gave the super bowl ring to my godmom (aunt) and she didnt have kids and im the closest to her as a son so im going to get the ring when im 21 in 6 years im a buccanneer fan but now my second team is the jets
Back in 1983 my parents ran a pizzeria in Bay City, Michigan. One day a man came in with a huge ring on his finger and commented to my mother it was a Super Bowl 3 ring. To this day I have no idea who it could've been. Any idea who would've had ties to Michigan?
actually, as I recall he threw NONE in fourth qtr......either way, remarkable! I get a smile at seeing how they kicked the ball with so little time on the clock.
You're right--I checked the play-by-play summary, and it verifies for me that all the plays the Jets ran in the 4th quarter were indeed running plays.
Man, I can't believe you have video from this game. I saw this game when I was a kid and (even though a Colts fan) wanted to see it again. I wish they would show the video of this on the NFL network or something.
kscryan - That's because in those days it was considered "gauche" or unsportsmanlike to simply take a knee. After the "miracle in the medowlands" did teams start to change their thought process.
what;s amazing to me [is] the Jets were running plays and kicking with 30 seconds left. My first start to finish, too. And I have been waiting for them to get back since!
Yes that upset but Tyson was an overrated heavyweight champ. The USSR hockey team was considered among the 'top5' best in world sports history not just on the ice.
I am not hockey expert but that Soviet team has now at least '5' players in the Hockey hall of fame. The Miracle of ICe just '1' in Coach Herb Brooks.
Other 'upsets' to consider
1)1969 Mets 2)1985 Villanova 3)1998 France in soccer world cup 4)2004 Pistons over Lakers 5)Leon Spinks over Ali in 1978.
Imagine how much more dramatic these last few moments of the game would have been if they'd been accompanied by war dances and rally towels......lol......
rocknrollphilip 2 months ago
They did not bring in Unitas earlier because he had some kind of injury. I think Unitas missed a lot of that season because of the injury.
MegaBreakpoint 4 months ago
Ha when was the last time you heard the line given due credit at the end of the super bowl?
GrahamMcNallie 6 months ago
Sorry Dietpepsivanilla and 64lenster. The N.F.L. may have been superior for the first several years, but the A.F.L. changed the balance of power by winning the college draft war. The 49ers lost Lance Alworth and Otis Taylor to the A.F.L. The older N.F.L. vets could not be replaced. By 1967, the Packers, Colts, Rams and Cowboys may have been better than Oakland, but the rest of the N.F.L. was not. By 1968, the A.F.L. won the preseason. Yes !, Oak. and K.C. would have beated the Colts !
fairnorth 9 months ago
@fairnorth
No way would the Raiders have beaten the Colts in SB III.
Remember Lamonicas' thing was the long ball, he would have needed more time to set up so the Colts pass rush would have been on him. Plus, he would have had trouble with the their zone defense. I don't think the Raiders matched up well against the Colts.
6400az 5 months ago
Yes 64lenster, I totally agree with you !! I remember, as I was watching the Heidi game in the third quarter I suddenly realized that the American Football League was going to win the Super Bowl that year ! The Jets defense was much improved than it was in 1967, Oakland's defense was outstanding but Joe Namath and Daryle Lamonica were tearing the defenses apart ! I knew that none of the N.F. L.'s play-off teams could keep pace against either the Jets or the Raiders !!
fairnorth 9 months ago
Gowdy seemed to be sticking it to the NFL at the end. Bet he was tired of putting up with all of the crap he had been hearing about the AFL from no nothing sportswriters.
hoosierlooker 11 months ago
No disrespect intended either, i hate the graphics and lame announcers of today and the commercials. "Ace" is a compliment, no matter how watered down the word looks today.
kingcarcas1349 1 year ago
Al DeRogatis sure sure doesn't get a chance to say much
ToddieM 1 year ago
jets rule
MrLaxdude89 1 year ago
Thank You for posting this! I have seen the great NFL film of this super bowl, but I never have seen the actual brodcast of this!
calimar28 1 year ago
This isn't Super Bowl 3...
FACEClanGamingx 1 year ago
@FACEClanGamingx While the picture is pretty poor, the commentary does indicate it was from superbowl 3. What reason do you have to say that it isn't
gamelvr1 1 year ago
@FACEClanGamingx
Are you on drugs or did your mommy drop you on your head?
Cubatraveler 1 year ago
Unitas had bum arm,,it would not have made a difference,,I saw the game
lcolby11 1 year ago
I'm going to throw this question out for anyone to answer ( since I'm still learning about the history ). Would it have made any difference if the Colts had brought in Unitas sooner? It seems like they really roared to life once he came in.
64lenster 1 year ago
@64lenster
This is the kind of response that can never be proved but gets lotsa discussion because everyone has an opinion.
I can recommend some books...but there is no way bringing Unitas earlier would have changed the outcome.
kscryan 1 year ago
@64lenster
Unitas had injured his arm earlier in the year, hence Earl Morrell replacing him in the starting lineup. Morrell had been on a hot streak, performing well in the trashing of the Browns a few weeks earlier in the NFL championship game. Unitas had a minor effect on this game. The Colts scored their only touchdown because of a defensive penalty on the Jets.
quietriotfan1976 1 year ago
@64lenster Here's my five cents worth. No. He had a sore arm and his passes were floaters, not the sharp, crisp passes he threw before. I think the Jets would have opened it up more had he gone in during the third quarter. Joe didn't throw a single pass in the fourth quarter. Had he done so, the Jets would have scored at least one more touchdown.
Dietpepsivanilla 11 months ago
@64lenster My answer is no. Unitas was playing with a shot arm and many Jets later remarked his passes had no zing to them. Had Johnny U led the Colts to another score, the Jets would have just opened up the game and still won. The AFL had the better league at the time. Kansas City and Oakland would have beat Baltimore. Maybe even San Diego.
Dietpepsivanilla 10 months ago
@Dietpepsivanilla yeah, chiefs would beat the colts
graciemaemarie11 5 months ago
I'm going to throw this question out for anyone to answer ( since I'm still learning about the history ). Would it have made any difference if the Colts had brought in Unitas sooner?
64lenster 1 year ago
Ok seriously where did you find this? Why is it to small? Is it like a VHS with 100x100 resolution or something? This announcer is pretty ace. +1 on the guy who says the graphics are terrible these days, we have HD but the added screen benefit gets taken away, what the hell.......
kingcarcas1349 1 year ago
@kingcarcas1349
simple, i just got it via YouTube!
kscryan 1 year ago
@kingcarcas1349 No disrespect intended, but this isn't just some announcer who's "pretty ace"...Curt Gowdy is a LEGEND of sports broadcasting! This is also a time when the screen wasn't polluted with silly graphics and talking head blowhards. No matter how big or small this image is, it's a very important slice of sports history, and I'm hoping that most of the viewers here will appreciate this time capsule any way we can get it.
Bentom86 1 year ago
USFL 4ever!
kingcarcas1349 1 year ago
What, no Gatorade bath for Weeb Eubanks! :) But that wasn't part of the ritual until 15 or 20 years later. Also, I always thought Al DeRogatis was one of the best color commentators ever.
aharoldcampbell 1 year ago
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aharoldcampbell 1 year ago
i was almost 8 years old when this occured!
it's now 2010 and i'm 49!
it is the freakin season???
TheTzdope 1 year ago
I've been watching pro football since 1962, and to this day the 1968 Baltimore Colts are the most powerful, dominating football team I've ever seen. They didn't just defeat opponents, they crushed and humiliated them. The Superbowl loss to the Jets was a fluke - if they'd have played again the next day IMO the Colts would have won. It was just a rare "off" day for the offense, as shown by Morrall missing a wide open Orr in the end zone. Their defense still held Namath to only 16 points.
BrainEatingApe 1 year ago
The opening and closing theme song used by NBC-TV was fantastic ! I watched this game when I was in the sixth grade, and I still remember it ! This song should still be used today for all N.F.L. play-off game telecasts ! I HOPE THE NETWORKS READ THIS !
fairnorth 2 years ago
Hail to the JETS & NAMATH,LONG LIVE JOE
ringo244 2 years ago
to all the jets fans the jets are the only rivals to the dolphins that i like bills and the pats suck
ThePikachu1995 2 years ago
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I bet that it's going to be a different story tomorrow in Indianapolis.
The Jets of 2009 can not tie the Shoelaces of the Colts! Yet they meet agin for another Championship 41 years later. But this time it is for the AFC Championship considering that it was back in 1970 when the AFL and NFL Merged, It was The Browns, The Steelers and the Colts that went to the AFC.
Let's see if the Jets can pull off another "Major Upset", like they did in this game shown on video. I HIGHLY DOUBT IT!
Jiltedin2007 2 years ago
41 years later (24/1/2010) The Colts and the Jets will meet again.
mrkingofkings 2 years ago 4
Good thing it is not a shoe lace tying contest but a football game. Hey, who's your leading rusher? You have the best QB in the game and...
We'll see, Jiltedin2007.
All in good fun but it should be a GREAT game.
kscryan 2 years ago
Dear FrsBigeasy, if Johnny Unitas had been healthy, he could have changed the game's tempo, but not the outcome. The Colts would have scored more often, which would have likely forced the Jets away from their ball control running game. But Namath had great receivers and could have scored alot more points if he had to. But the biggest factor was that the Colts had to play catch up football, which took away their powerful inside running attack. The Rams beat Unitas 34-10, the previous year.
fairnorth 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure this is the oldest Super Bowl for which the complete network telecast is known to exist.
altfactor 2 years ago
This is probably one of the Top 3 Upsets in SB History. If Unitas was healthy the Colts would probably of won by 2 TD.
FrsBigeasy 2 years ago
HA HA HA HA HA HA. And the pope is jewish you dumb homo.
marclogan 2 years ago
Na China is Located in South America Asshole.
FrsBigeasy 2 years ago
As sure as football telecasts have improved since 1969, I miss what they were like back then---primitive and rarely-used electronic graphics...end credits on slides...NBC Sports was under the News department...Curt Gowdy & Al DeRogatis...and "station identification".
Thanks for digging that one up.
byrd56 2 years ago 2
next to this game, NY Giants (E Manning) defeat of the NE Patriots (Brady) is the second greatest upset in Super Bowl history....
graesson 2 years ago 2
It really goes to show that televised football wasn`t that different from what it is today. Today they got the super close ups and the computer graphics, but back then you could still see the action front and center.
Edhallick 2 years ago 2
The offensive line were the unsung heroes.
vince065us 2 years ago
Hey, does anyone know if this game is available officially on DVD? Would rather watch this than those grainy NFL films.
jfab64 2 years ago
@jfab64 Most of it is on the NFL History of the New York Jets 2 DVD set. You can get it on amazon for less than 10 bucks.
blaze9169 2 years ago
I agree. Hopefully they can release Super Bowl III, when they release the New York Jets 10 Greatest Games set.
carlinrulez666 2 years ago
Colts and NFL! Ha! Ha! Colts should never have been allowed into the AFC.
WC3POchannel10A 2 years ago
Were QBs not allowed to do kneel-downs back then?
zaius316 2 years ago
You know....it was another 10 years before anyone thought to do that.
kscryan 2 years ago
Good point, I'm not sure.
topcat42 2 years ago
no, they just never thought of it. same with spiking the ball
speranzayaya 2 years ago
kneel downs weren't around back then
SportsEinstein 2 years ago
awesome game for jets fans
AltPilot80Jets 2 years ago 2
This is one of the happiest moments of my life ! I was (still am) a Jets fan and an A.F.L. fan . The Jets offensive line was great against a dominant blitzing Colt defense. Both teams should have more players in the Hall Of Fame ! Does anyone know who performed this great opening and closing theme music ? This song is super fantastic, and NBC should have used it for all of it's Super Bowls !!!
fairnorth 2 years ago 3
The story goes that when HBO commissioned a documentary on this game, the enterprising intern who procured this from the NBC library made a copy, and that's how it got out. Still nothing from Super Bowls I or II, which were taped over by the networks, though rumor has it SOME of #2 exists from a local broadcast.
mylittledecoy77 2 years ago
im not bragging but my great uncle was the one who made the hotel reservations for the jets and he paid the salaries he is currently 93 he is awesome and he didnt have a son so he gave the super bowl ring to my godmom (aunt) and she didnt have kids and im the closest to her as a son so im going to get the ring when im 21 in 6 years im a buccanneer fan but now my second team is the jets
JacobOnTheLeft 3 years ago
Back in 1983 my parents ran a pizzeria in Bay City, Michigan. One day a man came in with a huge ring on his finger and commented to my mother it was a Super Bowl 3 ring. To this day I have no idea who it could've been. Any idea who would've had ties to Michigan?
robertmastroianni 3 years ago
cross reference the 1968 Jets roster...was the guy white or black?
Bill Rademacher? Jeff Richardson, Paul Rochester went to college in Michigan.
kscryan 2 years ago
was your great uncle Jon Free?
kscryan 2 years ago
If I recall correctly, Joe Namath threw just one pass in the 4th quarter of this game. Talk about ball control...
SuperBowlExpert 3 years ago
actually, as I recall he threw NONE in fourth qtr......either way, remarkable! I get a smile at seeing how they kicked the ball with so little time on the clock.
kscryan 3 years ago
You're right--I checked the play-by-play summary, and it verifies for me that all the plays the Jets ran in the 4th quarter were indeed running plays.
SuperBowlExpert 3 years ago
Man, I can't believe you have video from this game. I saw this game when I was a kid and (even though a Colts fan) wanted to see it again. I wish they would show the video of this on the NFL network or something.
1689LBConfession 3 years ago
the jets won this game
MorkieLuver12xoxo 3 years ago
yeah, I know the Jets won this game,
History knows the Jets won this game.
kscryan 3 years ago
hah! kscryan nice comment!! the jets won, a duh
SB20Champions 2 years ago
kscryan - That's because in those days it was considered "gauche" or unsportsmanlike to simply take a knee. After the "miracle in the medowlands" did teams start to change their thought process.
Greatest upset ever??
daboys1215 3 years ago
no, not considered gauche, it was just not considred. But you are correct, it took the Meadowlands to have people think otherwise.
kscryan 3 years ago
broadway joe told'em ahead of time,we're gonna win...super III was the first superbowl i ever watch ain't miss one since...
elmargomt2 3 years ago
what;s amazing to me [is] the Jets were running plays and kicking with 30 seconds left. My first start to finish, too. And I have been waiting for them to get back since!
kscryan 3 years ago
And Curt Gowdy still ranks arguably the best play-play announcer in American TV sports history.
Gowdy just called the game and did not try to be a comic like the fool Joe Buck lol.
USAGiant 3 years ago
one of the great upsets in sports.
KOFILMSANDMEDIA 3 years ago
You said it! Too bad the Jets are still paying for it, ha ha.
kscryan 3 years ago
One of the Miami Dolphins' most important games, it brought us Don Shula.
SCE2AUX 2 years ago
wow, they werent celebrating or anything.
nowadays its the biggest thing in the world!.
iamluisangel 3 years ago
ain't that something? I am old enough to have watched that game on tv..different graphics, no sideline reporters.....
kscryan 3 years ago
second largest upset in sports history
starsstanley99 3 years ago
for forty years it was number one!
kscryan 3 years ago
The biggest upset in pro sports history. Only a bigger shock was the US Hockey team winning the gold at the 1980 Olympics.
USAGiant 3 years ago
How about the Douglas KO of Tyson.
6400az 2 years ago
Yes that upset but Tyson was an overrated heavyweight champ. The USSR hockey team was considered among the 'top5' best in world sports history not just on the ice.
I am not hockey expert but that Soviet team has now at least '5' players in the Hockey hall of fame. The Miracle of ICe just '1' in Coach Herb Brooks.
Other 'upsets' to consider
1)1969 Mets 2)1985 Villanova 3)1998 France in soccer world cup 4)2004 Pistons over Lakers 5)Leon Spinks over Ali in 1978.
I am sure there more.
USAGiant 2 years ago
RIP Orange Bowl
vitoduval 3 years ago 11