The New York Jets Win Super Bowl III

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🗓️ 12 January 2024

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Summary

January 12th, 1969: Football’s New York Jets beat the Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III, fulfilling an unlikely prediction made by Jets quarterback Joe Namath.

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0:11.5	com. It's January 15,
0:15.0	it's January 15,
0:20.0	it's January 15th,
0:22.0	1967 at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.
0:26.0	Willie Wood breaks from a huddle of teammates and jogs to his position on the field.
0:31.0	Willie is a defensive back for the American football team the Green Bay Packers.
0:34.9	It's his job to stop his opponent's receivers from catching the ball and right now he's
0:39.5	feeling the pressure. Today the Packers are playing the Kansas City Chiefs in football's first ever
0:45.2	world championship game, a new end of season face-off of two rival football leagues, the
0:51.1	National Football League and the American Football League, the National Football League, and the American Football League.
0:54.4	Willie's Packers are expected to win by a wide margin, but right now they only have a narrow lead
0:59.6	over the Kansas City Chiefs.
1:02.1	The Chiefs snap the ball to begin their next play.
1:05.3	One of their receivers runs straight past Willie.
1:08.2	Willie turns to follow, but out of the corner of his eye he sees the Chiefs quarterback,
1:12.2	Len Dawson, backpedal as his offensive line colliding. of his
1:14.0	offensive life quarterback, Len Dawson, backpedal as his offensive line collapses.
1:15.9	Len passes the football before he gets tackled, but it's a bad throw.
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