Super Bowl III was an American football championship game played on January 12, 1969, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. It was the third AFL–NFL Championship Game in professional American football, and the first to officially bear the trademark name "Super Bowl". Super Bowl III is regarded as one of the greatest upsets in both American football history and in the history of professional sports. The 18-point underdog American Football League champion New York Jets defeated the National Football League champion Baltimore Colts by a score of 16–7.
Jets quarterback Joe Namath famously made an appearance three days before the Super Bowl at the Miami Touchdown Club in which he personally guaranteed his team's victory.
1969 Beaver Falls PA – The ace quarterback who helped the New York Jets win the world's professional football championship visited his hometown, where he is being honored with a banquet to highlight Joe Namath Day. The No.19 jersey he wore in 1960 when he led Beaver Falls High School to its last WPIAL football championship has been retired
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