Entering Super Bowl III, the upstart New York Jets looked to become the first AFL team to win the Super Bowl as 19.5-point underdogs to the Baltimore Colts. Three days before the game, Jets QB Joe Namath, albeit drunk, boldly guaranteed to Colts fans at the Miami Touchdown Club that the Jets would win the Super Bowl. Namath would keep his promise, as the Jets would win 16-7 on their way to their first and only Lombardi Trophy.
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