Thus the Baltimore Colts were three-touchdown favorites over the Jets in Super Bowl III. This was the first time the game was officially called the Super Bowl, and it was super. Broadway Joe ...

But instead of a rout, Super Bowl III was a revelation. The New York Jets beat the Colts 16-7 on Jan. 12, 1969, at the Orange Bowl in Miami – just as Joe Namath guaranteed they would three ...

It is the game that changed football. That’s a fact.” Super Bowl III, played Jan. 12, 1969 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, was the third NFL-AFL championship game in professional history.

It’s the biggest American sporting event of the year: the Super Bowl. No matter who's playing or performing at halftime, it's a spectacle that attracts all matter of ilk, be it sports fanatics ...

By Alex Traub Jim Turner, who fulfilled Joe Namath’s prophecy that the New York Jets would win Super Bowl III in 1969 by kicking three field goals and an extra point, making him the game’s ...