New York Jets

New York Jets book cover — TABLE OF CONTENTS THE GUARANTEE 4 FROM TITANS TO JETS 8 BROADWAY JOE YEARS 12 PRIDE OF HOFSTRA 18 MONDAY NIGHT MIRACLE 22 CLOSE CALLS 26 Timeline 30 Glossary 31 Index About the Author 32

New York Jets — page 1 — THE GUARANTEE Joe Namath said they would do it The star quarterback was speaking to the press at the Miami Touchdown Club in Florida It was January 9 1969 three days before the New York Jets played the powerful Baltimore Colts in the third Super Bowl Few thought the Jets could win The Colts were champions of the National Football League NFL and were favored by 19 points The Jets won the American Football League AFL seen at the time as an inferior league Someone in the audience told Namath the Jets had no chance He had a strong reply We'll win he said I it guarantee

New York Jets — page 2 — Jets quarterback Joe Namath knew he'd have to play well to make good on guarantee his

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