1 Super Bowl III New York Jets vs Baltimore Colts The Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968 In the early days of the Super Bowl the professional football teams were known as the National Football League and American Football League The older franchises were in the NFL The NFL division held both Super Bowl titles Quarterback Joe Namath and the New York Jets changed everything Three days before the game Namath guaranteed that the Jets would win The claim was met with ridicule The Baltimore Colts were 18-point favorites But on January 12 1969 Namath kept his word He passed for 206 yards The Jets shocked the pro football world by knocking off the Colts by a 16 to 7 score Namath was named game Most Valuable Player MVP Namath grabbed the headlines But the Jets running game and defense won the game Matt Snell of the Jets rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown Jim Turner kicked three field goals 4
43 Number of running plays by the New York Jets Jets quarterback Joe Namath passed for 206 yards He became the first AFL player to win the Super Bowl MVP award The Jets became the first AFL team to win the Super Bowl Jets running back Matt Snell rushed for 121 yards and one touchdown BROADWAY JOE GUARANTEE New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath was a brash young quarterback He came from the University of Alabama And was known as Broadway Joe He was speaking to the Miami Touchdown Club when he made his famous guarantee to win Super Bowl III Namath backed up his words with a historic victory He never played in the Super Bowl again He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985 5
2 Super Bowl IV Kansas City Chiefs vs Minnesota Vikings The Kansas City Chiefs struck gold for the American Football League in 1970 The Chiefs lost to the Green Bay Packers by 25 points in Super Bowl I in 1967 Three years later at Super Bowl IV the Chiefs were 13-point underdogs to the Minnesota Vikings But Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson picked apart the Vikings defense He passed for 142 yards and a touchdown He was named the game MVP Jan Stenerud kicked three field goals and two extra points The Chiefs made three interceptions and recovered two fumbles The game was a huge victory for the Chiefs since they had lost the first Super Bowl And had finished second to the Oakland Raiders in the AFL West division in 1969 The chiefs were thrilled with their first Super Bowl victory Head coach Hank Stram was carried off the field atop the shoulders of his players 6
Number of sacks by the Chiefs of the Vikings quarterback Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson passed for 142 yards and one touchdown He was named game MVP 3 The Chiefs defense had three interceptions and recovered two Vikings fumbles The Chiefs were the second AFL team to win the Super Bowl SUPER BOWL AT 34 Len Dawson was 34 years old He led the Kansas City Chiefs to the Super Bowl IV championship Success for Dawson began late in his career He was a star quarterback at Purdue University Then he spent the first five years of his pro career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns He joined the Dallas Texans at age 27 The Dallas team became the Kansas City Chiefs Dawson led the Chiefs to two Super Bowls and three AFL West titles in six years 7
