Before the game
The Colts, the champions of the
NFL, were heavily favored to defeat the
AFL champion Jets. Although the upstart AFL had successfully forced the long established NFL into a merger agreement three years earlier, the previous AFL champions had lost the first two Super Bowls and the league was not generally respected as having the same calibre of talent as the NFL.
However, at the Touchdown Club in Miami, Jets quarterback [Joe Namath]? predicted a Jets victory. "I guarantee it," he said.
The game
Matt Snell rushed for 121 yeards, including the Jets' touchdown, while the Jets defense shut down a Colts offense that had carried them to a 13-1 record during the regular season.
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