On This Day: NY Jets Upset Baltimore Colts In Super Bowl 3

The AFL merged with the NFL in 1970 so this was a big moment in pro-football.

Many sports writers consider this the greatest upset in professional sports history.

On January 12, 1969, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, the New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the NFL's Baltimore Colts, 16-7, in Super Bowl III—a result considered one of the biggest upsets in sports history. Days earlier, Jets quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed a victory by New York, an 18-point underdog.