Jets beat the Raiders in the 1968 AFL Championship | NFL Films

the Super Bowl to me was an easy game the only pressure game I had was the AFL championship that's the game you got to win to get to the Super Bowl the weather for the championship game was filed I mean it was filed the field was frozen and lumpy and the wind was gusting to like 40 miles an hour I mean it was heavy wind the wind was one problem the Raiders defense was another some of the hits Namath took were legal some work the first half was a rough half physically physically again the Raiders had entered him his finger was dislocated constant pounding had taken a toll you get smelling salt you snap back to the rest of your feels alright and if you can get back to the moment then you go Namath again showed his trademark toughness and never missed a snap de Paz on second outdoor space the Jets brought a four-point lead fourth quarter Namath colfur maynard to again run the square out of the sideline the wind was blowing unbelievable and the wind caught it II know that 20 he's done head 10 that is not going on Joe's always been a football player and he just didn't give a good tackle boy I mean he nailed the guy Namath wasn't pain but failing to complete the past Maynard before crabs oh good that's the tag he's bad does he not look at me for the first time in the game the Raiders went ahead maintenance interception given away the lead his best receiver you let me get it back I said Joe I got a long one when you need it I told the team that I was going to call one play but be alert for the audible that I'd go to if Maynard's situation presented itself in other words if the DB Atkinson climbed up in a bump and run we got up there boy and sure enough Atkinson climbed up Bund on check to the audible wonderful protection Namath dropping back to pass he is looking is gonna throw later because it was his greatest catch ever made and don't run it back because I'll not miss it with the go-ahead score and reach Namath showed his maturity as a quarterback by remaining patient Namath looking for the end zone throwing touchdowns tended original receiver had time to change completely across the the dawn mater I knew the Raiders as a ball club they they don't ever give up and you got Lamonica behind the center and here they come they just keep it for us now ladies they know better six weeks after the Heidi game the baiter stood 12 yards away from another miracle comeback but this time we win and the Shea Stadium we're at the Jets back we push go on the sofa Namath signed under Whitney surgery the Jets doctors gave him four years four years was all it took the Jets for AFL champions this quick absolutely this quick four years you know you think took a long time coming for years you want to win every year first year on winning nothing else matters to me winning well I'll catch one or ten nothing else matters we celebrated like it was a Super Bowl afterwards we were throwing champagne around like it was crazy it was just unbelievable do you know your entire life as an athlete you're wanting to win a championship whatever level it's on and here we were going for the main the world championship I said well man we all gonna get to loser share all you gotta do is go out there and play a little extra you get the winner's share and then there's always those guys it says oh I want that ring I want that ring and I come in I care less about ring I want $15,000

Channel: NFL Films

Views: 249,391

Rating: 4.833735 out of 5

Keywords: NFL, Football, NFL Films, Oakland, Los angeles, Raiders, new york, broadway joe, joe namath, 1968, AFL, AFC, championship, playoffs, top 100, hall of fame, throwback

Id: KPTlkr2upTo

Length: 6min 13sec (373 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 30 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/Mount10Lion]

Hope we can win the super bowl. I like this Namath guy.

[u/noahnierenberg]

Yes they did

[u/SomeGuyPooping]

Best thing I got from the this video,

We need to bring back the Jetmobile

[u/YourDadsBoss]

My mom (8 months pregnant) had a stomach ache and had to give up her ticket to this game. My dad and my uncle (who just got the ticket) drove out to Shea to see the game - I was born some time around the start of the 3rd quarter. My dad saved the game program.

[u/Besteves96]

Crazy how Namath describes getting hit, sniffing smelling salts, and just getting back in the game. No wonder these guys all have brain trauma. Namath himself once admitted to having it and getting help.

[u/NannigarCire]

just a wild stat to add in here, but Maynard is still 13th in the NFL for receiving touchdowns for his career. Right between Isaac Bruce and Andre Reed. 6 more for his career than Brandon Marshall, Reggie Wayne, Anquan Boldin. Pretty wild that he's still that high given the NFL's new passing league focus.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rec_td_career.htm

[u/aliencircusboy]

I was in sixth grade, watching at home on a black and white TV and going nuts. What a season that was. It's why I'm not as much of a sad sack Jets fan as most of the rest of you. I've actually lived the dream.

[u/TheBigSleepy]

Maynard’s catch might have been overturned in today’s NFL. Thank god for no coaches challenges in 68!

[u/seamlesspoweruser]

Big if true