new york jets won a superbowl in 1965.
new york jets won a superbowl in 1965.
when did new york jets win a superbowl?
1965
in the final game of the 1968 preseason, the muscles in unitas's arm were torn when he was hit by a member of the dallas cowboys defense. unitas wrote in his autobiography that he felt his arm was initially injured by the use of the "night ball" that the nfl was testing for better tv visibility during night games. in a post-game interview the previous year, he noted having constant pain in his elbow for several years prior. he would spend most of the season sitting on the bench. the colts still marched to a league-best 13–1 record behind backup quarterback and ultimate 1968 nfl mvp earl morrall. although he was injured through most of the season, unitas came off the bench to play in super bowl iii, the famous game where joe namath guaranteed a new york jets win despite conventional wisdom. unitas's insertion was a desperation move in an attempt to retrieve dominance of the nfl over the upstart afl. although the colts won an nfl championship in 1968, they lost the super bowl to the afl champion new york jets, thus becoming the first ever nfl champions that were not also deemed world champions. unitas helped put together the colts' only score, a touchdown late in the game. unitas also drove the colts into scoring position following the touchdown and successful onside kick, but for reasons that to this day are unknown, head coach don shula eschewed a field goal attempt, which (if successful) would have cut the jets' lead to 16–10. despite not playing until late in the third quarter, he still finished the game with more passing yards than the team's starter, earl morrall.
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for example, bookmaker a lists the jets to be a 4-point favorite over the bills. bookmaker b has the jets as just a 2-point favorite. the advantage player may bet the bills +4 with book a and then the jets -2 with book b. if the jets win by 3, the advantage player collects on both bets. if the jets win by either 2 or 4, the advantage player collects on one winning bet and the other "push." and if the jets win or lose by any other total, the two bets cancel out, leaving the advantage player to pay only the vigorish on the bets. given typical 10-cent lines, a middle need only win 1 time in 21 to break even, which is a realistic goal – the middle is always a plausible result since it is based on the actual strength of the teams. middling is an example of line arbitrage.
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