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1968 game program cover, depicting a Jets helmet during their AFL years. From the Heidi Game on November 17, 1968. The history of the New York Jets American football team began in 1959 with the founding of the Titans of New York, an original member of the American Football League (AFL); they began actual play the following year. The team had ...
The Jets were the first NFL team to wear a "throwback" uniform, in 1993 for a home game against the Cincinnati Bengals, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the 1968 championship team. The jersey and pants mimicked the 1963–77 design, although the team wore its regular green helmets with a white-outlined version of the 1965–77 logo decal.
The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston, Texas from its founding in 1960 to 1996.The Houston Oilers began play as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and won two AFL championships before joining the NFL in the AFL–NFL merger of the late 1960s.
Football: New York Jets Joe Klecko (73), Marty Lyons (93), Abdul Salaam (74) and Mark Gastineau (99) pose for a photo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
The copy read "No More Tinker Toys. No More Treetops. We are now Texas International Airlines." As Texas International, the airline standardized on the DC-9 and Convair 600. The last Convair 600 flights were in 1979 and Texas International became all-jet with DC-9-10s and DC-9-30s.
Jim Hudson played at various times wide receiver, running back, defensive back and quarterback at Texas and also returned punts. He began at Texas in 1961, and in 1962, his first year on the varsity, he played wingback and defensive back. The following year, he played defense on the team that won the 1963 national championship. [4]
The cause was found to be: “The faulty execution of an engine-out approach.” Delta Flight 1141 Delta Air Lines Flight 1141, a Boeing 727 flying between Dallas-Fort Worth and Salt Lake City on ...
However those hopes were short lived, with the Jets edging them out of the wild card spot with their victory against the Cincinnati Bengals later that night. The Texans 9–7 record tied both AFC wild card winners, the Jets and Baltimore Ravens , but the Jets and Ravens received precedence due to their superior records in conference games (both ...