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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 .
The Colts were stunned by the Jets, who won the game 16–7 in the first Super Bowl victory for the young AFL. The result of the game surprised many in the sports media [7] as Joe Namath and Matt Snell led the Jets to the Super Bowl victory under head coach Weeb Ewbank, who had previously won two NFL Championships with the Colts.
Johnny Unitas 1 0 0 0 0.00 Earl Morrall 2 –2 0 0 –1.00 Colts receiving ... the Colts won Super Bowl V (1970), then after relocating to Indianapolis, ...
It took the NFL until Super Bowl 5 to have a one-score game, as the Baltimore Colts beat the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 to give Johnny Unitas his lone Super Bowl ring and third NFL championship. Since ...
2017 Super Bowl (51): New England Patriots 34, Atlanta Falcons 28 2018 Super Bowl (52): Philadelphia Eagles 41, New England Patriots 33 2019 Super Bowl (53): New England Patriots 13, Los Angeles ...
The Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII against the Eagles and are seeking another title in the 2025 game, which is also against the Eagles. Super Bowl LIX: TBD. Super Bowl LVIII: Chiefs def. 49ers, 25-22, OT.
An injury to Unitas in 1968 saw Morrall step in to start the season that saw the Colts to a 13–1 record (along with an MVP for Morrall) that saw them win their first NFL Championship in nine years before ineffective play in Super Bowl III saw him benched for Unitas. Two years later, in Super Bowl V, Morrall came off the bench for an injured ...
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are the only starting quarterbacks to have won Super Bowls for two NFL teams, while Craig Morton and Kurt Warner are the only other quarterbacks to have started for a second team. Jim McMahon won a second Super Bowl ring having been a backup on the Brett Favre-led Green Bay Packers team that won Super Bowl XXXI.