The series started Monday with Bart Starr and continues with Alabama alumnus Joe Namath ... Four years later, Namath and Jets provided validation for the AFL – and for the coming merger of ...
1968: Joe Namath beats the Mets, by 10 months, in bringing a championship to Shea Stadium as the Jets beat the Raiders for the AFL title. Joe Willie threw three TD passes but sealed his legend two ...
Joe Namath was 62-63-4 as a starter ... That helped legitimize the AFL-NFL merger, and it made Namath one of the most marketable players in the NFL. Yet Namath did not have much success after ...