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Super Bowl III
New York Jets 16, Baltimore Colts 7
Scoring Summary · Big Plays · New York Jets Statistics · Baltimore Colts Statistics
January 12, 1969
Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida (Attendance: 75,389)
MVP: Joe Namath+
Scoring Summary
| 2nd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| NYJ | TD | Matt Snell, 4 yd run (Jim Turner kick is good) |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
| NYJ | FG | Jim Turner, 32 yd field goal |
| NYJ | FG | Jim Turner, 30 yd field goal |
| 4th Quarter | ||
| NYJ | FG | Jim Turner, 9 yd field goal |
| BAL | TD | Jerry Hill, 1 yd run (Lou Michaels kick is good) |
Longest Plays from Scrimmage
| Rk | Tm | Play Description | Qtr | Down | Dist | Yard Line | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAL | Tom Matte 58 yd run | 2 | 2 | 4 | BAL 26 | |
| 2 | NYJ | George Sauer 39 yd pass from Joe Namath | 3 | 1 | 10 | BAL 49 | |
| 3 | NYJ | George Sauer 35 yd pass from Joe Namath | 2 | 2 | 9 | NYJ 21 | |
| 4 | BAL | Tom Matte 30 yd pass from Earl Morrall | 2 | 2 | 10 | BAL 28 | |
| 5 | BAL | Willie Richardson 21 yd pass from Johnny Unitas | 4 | 2 | 9 | NYJ 36 | |
| 6 | BAL | Tom Matte 19 yd run | 4 | 2 | 5 | BAL 44 | |
| BAL | John Mackey 19 yd pass from Earl Morrall | 1 | 1 | 10 | BAL 27 | ||
| 8 | BAL | Jimmy Orr 17 yd pass from Johnny Unitas | 4 | 4 | 10 | BAL 20 | |
| 9 | BAL | Willie Richardson 15 yd pass from Johnny Unitas | 4 | 2 | 10 | BAL 34 | |
| BAL | Tom Mitchell 15 yd pass from Earl Morrall | 1 | 3 | 13 | NYJ 34 |
New York Jets
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |||||
| Joe Namath | 17 | 28 | 206 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 83.3 | ||||||||||
| Matt Snell | 30 | 121 | 4.0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
| Emerson Boozer | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Mathis | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
| George Sauer | 8 | 133 | 16.6 | 0 | 39 | |||||||||||||
| Pete Lammons | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||||||||||
| Team | 17 | 29 | 206 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 80.5 | 43 | 142 | 3.3 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 206 | 12.1 | 0 | 39 |
Baltimore Colts
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |||||
| Johnny Unitas | 11 | 24 | 110 | 4.6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 42.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Earl Morrall | 6 | 17 | 71 | 4.2 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 9.3 | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Matte | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Jerry Hill | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Willie Richardson | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Orr | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| John Mackey | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Team | 17 | 41 | 181 | 4.4 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 15.4 | 23 | 143 | 6.2 | 1 | 58 | 17 | 181 | 10.6 | 0 | 30 |