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re: Why did the 1968 Baltimore Colts lose Super Bowl III?
Posted on 3/21/10 at 5:09 pm to Gen Patton
Posted on 3/21/10 at 5:09 pm to Gen Patton
In 1968 the Jets coaches showed the videos of the Balt offense. The reaction was "OMG, this is going to be easy...they're crap."
They were right. The Jets defense won the game.
They were right. The Jets defense won the game.
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Posted on 3/21/10 at 5:28 pm to Zach
Colt WR Jimmy Orr was open.
More open, maybe, then anyone in NFL history.
"Jimmy," Morrall told Orr some 20 years after the fact, "I just didn't see you."
Everybody else did.
The Colts, 18-point favorites, trailed Super Bowl III against Joe Namath and the New York Jets 7-0 late in the first half. Next to nothing had gone right for the NFL champion, and the super-underdog AFLers -- who had no business being on the same field, or so they'd been told -- were growing more confident with each snap.
The play was called, simply, "Flea-Flicker." Running back Tom Matte took a handoff and ran to his right, in front of a pulling offensive line, to feign a sweep. Instead of turning upfield, he wheeled and threw back to Morrall, who drifted to his left and whose first read was to Orr.
"I've looked at the film many times," said Orr, now 74 and a retired 12-handicap in the gorgeous golf resort town of St. Simon Island, Ga. "Still can't figure it out.
Orr's keys on the play were simple. If the zone stayed home, he was to break his route inside. If it rolled toward the run-fake action, he was to bust straight upfield.
Sure enough, the Jets bit and Orr busted.
"Thirty-seven yards downfield," Orr recalled. "No one near me. All by myself."
Alone. In the end zone.
Morrall got the throwback from Matte and appeared to first look in Orr's direction, but then looked away. Morrall, apparently, lost sight of Orr, possibly (or as legend might have it) because the blue-uniformed Colts marching band was congregated behind the end zone and unintentionally masked the receiver from his quarterback.
Instead, Morrall lobbed a pass down the middle of the field for Jerry Hill, who ran a post route from the opposite side. The ball was underthrown and Jets safety Jimmy Hudson intercepted at the New York 12 -- the third Morrall interception of the half -- and torpedoed any chance of the Colts taking momentum into the locker room.
LINK
....very strange..suspicious ?!
More open, maybe, then anyone in NFL history.
"Jimmy," Morrall told Orr some 20 years after the fact, "I just didn't see you."
Everybody else did.
The Colts, 18-point favorites, trailed Super Bowl III against Joe Namath and the New York Jets 7-0 late in the first half. Next to nothing had gone right for the NFL champion, and the super-underdog AFLers -- who had no business being on the same field, or so they'd been told -- were growing more confident with each snap.
The play was called, simply, "Flea-Flicker." Running back Tom Matte took a handoff and ran to his right, in front of a pulling offensive line, to feign a sweep. Instead of turning upfield, he wheeled and threw back to Morrall, who drifted to his left and whose first read was to Orr.
"I've looked at the film many times," said Orr, now 74 and a retired 12-handicap in the gorgeous golf resort town of St. Simon Island, Ga. "Still can't figure it out.
Orr's keys on the play were simple. If the zone stayed home, he was to break his route inside. If it rolled toward the run-fake action, he was to bust straight upfield.
Sure enough, the Jets bit and Orr busted.
"Thirty-seven yards downfield," Orr recalled. "No one near me. All by myself."
Alone. In the end zone.
Morrall got the throwback from Matte and appeared to first look in Orr's direction, but then looked away. Morrall, apparently, lost sight of Orr, possibly (or as legend might have it) because the blue-uniformed Colts marching band was congregated behind the end zone and unintentionally masked the receiver from his quarterback.
Instead, Morrall lobbed a pass down the middle of the field for Jerry Hill, who ran a post route from the opposite side. The ball was underthrown and Jets safety Jimmy Hudson intercepted at the New York 12 -- the third Morrall interception of the half -- and torpedoed any chance of the Colts taking momentum into the locker room.
LINK
....very strange..suspicious ?!
This post was edited on 3/21/10 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 3/22/10 at 12:54 pm to spinoza
The Colts should have gone out there and proved they were superior, bc they truly were. 13-1 in the NFL and beat Cleveland 34-0 in the title game. CMON!!! They made mistakes, stupid mistakes, and gave the Jets confidence. The defense was lucky bc the execution was just unorthodox.
Posted on 3/22/10 at 12:57 pm to Gen Patton
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Why did the 1968 Baltimore Colts lose Super Bowl III?
Earl Morral didn't see a wide open Jimmy Orr on a flea flicker late in the first half. He threw it underneath to Tom Matte and it was picked off. If he sees Orr the Colts would have had momentum going into the second half and probably would have won.
Posted on 3/22/10 at 5:03 pm to glassman
Bubba Smith is just pussy hurt if he's trying to spin that "thrown game" shite.
The Jets defense was #1 in the AFL, and AFL defenses where ahead of the curve compared to one's in the NFL.
They got beat, they weren't better, the media blowing smoke up the Colts' arse calling them the greatest team ever got them believing it.
The Jets defense was #1 in the AFL, and AFL defenses where ahead of the curve compared to one's in the NFL.
They got beat, they weren't better, the media blowing smoke up the Colts' arse calling them the greatest team ever got them believing it.
Posted on 3/22/10 at 5:26 pm to spinoza
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....very strange..suspicious ?!
....only to idiots who believe in conspiracies.
Posted on 3/23/10 at 12:40 pm to MagillaGuerilla
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the media blowing smoke up the Colts' arse calling them the greatest team ever got them believing it.
When you beat Cleveland with Leroy Kelly in the NFL title game 34-0 and IN THE SNOWY AND RAINY conditions of Cleveland in winter, maybe you should be called that. Also they did finish 13-1.
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The Jets defense was #1 in the AFL, and AFL defenses where ahead of the curve compared to one's in the NFL.
If AFL defenses were so great, then why did they give up 35 and 33 points to the Packers in the first two Super Bowls?
Posted on 3/23/10 at 3:00 pm to dukke v
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There was a reason that the Jets beat the Colts. Times were changed that day. It was called SPEED and great blocking. The Colts didn't know what hit them. George Sauer was AWESOME. The Jets D was so much faster than the Colts O it was unreal.
How old are you really? Are you like 55 years old and putting out messages in all caps?
Posted on 3/23/10 at 3:20 pm to Gen Patton
Jets played inspired football and Matt Snell ran right over thier arse.
Posted on 3/23/10 at 4:01 pm to bomber77
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Unitas did come in to that game, he threw a TD. If he was healthy and wins that game does Don Shula ever leave the Colts? And if not do the Colts ever leave Balt.?
I think a healthy Unitas would've made a difference in the game. As far as the Colts leaving Baltimore...that loss had nothing to do with it. The Colts won the big game 2 years later by beating the Cowboys. The team moving was all about money and was done by a new owner. Robert Irsay didn't buy the Colts until '72. Money rules...everybody knows that.
Posted on 3/23/10 at 4:12 pm to oompaw
John Elway refusing to play for Frank Kush had a much bigger impact on the Colts leaving than a championship game that was played 15 years before. Also, the Colts fans refusing to show up and put money in Bob Irsay's pocket along with stadium problems played major roles as well. Also, Don Shula would have left sooner or later. He wouldn't have put up with Irsay's meddling for very long.
Posted on 3/23/10 at 6:35 pm to Gen Patton
Same reason all upsets happen.
Colts played poorly that day and Jets played the best game of their lives.
Colts played poorly that day and Jets played the best game of their lives.
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