Word: namath
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that looks like a lovers' embrace but turns out to be rigor mortis. Unless we're necrophiles, we'd better let go." Intoned Norman Mailer: "Somewhere, something incredible happened in history-the wrong guys won. We're heading for a conclusion that consists of Joey Namath grinning hungrily over the line at Earl Morrall...
...that he is a national football hero, there is talk of a new role for Joe Namath: as a Resistance fighter in a Hollywood film...
...turned out for the Jets, the role of the underdog has its psycho logical advantages. Besides, Namath's confidence was catching. By the time the Jets took the field they had more going for them than Joe's wide-open passing attack. Safetyman Jim Hudson wore his lucky red silk shorts. Fullback Matt Snell, a Methodist, wore a silver mezuzah sent to him by a Jewish friend...
Everything Worked. As quick on pass releases as a coiled spring, Namath repeatedly hit Split End George Sauer in the "seams" of the Colts' zone defense; he connected on 17 out of 28 passes for 206 yds. and no interceptions...
Calling about half of the plays at the line of scrimmage, he read Baltimore's tricky, shifting defense like an open book. In the second quarter, Namath put together a smooth and varied 80-yd. scoring drive sparked by Fullback Snell. Hammering again and again at the spongy right side of the Colts' line, the pile-driving Snell ground out 121 yds. in 30 carries. When Baltimore took to the air, the supposedly vulnerable Jet secondary seemed to be operating on radar. On four different occasions, the Colts penetrated to within scoring range only to be stopped...