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Why did the 1968 Baltimore Colts lose Super Bowl III?
Posted on 3/21/10 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 3/21/10 at 3:40 pm
I was watching America's Game on NFL network and I started thinking about the whatifs of great teams who didn't win it all. In actuality, the 1968 Colts were better than the Jets that year i mean they WERE. They probably woulda beaten them 9 out of 10 times if those same teams played. They were better than them at every position except QB(Joe Namath>Earl Morrall, despite Morrall's MVP season) but why?
How did everything go wrong for them? What do yall think?
How did everything go wrong for them? What do yall think?
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Posted on 3/21/10 at 3:42 pm to Gen Patton
You tell me. I was 13 years from even being born then.
Posted on 3/21/10 at 3:43 pm to Gen Patton
Interesting question, but I'm not even going to pretend to know the answer seeing as how that generation of football was way before my time. I would, however, like to hear theories from some from of our old-timers here in the MSB.
What was the deal with Earl Morrall and Johnny Unitas? Johnny is consistently in people's top 10 qbs of all time, but Earl isn't. How much differently would that game had played out if Unitas was qb?
What was the deal with Earl Morrall and Johnny Unitas? Johnny is consistently in people's top 10 qbs of all time, but Earl isn't. How much differently would that game had played out if Unitas was qb?
Posted on 3/21/10 at 3:46 pm to Meursault
Johnny Unitas was hurt most of the year so veteran backup Earl Morrall took over, won 1968 NFL MVP, and played in the NFL playoffs. Unitas got better by the end of the season, but Morrall was playing so well, that then-coach Don Shula kept him in for the NFL Title game and Super Bowl III. That was the situation
Posted on 3/21/10 at 3:50 pm to Gen Patton
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Johnny Unitas was hurt most of the year so veteran backup Earl Morrall took over, won 1968 NFL MVP, and played in the NFL playoffs. Unitas got better by the end of the season, but Morrall was playing so well, that then-coach Don Shula kept him in for the NFL Title game and Super Bowl III. That was the situation
I see. I guess in this situation Shula went with the "hot-hand". Although according to wikipedia Unitas came off the bench in the 4th qtr and scored a td. Did Earl Morrall choke?
Posted on 3/21/10 at 3:56 pm to Meursault
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I would, however, like to hear theories from some from of our old-timers here in the MSB.
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How much differently would that game had played out if Unitas was qb?
Before I was born but
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.?
Posted on 3/21/10 at 3:56 pm to Gen Patton
The NFL was supposedly so much better than the AFL. They had won the first two superbowls.
It just was not true. As was proven by teams to follow superbowl 3.
A good example was Superbowl 44 when the Saints were told they had no chance against the mighty colts. It just was a bunch of media propaganda nonsense.
It just was not true. As was proven by teams to follow superbowl 3.
A good example was Superbowl 44 when the Saints were told they had no chance against the mighty colts. It just was a bunch of media propaganda nonsense.
Posted on 3/21/10 at 3:59 pm to Saint Slidell
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A good example was Superbowl 44 when the Saints were told they had no chance against the mighty colts. It just was a bunch of media propaganda nonsense.
I like it, but I'm not sure if today's NFC v AFC argument is anything compared to the old NFL/AFL rivalry of the 60s.
I could be wrong though.
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:21 pm to Meursault
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I would, however, like to hear theories from some from of our old-timers here in the MSB.
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.
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:22 pm to dukke v
FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE FOR HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:24 pm to lsu31always
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FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE FOR HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
HUH??????
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:24 pm to Gen Patton
because they didn't score more points
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:30 pm to dukke v
It's pretty simple. Earl Morrall threw the game.
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:32 pm to Bench McElroy
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It's pretty simple. Earl Morrall threw the game.
No he didn't.
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:42 pm to Bench McElroy
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It's pretty simple. Earl Morrall threw the game.
Blown opportunities and Joe Namath didn't play like everyone expected him to play. He wasn't a gunslinger but a game manager that day.
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:43 pm to Gen Patton
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:45 pm to dukke v
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How did everything go wrong for them? What do yall think?
...Bubba Smith, Colt defensive lineman said he thought "game was thrown".....
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:46 pm to Indiana Tiger
All the more reason why the fix was in.
Posted on 3/21/10 at 4:52 pm to Bench McElroy
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All the more reason why the fix was in.
The game was NOT FIXED!!!!!!
Posted on 3/21/10 at 5:05 pm to dukke v
Football great Bubba Smith, who played for the Colts in Super Bowl III, wrote in his autobiography that the game had been "set up" for the Jets in order to boost the AFL's credibility.
In a later Playboy interview, Smith elaborated, "That Super Bowl game, which we lost by nine points, was the critical year. The game just seemed odd to me. Everything was out of place. I tried to rationalize that our coach, Don Shula, got out-coached, but that wasn't the case. I don't know if any of my teammates were in on the fix."
Bubba Smith and Hal DeWindt. Kill Bubba, Kill! (Wallaby, 1983). p. 130.
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