The 4000 Yard Passing Season Joe Namath Will Never Forget | Undeniable with Joe Buck

[@marktretter4928]

Living in Pennsylvania, I’ve been blessed by the great quarterbacks that have come from this state. Unitas, Namath, Montana, Marino, Kelly just to name a few(greats).

[@jgrey8959]

I think he had more fun than anybody in NFL history, and I hope he still does.

[@dennishanes2165]

Talked about the passing yards by listing the receivers… 😊

[@67marlins]

Class.

[@JohnPassio]

My favorite child football star. He was cool, tough and very talented

[@thomasboller9861]

Joe makes me proud to say I’m from Beaver Falls, PA. Being from Beaver Falls, I can understand how he thinks and his experiences growing up there.

[@davidluckens3479]

I recall the Guaranteed Super Bowl win-"great memory" ,for sure.

[@razony]

Yup.

[@jeffsilverman6104]

Classy, wise, talented Joe Namath.

[@extanegautham8950]

what a great story teller! and so much kindness. i had him in my taxi in nyc when i was only 21, and he gave me the biggest smile when i looked in the rear view and noticed it was him. never forget it. almost like mickey mantle

[@scottweisel3640]

I know people say Namath’s career was “overrated” and some say he shouldn’t be in the HOF, but what he did for the sport is undeniable. I wasn’t really football aware when he was in his prime and remembered him more for his forays as a color analyst for different networks in the 70’s. I knew he had gone to Alabama and assumed he was from that state, and he was speaking with an Alabama accent. I grew in PA and never knew anyone who talked like that. About ten years ago my company hired a guy who was raised in Beaver Falls who I had to work with from time to time. I always thought I was talking to Joe Namath when I was with him. He talked and sounded exactly like Namath.

[@eac1235]

Lol. It's called the press!!!! They treated him the same way they did Ali. The came up with a narrative and made the stories bigger than they should have been.

[@MagSeven7]

I grew up a NY Giants fan but was fortunate enough to see Namath play a few times and always rooted for him. He was what every single guy wanted to be back then! This is a guy who said "I like my Johnny Walker red and my women blonde"! To this day, I still feel the Jets winning SBIII was the biggest upset and game in NFL history. It changed football forever. And just think, he threw for over 4,000 yards in 1967! Some teams didn't reach 2,000 back then! Seeing him in person I still say nobody could throw like Namath.

[@atchafalaya2835]

When I was a little kid Namath and the Jets played the Saints in a preseason game in Tiger stadium. We were sitting low and to this day watching Joe warm up remains one of the most impressive things I can remember. He would flip his wrist and throw the ball perfect over and over to receivers running down the sideline. He threw 50 yards without effort and perfectly to the receiver. During recess at elementary school I didn't know a kid that could throw over 15 yards.

[@amendola]

He threw a beautiful pass.Too bad it was often to players on the other team

[@razony]

During this super bowl. I wore a Namath Jets Jersey. My stepfather wore a Colt Jersey. He never forgave me. I was 9.

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

My Man, BROADWAY JOE 🏈😎

[@JK-br1mu]

The note is off by 1 year....the Jets won the 1969 Super Bowl, which followed the 1968 season.

[@drobson8004]

So arrogantly humble. Still playful; so nice to see.

[@deboisblanc]

Joe and Pete Maravich were by sports heroes when I was in high school

[@jaykay6387]

That was probably the most important game to ever take place in NFL history. It gave the AFL legitimacy. I wouldn't say that the upset was as big as the US beating the Russians in the 80 Olympics, but it was pretty darn close. Nobody in their right mind thought the Jets had a chance to win that game. And Namath's "guarantee" was a gigantic story, that's all anybody was talking about. Even today, most athletes give the media the plain "vanilla" cliched answer when asked about a game, they don't issue "guarantees". Namath was bigger than life back then and became a legend by saying something outrageous and then backing it up. He was "Broadway Joe" for a reason.

[@jamesanthony5681]

At least one of those Colt players still couldn't believe it. Bubba Smith went for years saying the game was rigged and set up for the Jets to win. Baltimore was overconfident.

[@audition8170]

Still remember watching SB3 on our RCA25" COLOR tv, lol

[@alanm2842]

you were lucky to have color then.

[@eac1235]

​@@alanm2842 just over one 1/3 of all tvs in America were color in 69...by 72 it was 50 percent. Not really luck ,just market penetration.

[@eac1235]

@alanm2842 Almost 40 percent of the country had color TV in 69. It didn't really take alot of luck. Lol

[@proudbirther1998]

"once is enough when it's so good!" Like Love!!

[@everettfarr8036]

Bear Bryant said Joe Namath was the best athlete he ever coached.

[@renaissanceman8564]

Having fun wins the game. Thanks Joe

[@illest-]

He should've did the men's warehouse commercial "I guarantee it" 😂😂😂

[@Apple_Teck]

Some injuries can be debilitating, and some just hurt. -Joe “Broadway” Namath

[@eugeneenegue3648]

Seeing my green and white Joe Namath football and Vic Hadfield hockey stick under the Christmas tree was a memory I'll never forget.

[@rmondave]

I went to Namath Football camp in Dudley MA back in 1974. Joe was there on the final day of the week, and shook hands with many of us. Great leader, clutch player, but SB was really won by the Jets defensive play.

[@tomasgarcia1229]

I think Joe definitely deserves 2 b in the HOF because of the 'guarantee' and then playing like a champ 2 back it up. In 1967 he threw 4 over 4000 yards in a 14 game regular season which was simply unheard of..He had the quickest release of anyone to ever play the game where u could actually hear the sound of the ball when he released it!! Give Joe and the Jets their due.. They earned it.😮

[@eac1235]

I guess you never watched Staubach, Bradshaw, Marino, Elway .......

[@PaulParsons-sl5tc]

Growing up on Long Island New York in the early 1970's, we all wanted to be Joe Namath.

[@blucheer8743]

Joe was Pittsburgh tough!! The pride of beaver falls!! Best I ever seen play the game I’ve seen them all from Unitas to now

[@tonymo6986]

Best Namath interview

[@JohnPassio]

Broadway Joe, one of the best Quarterbacks in the history of professional football

[@eac1235]

Any QB who's completion rate is 50.1 and 220 INTERCEPTIONS to 173 TDs is not ,nor will ever be anywhere near the greatest.

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@eac1235 Don't compare those numbers to today's QB"s. None of Namath's contemporaries have numbers that approach todays QB's. Rule changes starting since the late '70's have made that happen.

[@robmills7611]

My first and still my all time favorite! What a lot of people don't know is that Joe entered the NFL seriously injured already and was NEVER 100% healthy in his whole career but in High School and early years at Alabama he was a PHENOMENAL all around athlete and a star Football, Basketball and Baseball player and got Big League offers in Highschool! Before his first knee injury at Alabama he was an incredible runner as well as a passer! If Joe Namath had access to the type of surgeries that they have now his numbers and probably championships would have been OFF THE CHARTS!!!!

[@terriholliday8038]

Very True!

[@irafowlerjr.7492]

Wonderful ❤

[@billp5656]

Joe played when offensive linemen couldn’t use their hands. He took a lot of hits

[@jamesanthony5681]

Good point. I think that changed in 1978, and a succession of other rule changes have enabled today's QB's to put up numbers that make Namath's 4,000+ yard season look average by comparison.

[@projoebiochem]

I can’t imagine how good he might have been if he had been able to play in the NFL on two good legs. I was just a little bit young to remember his 4000 yard season and this Super Bowl performance. I only remember him when his legs were so bad that you wondered how he even got to the huddle, let alone played.

[@leroymorris6036]

My favorite guy in NFL History not just because of his performance but his can do attitude.

[@leroymorris6036]

Joe Montana best after him!

[@eac1235]

​@@leroymorris6036Best after Namath????? What type of glue are sniffing???? Namath couldn't carry Montana's jock strap!

[@wowster-so8sx]

Total Badass

[@Rob-eo5ql]

So true. 50 some Super Bowls and the most legendary imo are SB III & 85 Bears.

[@it1988a]

The coolest sports figure in hostory!

[@johnfriel-uj2zs]

Broadway Joe Greatest Of All Time In A Dangerous Times For Quarterbacks.😊

[@ecast1500]

Mr. Namath was the most influential player in NFL history, The NFL will never allow a character like Joe to play again.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Why? Because of the goatee?

[@jamezkpal2361]

This entire interview is frustrating to me. I had the opportunity to interview Joe Namath in 1980 for my college newspaper. He was touring colleges as the lead in a stage production of Li'l Abner. I kept trying to ask him questions about his football career, and he only wanted to talk about the show. I did get him to relate the Notre Dame story, but my editor removed it from the article.

[@milojanis4901]

If Namath had played 17 games per season, under todays rules, theyd need to make more rules!!

[@napoliansolo7865]

Before that game the AFL was considered second rate. Joe showed it's all about the game and how you played.

[@ShoehornBundy]

When the quarterback throws the ball 2 yards and the receiver runs 98 yards, the quarterback should only have 2 passing yards. Not 100 yards.

[@rolandnelson6722]

Is that how the measure it? Yards thrown plus run. Crazy. Why have categories if they are nonsensical?

[@cliftonjarvis8010]

Why

[@ANGELINA5461]

I do an agree with that. There should be a stat category indicating that.

[@dukeford8893]

@@ANGELINA5461 They do. It's called "Yards After Catch" (YAC).

[@travj5940]

There are a lot of pundits who say that Namath was overrated, they're wrong. You had to watch him to know how tough and good he really was. Plus, who else could party all night, winds up with a couple woman and throw for 400 yards the next day.

[@dcherson]

One fact that I came to realize in the past several years was that the AFL's sole goal was to integrate all of their teams into the NFL. There really was never any intent to continue as a separate league. Hell by the time of SB III it was already a done deal. Two super bowls had been played and the merger was being negotiated to the point where they were to have a joint draft that year. Another irony was that Weeb Eubanks had been the Colts coach prior to coaching the Jets.

[@craigpierce7996]

That big year, didn't Joe have a nickname like Air Force Joe or something? Joe was a force!

[@edinmiami5909]

The Jets one and only "Glory Season." Who really made it happen, besides Joe Namath? I think it was the late David "Sonny" Werblin who put this great team together.

[@seveglider8406]

If Namath played in todays NFL, He would pass for 6,000 yards every season!

[@dstorm7752]

Joe Buck is too young to understand, but many boys were drafted out of grad school and law school in 1967 and sent to Vietnam. Everyone likes Namath, but how did he dodge the draft as a good athlete?

[@leestamm3187]

A team of Army doctors, including orthopedic surgeons, determined that the cartilage damage to his right knee was enough to rate a 4-F draft status. He could play pro football, where the team doctor and trainers were on hand to treat him if his knee went out. That kind of onsite assistance wasn't available to grunts out in the bush in Vietnam, which factored in their decision. Draft physicals usually considered those kind of leg injuries sufficient for 4-F status. I knew some guys who ate their way to obesity to make 4-F.

[@eac1235]

​@@leestamm3187Yeah ,lol. Real convenient huh??

[@markrouse2416]

The Jets had John Riggins at RB when Namath started his career.

[@JuanAlmonte-rf7xk]

Riggins came later after they won the SB

[@jamesanthony5681]

"...we were throwing that rock downfield.."

[@johncox1570]

If they had the orthotech back then to keep his knees repaired ,just imagine . Kind of same about Marino

[@HigherPowerWorldWide]

A great football team from when Football was violent. He was not playing touch or flag football.

[@eac1235]

Let one of today's middle linebackers break through the line and hit Joe, he'd be spitting out his lungs.

[@RB12377]

Only real season he threw how many picks that year?

[@ruhlworth]

The kicker, Jim Turner, played a big part in beating the Colts. Unfortunately, he rarely gets mentioned.

[@marktait2371]

agree when you see the old highlight reel turners was a big difference in the game didnt miss in a tight game same the hoss giants vs bills if he didnt turn and tuck the ball for a safety in the endzone bruce smith recovers td game over right then no small feat i played alot of basketball with him school hoss kept them in the game on that play and gave the giants a chance to comeback second half

[@jamesanthony5681]

The game was actually quite boring, as I remember it. Except the end with Joe waving his finger that the Jets were no. 1.

[@JohnSiggins-o1s]

Suzi come on over and give Uncle Joe a kiss!

[@tomb4575]

There are athletes that may not be the best who's career stats have long been eclipsed by others but who where the right athlete at the right time especially in the television era but every athlete today who is making a kings ransom players like Arnold Palmer in golf, Jimmy Connors in the 1970's and Joe Namath.

[@davidbordonaro1631]

1qb to pass for 3000 yds , 4000 and 500yds in a season are ALL from western Pennsylvania . Unitas , Namath and Marino

[@likestech1873]

The Jets’ only time in the sun. 55 years ago. Joe didn’t mention that he made a deal with the Devil to win Super Bowl III, and now we can guess what the price was.

[@frmerrin2]

🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡

[@eac1235]

The butt fumble was in the sun!!! Lol

[@razony]

My first super bowl I watched. Colts were a shoe in to win... Jets didn't get that message.

[@SouthernGreyShark]

Let's be honest, Namath was a mixed bag as a QB. Even for that era, he had a very low completion percentage and threw a lot of interceptions. He only had two winning seasons in his career. But give the man his due, he played great in the '68 AFL title game. The biggest thing he did in the SB was not turn the ball over. He let Snell and his running game control the Colts great defense and the Jets D was outstanding that day. Personally I don't feel he belongs in the HOF but I do understand the significance of that SB win.

[@jonberry5816]

Let's be honest. You can't fathom the context, Skippy. GFO. Joe is IN and you don't have a say.

[@SouthernGreyShark]

@@jonberry5816 You seem nice.

[@jonberry5816]

And you seem smart. Now we're both being ironical.@@SouthernGreyShark

[@eac1235]

That SB was fixed!!! How the hell does Earl Morral throw THREE freaking goal line interceptions?????

[@eac1235]

​@@SouthernGreySharkNo he's another baby boomer delusional fan.

[@georgesouthwick7000]

I believe Namath is the only NFL quarterback in the Hall of Fame that has more interceptions than TD passes. If he played anywhere other than New York, where the press built him up so much, he would have never gotten in.

[@goblinzl1]

not even close. theres a few QBs in the HOF with more int. than TDs. it was a different era.

[@goblinzl1]

@User39. yup lucky to throw for 4000 yds and lucky to get mvp rookie of the yr. and win a SB.

[@sammylacks4937]

He had to be a star QB at least early in his career. He started at Alabama for Coach Bryant. Roll Tide

[@milojanis4901]

Lucky.....NOT!! If Namath played 17 games per season under today rules, theyd need to change the rules. He was WAY ahead of other QBs mentally. In high school, he called his own plays, NOT the coach! This is unusual in a college QB, never mind a schoolboy one. Dont forget he had knees as bad, or worse, than Mickey Mantle......

[@jonberry5816]

Bullshit, Junior. Quote stats. Joe changed professional football history. THAT's why he's in the Hall, and nobody questions it except NOOBS like you! Professor DUMBASS!!!

[@kemosabegt350geuss6]

My ultimate round of golf would be with Joe , Daly and Clinton. I laugh just thinking about it.

[@ScottRossProductions]

with today's "no touch" rules on QBs, namath would have played 20 years. had brady played in joe's time, i'd give him two months... (maybe a touch of hyperbole, but you know what i mean...)

[@harmonbrentdm]

There are a lot of Colts fan who still believe that there was a fix in Super Bowl 3. Nah your team just didn't play really well and there was a lot of mistakes that colts made in that game.

[@MichaelForte-jn5pn]

The game was not fixed.....the Jets were the better team...period..

[@harmonbrentdm]

@@MichaelForte-jn5pn Oh no doubt about it. I have seen the game on KZbin and Colts made a lot of mistakes in that game and hardly made any adjustments.

[@eac1235]

It was FIXED!! Go read Interference by Dan Moldea and The Fix is In, Larceny Games, The Fix is Still In by Brian Touhy.

[@harmonbrentdm]

@@eac1235 BS

[@eac1235]

Believe what you will. The FBI has hundreds of pages of documents that indicate something wasn't on the level in SB 3. FYI and partly off subject, over 100 billion dollars are gambled illegally on American sports every year and the NFL is the most wagered sport. Do you really believe that no money ever goes to players,refs or league officials? If so ,I have oceanfront in Arizona I'd love to sell you. In his own book written with Dick Schaap he tells how to throw a game and make it look like it's not the QBs fault. I guess it's all BS and sports is a "warm and fuzzy" and there is NO corruption and everything is legit. Like the Cheatriots never did anything wrong?? Lol

[@wowster-so8sx]

Only NFL QB to come out in the Brady Bunch

[@jeffholt3841]

3 was rigged...it's amazing how Joe can hold the poker face...it was a business decision to combine the leagues

[@Golfzilla70]

The younger generation today has no idea what QB talent really is. About 100% of them would take just about anybody playing today over Broadway Joe, and that's a real shame.

[@eac1235]

Lol. Go read about how the great Namath talks about how to fix games as a qb. This guy grew up running numbers for the Italian Mafia. You can read about it in the book Interference by Dan Moldea. The FBI has hundreds of pages of documents on Namath, Dawson ,Karras and Hornung because of their gambling activities and involvement with organized crime. Now for stats 173 TDs , 220 INTERCEPTIONS, 50.1 percent completion rate, 65.5 passer rating and 27,000 yards. The most overrated QB in history with Sonny Jurgenson a close second!!! Neither deserves to be in the HOF. If they are in Ken Anderson and Testaverde should be in the HOF. There are at minimum 50 qbs I'd take over Namath. The only reason he's in the HOF is for winning what was at worst a fixed super bowl and at best a manipulated super bowl. As far as my generation I grew up cheering for the 70s Steelers and yes I'd take Bradshaw, Staubach, Greise or Archie Manning over Namath.

[@eac1235]

Lol!!! Most overrated QB in NFL history. 27,000 yards, 50.1 percent completion rate, 65.5 QB rating, 170 TDs and 220 INTERCEPTIONS!!! Along with the fact he more than likely threw games and helped to shave points. He even writes about it in his own book!!! He vividly describes how to throw a game and make it look like its on someone else. Read Dan Moldea's book Interference.

[@strocher33]

Buck talks too much. Sheesh

[@chrisselfridge9841]

I think Namath is one of the most overrated QBs in history. Too many ints.

[@likestech1873]

In the first Super Bowl to give the AFL some credibility, in what is still the greatest upset in NFL history, I think Joe Namath was the only quarterback in the league that could have beaten the 1968 Colts. And he made the only Guarantee that ever counted in sports, because nobody believed him. That is Hall of Fame stuff for sure. So, I don’t think he was overrated. I was a Colts fan, and a big Johnny Unitas fan (and Earl Morrall too) at the time. And that game still hurts a bit.

[@chrisselfridge9841]

@likestech1873 That could have very easily gone the other way and they lose. It just worked out in his favor and being in New York helped. The worst player in the HOF.

[@likestech1873]

@@chrisselfridge9841 You’re missing the point. They were 17 point underdogs against a rival league and he guaranteed the victory and did it. We wouldn’t be talking about it if he had lost. He was the first player to pass for 4,000 yards, and in a 14 game season, and it changed the game. Anyway, I know you don’t think his career was HOF material, but you got outvoted.

[@jonberry5816]

You don't know SHIT.

[@doug3819]

​@@likestech1873In 68 I was 10 yrs old we were NFL all the way once our team, browns were not playing we were for the colts all the way. Unitas, Tom matte, if I remember Mike Mansfield the old school guys. We had one kid that wanted the jets in our entire neighborhood, once the jets won we were devastated. As a old guy I like old Joe, but as kids and teenagers we hated him ! The old days were the best !

[@tomsauer3830]

Alabama had the two coolest QB's ever, Namath and Stabler.