<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Sports History Today</title> <atom:link href="http://www.sportshistorytoday.com/tag/colts/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>http://www.sportshistorytoday.com</link> <description>Get Your Sports History Fix Here!</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 18:01:10 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title>Joe Namath Leads Jets in Super Bowl III – January 12, 1969</title> <link>http://www.sportshistorytoday.com/joe-namath-leads-jets-super-bowl-iii-january-12-1969/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Football]]></category> <category><![CDATA[colts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[joe namath]]></category> <category><![CDATA[super bowl]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportshistorytoday.com/?p=4554</guid> <description><![CDATA[A solid case can be made that the modern era of professional football began when the New York Jets, led by Joe Namath, defeated the Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><iframe title="New York Jets vs Baltimore Colts 12 Januari 1969.FLV" width="500" height="375" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cCcMQoMdRJw?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>A solid case can be made that the modern era of professional football began when the New York Jets, led by Joe Namath, defeated the Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III.</p> <blockquote><p>So it is no surprise that hearing for nearly two weeks about how badly the Baltimore Colts were going to pummel his team from the supposedly inferior league did not sit well with Namath. Answering a Colts fan heckling him at the Miami Touchdown Club three days before the game, Namath finally snapped: “We’re gonna win the game. I guarantee it.” <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/super-bowl-iii-namath-jets-shock-baltimore-colts-16-7-article-1.1553628">Read more NY Daily News</a></p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>Namath, chosen the outstanding player, completed 17 of 28 passes for 206 yards and directed a steady attack that dominated the NFL champions after the Jets’ defense had intercepted Colts quarterback Earl Morrall three times in the first half. <a href="http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/recap/sbiii">Read more NFL.com<br /> </a></p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>The New York Jets exposed the myth of National Football League superiority over the “little league” as a colossal fraud today by inflicting a 16-7 disaster on the Baltimore Colts in the third Super Bowl game.Midnight struck for Cinderella quarterback Earl Morrall of the Colts and even Johnny Unitas could not deliver in the clutch. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/nfl/longterm/superbowl/stories/sb3.htm">Read more Washington Post</a></p></blockquote> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Drew Brees Breaks Unitas Record Consecutive TD Games – October 7, 2012</title> <link>http://www.sportshistorytoday.com/drew-brees-breaks-unitas-record-consecutive-td-games-october-7-2012/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2015 20:00:05 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Football]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Records and Milestones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[colts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drew brees]]></category> <category><![CDATA[johnny unitas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nfl record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[saints]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportshistorytoday.com/?p=4467</guid> <description><![CDATA[Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints is the current holder of the NFL record for the most consecutive games with a touchdown pass. His streak of 54 games started on October 26, 2008 and lasted until November 29, 2012. He broke Johnny Unitas's record of 47 games on October 7, 2012. Unitas's record stood for almost 50 years. He first set the record on December 6, 1958. At that time the record for most consecutive games with a touchdown pass was 24, but Unitas kept throwing touchdown passes, extending the record until it reached 47 games on December 4, 1960. ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CFM2ojcZuEk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints is the current holder of the NFL record for the most consecutive games with a touchdown pass. His streak of 54 games started on October 26, 2008 and lasted until November 29, 2012. He broke Johnny Unitas’s record of 47 games on October 7, 2012. Unitas’s record stood for almost 50 years. He first set the record on December 6, 1958. At that time the record for most consecutive games with a touchdown pass was 24, but Unitas kept throwing touchdown passes, extending the record until it reached 47 games on December 4, 1960. </p> <p>Brees’s streak coincided with a run by Tom Brady. On the day that Brees’s streak ended 54, Brady had thrown a touchdown in 43 consecutive games, but Brady’s streak ended at 52 games when he got shut out on October 6, 2013.</p> <figure id="attachment_4468" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4468" style="width: 302px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575056948&toolid=10001&campid=5337567068&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2047675.m570.l1313.TR2.TRC1.A0.H0.Xjohnny%2Bunitas%2B1958.TRS0%26_nkw%3Djohnny%2Bunitas%2B1958%26_sacat%3D0"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="http://www.sportshistorytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Johnny-Unitas-1958.jpg" alt="Johnny Unitas 1958 Autographed Card" width="302" height="423" class="size-full wp-image-4468" srcset="http://www.sportshistorytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Johnny-Unitas-1958.jpg 302w, http://www.sportshistorytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Johnny-Unitas-1958-214x300.jpg 214w" sizes="(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4468" class="wp-caption-text">Johnny Unitas 1958 Autographed Card<br />Click to see this and more Johnny Unitas 1958 Collectibls</figcaption></figure> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss> <!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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