File Under: Joe Namath, Paul Brown, Cincinnati Bengals, 1968 season, Babe Parilli, Paul Robinson
10/25 — This is the 13th in a series of Radar entries on the 16 games of the Jets' 1968 Super Bowl III season:
Sunday, Dec. 8, 1968
Shea Stadium, New York (61,111)
The Jets tallied three times on passes, two from Joe Namath and one from Babe Parilli, in winning their 10th game. Cincinnati's Paul Robinson managed 33 yards in 26 carries to finish the season with 1,023 yards, the first true rookie to reach 1,000 yards in AFL history. Robinson also scored one of the Bengals' first touchdown. (Rookie in CAPS below.)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Tot | |
| Cincinnati Bengals (3-11) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| JETS (10-3) | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Play |
| 1 | NYJ | George Sauer 10 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) |
| 1 | NYJ | Don Maynard 12 pass from Namath (J.Turner kick) |
| 2 | CIN | PAUL ROBINSON 14 run (Rod Sherman kick) |
| 2 | NYJ | J.Turner 35 FG |
| 3 | NYJ | J.Turner 22 FG |
| 4 | CIN | Jim Griffin end zone fumble recovery (Sherman kick) |
| 4 | NYJ | Bake Turner 34 pass from Parilli (J.Turner kick) |
Game Trivia
■ This was the quickest to 10 wins for the first 26 seasons of franchise history, or until the 1986 team won 10 of its first 11. The '68 and '86 teams are the fastest Jets teams to double-digit wins to this day.
■ Namath's last extensive action of the regular season produced first-quarter TD passes to — who else? — Sauer and Maynard to produce the Jets' largest first-quarter lead of the season.
■ Rookie QB Dewey Warren made the fourth and last start of his short NFL career, and the game plan was conservative as Warren threw seven passes and completed three for 58 yards
Quote-Unquote
RB Bill Mathis: “A buddy of mine was part of the Bengals ownership group. I had met him through people who owned the Yellow Pages out of Dayton, Ohio. We were good friends and I used to travel with him on his boat. He had a yacht and we used it all the time. We went all over Europe and Paris and Rome.”
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Bengals head coach Paul Brown: “Namath was magnificent. He has such a finely controlled spin on the ball that he can throw it into the gusts. Most quarterbacks can’t.”
Drew Said:
Sat, October 25, 2008 - 8:59pm EDT"You have to admit Mikey Ex. You do disrespect this team alot. I laughed myself when I read your disrespect post."
MikeMc Said:
Sun, October 26, 2008 - 10:25am EDT"Mikethe Ex , your not a fan , your call name says it all. You've attached your legacy with the jets and your angry because their shortcomings have in turn reflected negatively on your social standing. I don't care about the majority of negative nancy's, all I care about is 3 hrs of rooting for my team. I'm a winner because I enjoy the game experience jet win or loss.Our time will come."
mike ex jet fan Said:
Sun, October 26, 2008 - 11:03am EDT"Drew.. I know what u mean about Laughing... The whole country is laughing at us, U must be very proud ... "
mike ex jet fan Said:
Sat, October 25, 2008 - 11:08am EDT"Have to say something very puzzling about this team & organization from top 2 bottom ... With all the disrespect they get from from major networks sportscasters commentators & any1 who ever picked up a pen or opened there mouths ..You'd think self respect would take over & say not taking it anymore...I know the caliber of players we have, took that initiative we'd be much much better .Puzzling"
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