Top 12 most shocking Super Bowl moments

By Jeffery Reynolds | Jan 28, 2015

Jan 26, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; A general view of the Super Bowl XLIX signage at the entrance of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix in advance of Super Bowl XLIX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

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Broadway Joe and The New York Jets Engineer the Biggest Upset in Super Bowl History

This was the first AFL-NFL Championship game to bear the official name, Super Bowl. It was expected to be more of the same from the first two years – the NFL had dominated the AFL, and was still considered to be the far superior league. Nobody thought that the AFL had caught up to the talent level of the NFL yet, despite the merger now being 4 years old.

The Colts were favored in the game by 18 points, but nobody counted on the brash young quarterback from this upstart Jets team to do what he did.

Joe Namath didn’t just pull out a victory. Joe Namath told the world the Jets were going to beat the Colts, he led the Jets to the shocking domination, and he bathed in the glory of the upset. It was a touchstone moment that changed the newly merged NFL forever.

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