Jets at Bills 1965 highlights

[Chandler#81]

Perhaps the finest video from an AFL regular season game. Rookie Joe Namath’s 1st start as the Bills are on their way to a repeat title. 
Worth the watch’

 

[PonyBoy]

Lol!! The Jet's new $400,000 a year rookie QB Joe Namath.

To put that in perspective now, Caleb Williams made about $580,000 per game as a rookie QB. 

[Stranded in Boston]

Thanks, Chan. That was (just a tad) before I was aware of the Bills, but did anyone in Buffalo actually refer to Jack Kemp as "Jackie" back then, or was that just a highlight-reel thing?

Also, my brothers and I sure didn't care for Joe Namath back in the day (with his shaving cream and panty-hose commercials and all that, LOL), but I have to admit -- he did throw a nice ball.

[Chandler#81]

44 minutes ago, Stranded in Boston said:

Thanks, Chan. That was (just a tad) before I was aware of the Bills, but did anyone in Buffalo actually refer to Jack Kemp as "Jackie" back then, or was that just a highlight-reel thing?

Also, my brothers and I sure didn't care for Joe Namath back in the day (with his shaving cream and panty-hose commercials and all that, LOL), but I have to admit -- he did throw a nice ball.

Yes. It was common as he went by Jackie as a scrub in the NFL his first couple years. (Giants and Steelers)

[Watching since 1964]

Thanks for posting.🙂

[RobbRiddick]

Love the innocence of this. "Our slow motion camera capturing the action!"

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 minute ago, RobbRiddick said:

Love the innocence of this. "Our slow motion camera capturing the action!"

Still faster than Keon? 🤔

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I know, I'm going to Hell. 🙁

[US Egg]

Again, the red stripe refs. Got to have them back for a retro AFL game.

[dave mcbride]

It’s really clear to me from this that Namath had a great arm.

[Chandler#81]

Worth noting from this game, Duby broke his leg on that TD pass in the end zone. The next week, we lost Bass for the season as well. Eddie R would start and we traded for Bo Roberson from Oakland and still repeated as champs.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, Chandler#81 said:

Worth noting from this game, Duby broke his leg on that TD pass in the end zone. The next week, we lost Bass for the season as well. Eddie R would start and we traded for Bo Roberson from Oakland and still repeated as champs.

"Mr. Wilson, have someone call an ambulance!  We have to get Elby to a hospital!"

Ralph: "Do you know what those things cost?!  Have the assistant equipment manager take him in his car.  And tell him to park on the street...I am not paying to park in the ramp!"

Edited 2 hours ago by Ridgewaycynic2013

[PromoTheRobot]

3 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Worth noting from this game, Duby broke his leg on that TD pass in the end zone. The next week, we lost Bass for the season as well. Eddie R would start and we traded for Bo Roberson from Oakland and still repeated as champs.

 

It looked like something happened on that catch.

2 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

"Mr. Wilson, have someone call an ambulance!  We have to get Elby to a hospital!"

Ralph: "Do you know what those things cost?!  Have the assistant equipment manager take him in his car.  And tell him to park on the street...I am not paying to park in the ramp!"

Ralph is cheap.