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Almost certainly that game, the 1969 Super Bowl, was intentionally lost to the Jets for one of the biggest gambling payouts in the history of sports.
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The '''New York Jets''' are a [[National Football League]] ([[NFL]]) team based in [[East Rutherford]], [[New Jersey]]. They are members of the [[American Football Conference]] (AFC) East Division.
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The '''New York Jets''' are a [[National Football League]] ([[NFL]]) team based in East Rutherford, [[New Jersey]]. They are members of the [[American Football Conference]] (AFC) East Division.
    
==History and League Success==
 
==History and League Success==
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After playing on Long Island, the team relocated to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1984.  They share the stadium with the [[New York Giants]], which until 2020 (when the recently-relocated [[Los Angeles Chargers]] and [[Los Angeles Rams]] built a new stadium for their teams) was the only stadium-sharing arrangement in the NFL.
 
After playing on Long Island, the team relocated to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1984.  They share the stadium with the [[New York Giants]], which until 2020 (when the recently-relocated [[Los Angeles Chargers]] and [[Los Angeles Rams]] built a new stadium for their teams) was the only stadium-sharing arrangement in the NFL.
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The Jets were the first team from the AFL (at the time considered the weaker of the two professional football leagues) to win the Super Bowl, Super Bowl III (which was the first such game to actually be called "Super Bowl"; previously the game was known as "NFL-AFL Championship Game"), led in large part by their flamboyant quarterback, "Broadway" Joe Namath who "guaranteed" a win for the team.  It is their only win, and only appearance, in the Super Bowl, and their only league title of any sort.
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The Jets were the first team from the AFL (at the time considered the weaker of the two professional football leagues) to win the Super Bowl, Super Bowl III (which was the first such game to actually be called "Super Bowl"; previously the game was known as "NFL-AFL Championship Game"), led in large part by their flamboyant quarterback, "Broadway" Joe Namath who "guaranteed" a win for the team.  It is their only win, and only appearance, in the Super Bowl, and their only league title of any sort. Almost certainly that game, the [[1969 Super Bowl]], was intentionally lost to the Jets for one of the biggest [[gambling]] payouts in the history of sports.
    
==AFC East Rivals==
 
==AFC East Rivals==
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