The New York Jets were founded in 1960, and play in the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference of the NFL.
Click Here to Buy New York Jets Football TicketsOriginally called the New York Titans, they were renamed in 1963. With their win in Super Bowl III over the Baltimore Colts, the franchise holds the distinction of being the first AFL team to beat an NFL team in the AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
Player Joe Namath joined the team in 1965, setting a new standard for football as well as the Jets. By 1968, Namath had taken the team to the heights of their success, as they rose to the top of the AFL and qualified for the first Super Bowl.
The team made television history in the same year when the end of a close game between the Jets and the Raiders was interrupted by the movie "Heidi" just as the Jets had taken a late-scoring lead over the Raiders, at 32-29. There was 1:05 left in the game. Everywhere but the West Coast showed the film which had been promoted extensively for sweeps. Fans were upset about the dramatic finish they missed, as the Raiders ended with a 43-32 victory.
The Jets played a holiday slot on Christmas night on 2006, beating the Dolphins 13-10 at Miami, and are now set to play their sixth Thanksgiving Day game in franchise history, only the third since 1963, and the first in the role as the Cowboys' annual opponent. The last time the Jets played on Thanksgiving, they lost 31-20 to Detroit in the Pontiac Silverdome in 1985.
The big news of the season is a re-energized Brett Farve coming to town and getting the ets to once again be an NFL force. Jets fans can't belive the ironman can perform at the level stil does, and Jets tickets are selling like they havent; in quite some time. The Jets will need to keep up the winning however, as they play in an ultra-tough conference that will present plenty of challenges.