Editing Indianapolis Colts (section)

====New York Jets====
[[Super Bowl III]] became the most famous upset in professional sports history as the [[American Football League]]'s [[1968 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] won 16–7 over the overwhelmingly favored Colts.<ref name="b291">{{cite web | last=Pallotta | first=Frank | title=How a game 50 years ago came to define the Super Bowl as we know it | website=CNN | date=2019-02-01 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/media/nfl-super-bowl-iii/index.html | access-date=2024-08-18}}</ref> With the merger of the AFL and NFL the Colts and Jets were placed in the new [[AFC East]]. The two teams met twice a year (interrupted in 1982 by a player strike) 1970–2001; with the move of the Colts to the [[AFC South]] the two teams' rivalry actually escalated, as they met three times in the playoffs in the South's first nine seasons of existence; the Jets crushed the Colts 41–0 in the 2002 Wild Card playoff round; the Colts then defeated the Jets 30–17 in the 2009 [[AFC Championship Game]]; but the next year in the wild-card round the Jets pulled off another playoff upset of the Colts, winning 17–16; it was [[Peyton Manning]]'s final game with the Colts. The Jets defeated the Colts 35–9 in [[2012 Indianapolis Colts season|2012]] in [[Andrew Luck]]'s debut season; after two straight losses Luck led a 45–10 rout of the Jets in [[2016 Indianapolis Colts season|2016]].

[[Joe Namath]] and [[Johnny Unitas]] were the focal point of the rivalry at its beginning, but they did not meet for a full game until September 24, 1972. Namath erupted with six touchdowns and 496 passing yards despite only 28 throws and 15 completions. Unitas threw for 376&nbsp;yards and two scores but was sacked six times as the Jets won 44–34; the game was considered one of the top ten passing duels in NFL history.<ref>{{YouTube|jDJdFsnOdNI|NFL Top 10 Quarterback Duels #4, Namath vs. Unitas}}</ref> As of the 2023 season, the Colts lead the all-time series 44–32.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Matchups, Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts vs. New York Jets |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_query.cgi?tm1=clt&tm2=nyj&yr=all |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>