1985 Event On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7 1976 Event Quarterback Joe Namath last game as a New York Jet 1972 Event N.Y. Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Baltimore Colts (44-34) 1969 Event Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL 1969 Event Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar 1969 Event Superbowl III: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Joe Namath, New York Jets, quarterback 1965 Event New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath 1943 Birthday Joe Namath, Pennsylvania, NFL quarterback for the New York Jets, $400,000 man, 1969 Superbowl