Jets nonetheless have not rewritten their awful Payments historical past

We’ve been attempting to catch up for the higher a part of 64 years now. The very first recreation the Jets — then often called the Titans — ever performed was on Sept. 11, 1960. There have been 10,000 folks scattered concerning the 55,000-seat Polo Grounds that Sunday afternoon, the primary professional soccer recreation performed there since Nov. 27, 1955 (Giants 35, Browns 35), the primary major-league recreation of any type since Sept. 29, 1957 (Pirates 9, Giants 1).

That first recreation, with 1000’s of excellent seats out there, the Titans cruised to a 27-3 victory over the Buffalo Payments thanks to 2 speeding touchdowns from Al Dorrow, 66 yards speeding from Pete Hart and 152 passing yards and a TD from quarterback Dick Jamieson. Don Maynard had 4 catches for 116 yards. The protection intercepted Payments QBs Bob Brodhead and Tommy O’Connell twice. The Jets would win once more a month later, at Buffalo’s previous Warfare Memorial Stadium (even then nicknamed “The Rockpile”).

It was a fantastic strategy to begin a protracted engagement with our pals to the north and the west. And it appeared within the second that Buffalo may properly function a fantastic little brother to their New York AFL rivals.

It didn’t fairly work out that manner. For a lot of the time since then, the Jets have channeled Fredo Corleone: “I’m your older brother and I used to be STEPPED OVER!”