The New York Jets are a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL), based in New Jersey. They were established in 1960 as part of the American Football League (AFL) and were known as the Titans until 1963. The team changed its name to the Jets when it moved to Shea Stadium, in Queens. In 1969 quarterback Joe Namath led the Jets to a historic Super Bowl upset victory over the Baltimore Colts, which helped facilitate the 1970 NFL-AFL merger.
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