It was set to be a good Week 11 matchup between two top teams in the American Football League. But, on this date 50 years ago, a game between the Jets and Raiders would change professional football ...
The game between the New York Jets and Oakland Raiders on November 17, 1968 featured two of the American Football League's marquee teams, and a combined 10 future Pro Football Hall of Famers.
Anyone old enough to have watched the infamous Heidi Bowl of Nov. 17, 1968, remembers the uproar after NBC switched from the last minute of the Raiders-Jets game to its scheduled movie showing of ...