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 form since Sept. 29, 1957 (Pirates 9, Giants 1).
That first recreation, with 1000’s of fine 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 Conflict Memorial Stadium (even then nicknamed “The Rockpile”).
It was a tremendous option to begin an extended engagement with our buddies to the north and the west. And it appeared within the second that Buffalo would possibly nicely function a tremendous little brother to their New York AFL rivals.
It didn’t fairly work out that means. For a lot of the time since then, the Jets have channeled Fredo Corleone: “I’m your older brother and I was STEPPED OVER!”
