New York vs Kansas City

Actual:  In a Saturday night game, Kansas City defeated New York 14-10 as the $400,000 quarterback, Joe Namath, made his debut for the Jets. Len Dawson hit Chris Burford with 19 and 24 yard touchdown passes for the Chiefs and that was enough to beat the Jets. The second touchdown, in the fourth quarter, came on the first play after Bobby Bell recovered a fumble by Namath.  Namath, playing in a regular season game for the first time, came on late in the first half and completed 11 of 23 passes for 121 yards, including a 37-yard touchdown toss to Don Maynard.

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