Before his acting days in the Miller Light commercials or playing
Moses Hightower in the Police Academy movies Bubba Smith discussed with
NBC how he and the Baltimore Colts planned on stopping Joe Namath and
the New York Jets in the 1969 Super Bowl.
Bubba said that Joe
Namath sets deep into the backfield and he hoped they would get a jump
on the ball and catch him as he is going back. The Colts only got to Joe
Namath twice for total of 11 yards lost for the entire game. The Jets
went on to win Super Bowl by the score of 16-7.
Sadly, we lost Bubba Smith at the age of 66 on August 3, 2011.
1969 Bubba Smith Stopping Joe Namath
