The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.

They are members of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

The team plays their home games in East Rutherford, New Jersey at Giants Stadium, which is named after another NFL team that plays there, the New York Giants.

Formerly, their headquarters and training facility were located at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on Long Island.

The team began in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League under the name New York Titans.

The Jets hold the distinction of being the first AFL team to defeat an NFL club in an AFL-NFL World Championship Game when they defeated the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III.

Originally known as the New York Titans, the team played home games at the Polo Grounds.

It was saved from bankruptcy by a group headed by MCA head Sonny Werblin and Leon Hess, who bought the team from Harry Wismer on March 13, 1964.

Hess eventually bought out his partners, and retained sole ownership until his death.

Leon Hess was the sole owner between 1963--1999. After Werblin and Hess took over, the team was renamed the New York Jets as they planned to relocate from the Polo Grounds to Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets, one year later.

Weeb Ewbank had won back-to-back NFL championships in 1958 and 1959 with the Baltimore Colts, and was one of the most respected coaches in the game while leading the New York Jets.

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