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I remember the '69 Super Bowl quite well. I seem to remember the (years, decades) later buzz about a fix occuring.
Morrall had a crappy game, terrible. Hardly reason to think he had been paid off, though. There were almost no penalties in the game, so it wasn't the refs. Morrall was a career backup, mostly. He may have choked, but throwing some picks is hardly evidence of a fix.
So, then you have to look to Namath's Bachelors III fiasco. Man, he was the hottest commodity in NYC, not to mention the planet. Certainly he had questionable folks backing his bar, but if the fix is in, usually you hide it. No secrecy here. Everybody was hanging onto Namath and wanted a piece of him, goons, too.
The Jets won because they played an incredibly clean game (1 fumble lost), Snell smashed the ball down the Colts throats, and Namath was at his most efficient, Sauer always open.
The Jets were pretty dang good, in a league that was underrated. The Chiefs whacked the Vikings the next year, you will remember. Ran for nearly 150 yards against the feared Purple People Eaters, with three HOF'er up front. The Viks were a huge betting favorite in that game, too.
Fixed games? It has happened, I don't doubt. But there just isn't any evidence, minus the outcome itself, that suggests Super Bowl III was rigged.
I'm betting against it! :)
moe