Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I muri tata mai i te whiwhinga a Barnes e te Baltimore Colts, i tonoa a Barnes kia kite i te whakataetae NFL Championship a Colts
vs. the New York Giants i te Memorial Stadium i Maryland i te Hakihea 27, 1959. I wikitoria a Colts 31 ki te 16 a ka kapi a Barnes i nga waahanga o te ngakau i muri i tana maataki i te keemu mai i te papa o nga Colts. I te 21 o ona tau, i hainatia e ia tana kirimana whutupaoro ka tutaki ki ona hoa kapa hou a Johnny Unitas, Jim Parker, Lenny Moore, Art Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Alan Ameche me "Big Daddy" Lipscomb.