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Tom Brady celebrates his 2nd Super Bowl MVP award as Nuevo goes back to back by winning Super Bowl IX.

Super Bowl IX matched the Dallas Ghostpowers and the Nuevo Nighthawks.  Dallas won the toss and went three and out and punted to Nuevo whose first possession started on their own 34 yard line.  T om Brady hooked up with T orry Holt for a 31 yard gain on third and 11 down to the Dallas 36 yard line but Dallas ’ defense was able to hold Nuevo and Jason Elam booted a 49 yard field goal for the game’s first points.  Dallas came right back with T ony Romo’s first two passes netting 40 yards but his third pass of the drive was intercepted by Brian Dawkins on the Nuevo 42.  Nuevo was able to get a first down but the drive stalled on the Dallas 35 and Elam added his second field goal of the game, this time from 52 yards giving Nuevo a 6-0 lead with 5:16 left in the first quarter.  After a Dallas punt, Brady interception at the Dallas 40 and another Dallas punt, Nuevo got the ball back on its own 20 with 8:35 left in the half.  Nuevo used a 11 play drive mixing the run and pass to march down the field and a 13 yard run by Joseph Addai pushed the score to 13-0 with 2:49 left in the half.  After good kick covered forced Dallas to take over on its own 9, Romo went deep and Dre’ Bly intercepted his pass and returned it to the Dallas 15.  T wo plays later Brady hit Holt on a 7 yard crossing pattern and Nuevo had a 20-0 lead at the half.

Nuevo started the third quarter on their own 20 and had a first and goal at the 1 when Dallas ’ defense came up big and forced another Elam field goal to push the lead to 23-0 with 6:45 left in the third.  Dallas next possession ended in a Hines Ward fumble and Nuevo again took over in Dallas territory and Brady connected with Reggie Wayne for 35 yards and a 30-0 lead with 3:19 left in the 3^rd quarter.  Dallas offense finally got on track and Romo lead them down the field and connected with T errell Owens on a 10 yard out pattern to make it 30-7 with 14:57 left in the game.  Dallas recovered the onside kick but Joey Porter picked off Romo on the Nuevo 18 to stop the drive.  After three punts, two by Nuevo and one by Dallas, the Ghostpowers went 86 yards in 8 plays with Romo and Owens hooking up for the second time on a 30 yard pass to make the final score a 30-14 Nuevo win.

Game MVP was T om Brady who was 19-30 for 211 yards and 2 T d’s spreading the ball out by hitting Holt, Wayne and Smith 5 times each.  Derrick Ward had 85 yards on 16 carries and Joseph Addai addled 78 on 15 carries and a T D.  Dre’ Bly led the defense with 10 tackles 3 deflections and a key interception.  Dallas was lead by Romo’s 23-45 for 299 yards and 2 td’s.  T errell Owens had a big game with 8 balls for 148 yards and 2 T D’s and Hines Ward added 9 balls for 101 yards.  T he defense was lead by John DiGiorgio 13 tackles and T errell Suggs had 10.  Dallas out gained Nuevo 365-362, though more then half of their yards were fro the late 3^rd quarter on.